Wisbech
Peckover House
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.
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
- 🌍 Peckover House and Garden, North Brink, PE13 1JR, ☏ +44 1945 583463, peckover@nationaltrust.org.uk.
- 🌍 Wisbech & Fenland Museum, Museum Square, PE13 1ES, ☏ +44 1945 583817. M-F 10AM-4PM, Sa Su closed.
- 🌍 Fenland and West Norfolk Aviation Museum, 7da, Old Lynn Rd, PE14 7DA, ☏ +44 1945 461771. Sa-Su: 9:30AM-5PM, M-F: Closed.
Do
Buy
Eat
Drink
- 🌍 Elgood's Brewery, North Brink, Fenland, PE13 1LN, ☏ +44 1945 583160. The town's brewery since 1795; they offer tours.
Sleep
- 🌍 Elme Hall Hotel, 69 Elm High Rd, PE14 0DQ, ☏ +44 1945 475566.
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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