About the town » Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire, England, Great Britain

Originally a small hamlet on the banks of the River Great Ouse, but now on the banks of the River Lark since re-organisation of the river system, the village of Prickwillow has an estimated mid-2005 population of 440. It lies in the south of the Fens, 4 miles east of the city of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England, and is home to a large drainage engine museum and the Ely Group of Internal Drainage Boards.