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Fulbourn sits about five miles southeast of Cambridge city centre, positioned where the chalk plains meet the edge of the fens. It is effectively a terminal village, as the main road from the city ends here, which helps it maintain a distinct character despite its proximity to the Addenbrooke’s site and the ARM headquarters. At its heart lies a conservation area with several timber-framed houses and the 13th-century St Vigor’s Church, but it functions as a modern, self-contained community with its own primary school, a handful of pubs, and a traditional butcher. Perhaps its most significant feature is the Fulbourn Fen Nature Reserve on the eastern edge; because the land hasn't been ploughed for centuries, it preserves an ancient landscape of wildflower meadows and old gravel pits. The village is well-connected for those working in the Cambridge bioscientific clusters, yet it remains physically separated from the city's suburban sprawl by a protective buffer of Green Belt land.