Fens

American

[fenz] / fɛnz /

noun

Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in eastern England, south of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.

Fens British

/ fɛnz /

plural noun

a flat low-lying area of E England, west and south of the Wash: consisted of marshes until reclaimed in the 17th to 19th centuries

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It led to tireless searches of Soham and the flat countryside of The Fens, while a picture of them in matching red Manchester United shirts became ingrained on the nation's consciousness.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Their disappearance made national headlines and led to police appeals and tireless searches of the town and flat countryside of The Fens.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Mitschunas is leading research with a project that tests new crops in the flat Fens of Cambridgeshire by rewetting peatlands.

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

And in the Fens, Mitschunas has tested nine rice varieties regularly grown in the United States, the Philippines, Macedonia and Japan -- four of them show promise, particularly one that originates from Colombia.

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

I wondered if I would meet Char on his way to the Fens.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

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