Doddington, Wimblington & Manea

Doddington, Wimblington and Manea form a cluster of parishes in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, just to the west and south of March. The landscape is low-lying fen: straight drainage channels, networks of ditches and pumping stations, and large arable fields on peat and silt soils. Villages sit on slightly raised ground with parish churches, village halls and local shops serving a farming hinterland. Manea has a railway station on the Ely–Peterborough line, which links the village to wider rail services and historically shaped local travel and commerce.

Local life revolves around agriculture, small businesses and community activity. Parish boundaries include scattered farmsteads, allotments and sports facilities, and volunteers run events from village halls and social clubs. Land use reflects the engineered character of the Fens: field patterns, sluices and embanked waterways are visible from roads that cross the parish. For visitors and residents the area offers quiet lanes, working farmland and the everyday infrastructure that keeps a lowland fen community connected.