Wisbech

market town, inland port and civil parish in the Fens of Cambridgeshire, England

Wisbech is a town of 32,000 people (2011) in Cambridgeshire, England. Wisbech is noteworthy for its fine examples of Georgian architecture, particularly the parade of houses along the North Brink, which includes the National Trust property of Peckover House and the Crescent, a circus surrounding Wisbech Castle.

Peckover House

Understand

Get in

By train

Wisbech used to have three train stations, but they are all closed.

The nearest train station is in King's Lynn, about 12 mi (19 km) away.

Get around

See

North Brink

Do

Buy

Eat

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Sleep

Go next

  • King's Lynn - once the medieval competitor to Wisbech, Lynn is about 30 minutes away by bus.
  • Ely is a mini cathedral city/market town about an hour's drive to the south of Wisbech. Ely Museum gives an insight into the wider fenland region that both Ely and Wisbech are located in.
    Routes through Wisbech
    Peterborough ←  W  E  → King's Lynn → Norwich


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