Chatteris Walk: Town Centre【4K】

Located in the county of Cambridgeshire, and around 20 miles north of Cambridge, is the town of Chatteris. For much of its early history prior to the draining of the fens that began in the 17th century, Chatteris was a raised island surrounded by marshy wetland. Its first known resident is said to have been Huna the Hermit, who left the Isle of Ely in circa 679 AD and settled in the area known as Honey Hill, located in the vicinity of the town centre of today. Here he sought out a solitary life of prayer. In 980 AD Chatteris Abbey was founded as a monastery for Benedictine nuns, and a settlement began to develop around it. The first record of the Church of St Peter & St Paul dates from 1162. However, the original church was destroyed by a fire, and was rebuilt in 1352. Its tower is a surviving element of this 14th century rebuilding. It is claimed that on a clear day, from the tower you can see the two cathedrals of Cambridgeshire, i.e. Peterborough and Ely, being as they are roughly equidistant from Chatteris. In 1848 a railway station opened in Chatteris. This formed part of a line between St Ives and March. The station was closed in 1967 as part of the Beeching cuts, where over 2,000 stations in Britain were closed in order to promote road travel. Today, public transport to Chatteris consists of direct buses from Ely, Huntingdon, Ramsey, March and various other nearby settlements, although services are typically infrequent. 👇 SUBSCRIBE TO 4K EXPLORER FOR NEW VIDEOS EVERY WEEK 👇 https://www.youtube.com/4KExplorer?su... Filmed: 16th March 2024 Link to the walk on Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/jVtNjPvAkJtG2... Filmed on a Sony FDR-AX700 with a Zhiyun Crane 2 and a Sony ECM-XYST1M Stereo Microphone. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Park Street 2:11 East Park Street 3:08 Market Hill 5:53 High Street