City of Ely
- Great Ouse - Braham Dock Junction
- Braham Farm Campsite
- Newmarket Bridge
- Ely Southern Bypass Bridge
- Cawdle Fen GOBA Mooring
- Ely High Bridge
- Bridge Boatyard
- Ely Railway Bridge
- Ely Visitor Moorings
- Cathedral Marina Entrance No 1
- Waterside Bridge
- Cathedral Marina Entrance No 2
- Willow Walk Visitor Moorings
- Willow Walk Winding Hole
- Willow Walk Railway Bridge
- Kiln Lane Basin
- Queen Adelaide Way Footbridge
- Cemex Bridge
- Queen Adelaide Visitor Moorings (EA)
- Queen Adelaide Way Railway Bridge
- Prickwillow Road Bridge
- Diamond 44 EA mooring
- Old West River - River Lark Junction
Amenities in City of Ely
Waitrose Waitrose Ltd
Starbucks
Hereward Ely Minster Tavern Prince Albert SEE ADDRESS Townhouse
W H Smith
Dominos Pizza Fish & Chips
Boots Chemist
Cashpoint Cashpoint Cashpoint Cashpoint Cashpoint Cashpoint Cashpoint HSBC Lloyds Bank NatWest Nationwide Santander
EssoAmenities at places in City of Ely
Tesco at Bridge Boatyard Tesco - Ely - Angel Drove at Bridge Boatyard Tesco Cafe Stores - Ely - Angel Drove at Ely Railway Bridge Cutter Inn at Ely Visitor Moorings Royal Standard at Waterside Bridge Fish & Chips at Cathedral Marina Entrance No 1 Barclays at Cathedral Marina Entrance No 2 H & J Cutlack Ltd at Waterside Bridge K & K Moulding Ltd at Bridge Boatyard Tesco Petrol Station - Ely - Angel Drove at Bridge Boatyard
Jewson at Bridge Boatyard Travis Perkins at Willow Walk Visitor Moorings
Ely Station at Bridge Boatyard- Great Ouse Navigation | boating, moorings, navigation notices — associated with River Great Ouse
- Information regarding the Great Ouse navigation and tributaries.
- Information for boaters on the River Great Ouse - GOV.UK — associated with River Great Ouse
- River Great Ouse: bridge heights, locks, overhead power lines and facilities.
- Facebook Account — associated with River Great Ouse
- Anglian Waterways Manager Facebook Account
- Facebook Anglian Waterways Page — associated with River Great Ouse
- Facebook Page for Environment Agency Anglian Waterways
- Cathedral Marina Ely - Jones Boatyard — associated with Cathedral Marina Entrance No 1
- Ely Cathedral Marina home page
- Cathedral Marina Ely - Jones Boatyard — associated with Cathedral Marina Entrance No 2
- Ely Cathedral Marina home page
- Bridge Boatyard - UK Boating Holidays - Cambridgeshire, the Fens and East Anglia — associated with Bridge Boatyard
- Bridge Boatyard (Ely) home page
Wikipedia has a page about City of Ely
Ely ( (listen) EE-lee) is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England, about 14 miles (23 km) north-northeast of Cambridge and about 80 miles (129 km) by road from London. Æthelthryth (also known as Etheldreda) founded an abbey at Ely in 673; the abbey was destroyed in 870 by Danish invaders and was rebuilt by Æthelwold, Bishop of Winchester, in 970. Construction of the cathedral was started in 1083 by a Norman abbot, Simeon. Alan of Walsingham's octagon, built over Ely's nave crossing between 1322 and 1328, is the "greatest individual achievement of architectural genius at Ely Cathedral", according to architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner. Building continued until the dissolution of the abbey in 1539 during the Reformation. The cathedral was sympathetically restored between 1845 and 1870 by the architect George Gilbert Scott. As the seat of a diocese, Ely has long been considered a city; in 1974, city status was granted by royal charter.
Ely is built on a 23-square-mile (60 km2) Kimmeridge Clay island which, at 85 feet (26 m), is the highest land in the Fens. Major rivers including the Witham, Welland, Nene and Great Ouse feed into the Fens and, until draining commenced in the 17th century, formed freshwater marshes and meres within which peat was laid down. There are two Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the city: a former Kimmeridge Clay quarry, and one of the United Kingdom's best remaining examples of medieval ridge and furrow agriculture.
The economy of the region is mainly agricultural. Before the Fens were drained, the harvesting of osier (willow) and sedge (rush) and the extraction of peat were important activities, as were eel fishing—from which the settlement's name may have been derived—and wildfowling. The city had been the centre of local pottery production for more than 700 years, including pottery known as Babylon ware. A Roman road, Akeman Street, passes through the city; the southern end is at Ermine Street near Wimpole and its northern end is at Brancaster. Little direct evidence of Roman occupation in Ely exists, although there are nearby Roman settlements such as those at Little Thetford and Stretham. A coach route, known to have existed in 1753 between Ely and Cambridge, was improved in 1769 as a turnpike (toll road). The present-day A10 closely follows this route; a southwestern bypass of the city was built in 1986. Ely railway station, built in 1845, is on the Fen Line and is now a railway hub, with lines north to King's Lynn, northwest to Peterborough, east to Norwich, southeast to Ipswich and south to Cambridge and London.
The King's School is a coeducational boarding school which was granted a royal charter in 1541 by Henry VIII; the school claims to have existed since 970. Henry I granted the first annual Fair, Saint Audrey's (or Etheldreda's) seven-day event, to the abbot and convent on 10 October 1189; the word "tawdry" originates from cheap lace sold at this fair. A weekly market has taken place since at least the 13th century. Current markets take place on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday and a twice-monthly Farmers' Market on the 2nd & 4th Saturday. Present-day annual events include the Eel Festival in May, established in 2004, and a fireworks display in Ely Park, first staged in 1974. The city of Ely has been twinned with Denmark's oldest town, Ribe, since 1956. Ely City Football Club was formed in 1885.