Wisbech 

Wisbech is an extremely attractive town surrounded by 5,000 acres of orchards and flower fields. The town’s evident prosperity is largely due to two factors. Firstly, the reclamation of the Fen lands for agriculture and secondly it was once the main port for Peterborough.

Wisbech has some of the finest examples of Georgian architecture in the country. The affluent 18th century local landowners and merchants built their homes on either side of the River Nene on ‘the Brinks’, which have featured in many television costume dramas.

Thomas Clarkson, founder of the anti-slavery movement, is another famous Wisbech resident and there is a memorial to him in Bridge Street. More information about the town can be found at the Wisbech & Fenland Museum in Museum Square.