England
Cambridgeshire
Fenland District

Wisbech

Wisbech is a town of 32,000 people in , . 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.
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  • Type: Town with 32,500 residents
  • Description: market town, inland port and civil parish in the Fens of Cambridgeshire, England
  • Also known as: “Wisbech St Peter” and “Wisbech, Cambridgeshire”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Wisbech & Fenland Museum and Angles Theatre.

Museum
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The Wisbech & Fenland Museum, located in the town of Wisbech in the , , , is one of the oldest purpose-built museums in the United Kingdom. The museum logo is W&F.

Theater building
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The is a theatre and historic Georgian playhouse in the market town of Wisbech, , Cambridgeshire, England. It is among the oldest of Britain's theatres.

Movie theater
is a cinema in Wisbech, , , England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leverington and Elm.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the of , England. The settlement is to the north of Wisbech. At the time of the 2001 Census, the parish's population was 2,914 people, including Four Gotes, increasing to 3,339 at the 2011 Census.

Village
is a village and civil parish in the of , England. In Domesday, it is called Helle. The village is about 11⁄2 miles or 21⁄2 km south of the market town of Wisbech, immediately to the south of the Wisbech by-pass.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk District of , England. The parish of , in the 2001 Census, had a population of 1,659, increasing to 1,731 at the 2011 Census. is situated 2½ miles north of Wisbech.

Wisbech

Latitude
52.6652° or 52° 39′ 55″ north
Longitude
0.1607° or 0° 9′ 39″ east
Population
32,500
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB WIS
Open location code
9F42M586+37
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1589885620
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2633771
Wiki­data ID
Q1012031
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Wisbech” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ուիսբեք”
  • Asturian: “Wisbech”
  • Basque: “Wisbech”
  • Belarusian: “Уісбек”
  • Bengali: “উইসবেক”
  • Bulgarian: “Уисбийч”
  • Catalan: “Wisbech”
  • Cebuano: “Wisbech”
  • Chinese: “Wisbech”
  • Chinese: “維斯貝希”
  • Chinese: “维斯贝希”
  • Czech: “Wisbech”
  • Dutch: “Wisbech”
  • Esperanto: “Wisbech”
  • French: “Wisbech”
  • German: “Wisbech”
  • Greek: “Ουίσμπετς”
  • Gujarati: “વિસ્બેક”
  • Hebrew: “ויסבך”
  • Irish: “Wisbech”
  • Italian: “Wisbech”
  • Japanese: “ウィズビーチ”
  • Japanese: “ウィスベッチ”
  • Kannada: “ವಿಸ್ಬೆಚ್”
  • Korean: “위스벡”
  • Ladin: “Wisbech”
  • Latvian: “Visbīča”
  • Lithuanian: “Visbičas”
  • Macedonian: “Висбич”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wisbech”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wisbech”
  • Persian: “ویزبیچ”
  • Persian: “ویسبچ”
  • Persian: “ویسبیچ”
  • Polish: “Wisbech”
  • Portuguese: “Wisbech”
  • Romanian: “Wisbech”
  • Russian: “Визбич”
  • Russian: “Уисбич”
  • Silesian: “Wisbech”
  • Slovenian: “Wisbech”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ویسبچ”
  • Spanish: “Wisbech”
  • Swedish: “Wisbech”
  • Tamil: “விஸ்பேக்”
  • Tatar: “Висбек”
  • Telugu: “విస్బెచ్”
  • Urdu: “ویسبیچ”
  • Vietnamese: “Wisbech”
  • Volapük: “Wisbech”
  • Welsh: “Wisbech”
  • Western Frisian: “Wisbech”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Wisbech”. Photo: Theyellowtulip, CC BY-SA 3.0.