A major collection covering many aspects of life in the Fens, East Cambridgeshire, West Norfolk and South Lincolnshire. The Fenland Collection contains over 4000 books and pamphlets.
Within the main collection, there are two smaller special collections – one on Thomas Clarkson & the Abolition of Slavery and one on Ely Cathedral (at Ely Library).
Archive sources for the Cambridgeshire fens are held at Cambridgeshire Archives, Cambridge, and at the Wisbech and Fenland Museum.