Cambridgeshire
Fenland District
Whittlesey

Whittlesey

Whittlesey is a market town and civil parish in the district of , England. Whittlesey is 6 miles east of . In 2021 the built-up area had a population of 13,823. The population of the parish was 17,667 at the 2021 Census.
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  • Type: Town with 12,700 residents
  • Description: market town and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England
  • Also known as: “Whittlesea”, “Whittlesey St Mary and St Andrew”, “Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire”, and “Witesie”
Photo: Chalkietom, CC0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Whittlesey Museum and Whittlesea railway station.

Museum
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The is a local history museum in Market Street, Whittlesey, , England. It is based on the ground floor of Whittlesey Town Hall, which is a Grade II listed building.

Railway station
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is on the Ely–Peterborough line in the and serves the market town of Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. The station's name is an older and alternative spelling of the town's name.

Nature reserve
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is an 11.9 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Whittlesey in . It is owned by Fenland District Council and managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eastrea and Coates.

Hamlet
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is a village in , located on the A605 between Whittlesey and . The site has been inhabited since Roman times. The population is included in the civil parish of Whittlesey.

Village
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is a small village close to the town of Whittlesey, in the county of . has a shop which includes a post office. is situated 2 miles east of Whittlesey.

Village
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is a village in Whittlesey civil parish, part of the district of , . is a settlement which has built up around the river crossing, situated on an artificial drainage cutting called Bevill's Leam. is situated 3 miles south of Whittlesey.

Whittlesey

Latitude
52.55501° or 52° 33′ 18″ north
Longitude
-0.12264° or 0° 7′ 22″ west
Population
12,700
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB WTX
Open location code
9C4XHV4G+2W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1589771003
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2634010
Wiki­data ID
Q2335054
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Whittlesey” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Whittlesey”
  • Basque: “Whittlesey”
  • Bengali: “হুইসেলসে”
  • Cebuano: “Whittlesey”
  • Chinese: “Whittlesey”
  • Chinese: “威图斯”
  • Chinese: “威圖斯”
  • Czech: “Whittlesey”
  • Dutch: “Whittlesey”
  • Esperanto: “Whittlesey”
  • French: “Whittlesey”
  • German: “Whittlesey”
  • Gujarati: “વિટ્લીસી”
  • Irish: “Whittlesey”
  • Italian: “Whittlesey”
  • Japanese: “ホイットルセー (ケンブリッジシャー)”
  • Japanese: “ホイットルセー”
  • Kannada: “ವಿಟ್ಲೆಸೆ”
  • Korean: “휘틀지”
  • Ladin: “Whittlesey”
  • Lithuanian: “Vitlesis”
  • Lithuanian: “Vitlisis”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Whittlesey (Whittlesea)”
  • Persian: “ویتلسی”
  • Polish: “Whittlesey”
  • Portuguese: “Whittlesey”
  • Russian: “Уиттлси”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ویتلسی”
  • Spanish: “Whittlesey”
  • Swedish: “Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire”
  • Swedish: “Whittlesey”
  • Tamil: “வ்ஹீட்டலேசெய்”
  • Telugu: “విట్లేసెయ్”
  • Urdu: “وہیتتلیسیی”
  • Volapük: “Whittlesey”
  • Welsh: “Whittlesey”
  • “Whittlesey”

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