Whittlesey
Built-up area in Fenland, Cambridgeshire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.556, -0.128 |
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| OS grid ref: | TL 27 97 |
| Population: | 12,745 |
| Dialling code: | 01733 (Peterborough) |
Whittlesey is a small market town in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England, lying on the edge of the Fens near the River Nene and a few miles east of Peterborough. Sitting where slightly higher ground meets reclaimed fenland, it grew from medieval origins when meres and peatlands dominated the landscape; much of its character reflects the drainage and agricultural reclamation that turned the area into rich arable countryside.
Today Whittlesey remains a local service and farming centre with a regular market, food-processing businesses and good commuter links to Peterborough. It is best known culturally for the traditional Straw Bear festival, a revived custom in which a straw-clad figure parades through the streets each January, and for its sizeable parish church of St Mary, giving the town a mix of historic interest and active community life.
Postcode districts covering Whittlesey
Most populated places nearby
- Peterborough 6.1 miles9.8 km
- Corby 23.9 miles38.5 km
- Wisbech 14.5 miles23.4 km
- Spalding 15.8 miles25.4 km
- Huntingdon 15.2 miles24.4 km
- March 9.1 miles14.7 km
- Stamford 16.6 miles26.7 km
- Ely 19.6 miles31.6 km
- Bourne 17.9 miles28.8 km
- Market Deeping 11.8 miles19 km
- Downham Market 21.5 miles34.6 km
- Chatteris 10.2 miles16.5 km
Neighbouring places
- Whittlesey Lattersey Ward 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Whittlesey North West Ward 0.9 miles1.4 km
- King's Dyke Built-up area 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Coates and Eastrea Built-up area 2 miles3.3 km
- Whittlesey South Ward 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Whittlesey East & Villages Ward 2.4 miles3.8 km
- East Ward 3.8 miles6.2 km
- Stanground South Ward 3.9 miles6.2 km
- Eye, Thorney and Newborough Ward 4.3 miles6.9 km
- Farcet Built-up area 4.3 miles6.9 km
- Fletton and Stanground Ward 4.4 miles7 km
- Thorney Built-up area 4.6 miles7.4 km
Example postcodes in Whittlesey
PE7 1LH, PE7 1YZ, PE7 1UN, PE7 1XZ, PE7 1HY, PE7 2GD, PE7 1SX, PE7 1XG, PE7 1UY … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 48.2 miles77.5 km
- Stansted Airport 48.8 miles78.6 km
- Whittlesea Railway Station 0.6 miles1 km
- Peterborough Railway Station 5.3 miles8.6 km
Hotels near Whittlesey Ad
- Park Inn by Radisson Peterborough 3 5 miles8 km
- The Bull Hotel, Sure Hotel Collection 4 5 miles8 km
- Thorpe Lodge Hotel 5.7 miles9.2 km
- The Bell Inn Hotel, Stilton, Cambridgeshire 4 8.2 miles13.1 km
- The Pearl Hotel 4 5.1 miles8.2 km
- Newark Hotel Peterborough 4.6 miles7.5 km
- Holiday Inn Peterborough West 4 6.7 miles10.8 km
- Ye Olde Griffin 3 9.1 miles14.6 km
- Holiday Inn Express Peterborough 3 8.2 miles13.1 km
- Delta Hotels by Marriott Peterborough 4 8.2 miles13.2 km
Schools in Whittlesey
- Alderman Jacobs School Primary
- Park Lane Primary & Nursery School Primary
- Sir Harry Smith Community College Secondary
Local points of interest
- Must Farm Pile-dwelling Site Archaeological site 2 miles3.2 km
- Fengate Archaeological site 4.2 miles6.7 km
- London Road Stadium Stadium 4.8 miles7.7 km
- Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery Museum 5.1 miles8.2 km
- Sawtry Abbey Historic site 10.1 miles16.2 km
- Monks Wood National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 11.9 miles19.2 km
- Walcot Hall Estate 13.6 miles21.9 km
- Ouse Washes Nature reserve 14.6 miles23.5 km
- Burghley House Historic site 14.9 miles23.9 km
- Huntingdon Racecourse Recreation 16 miles25.7 km
- Lyveden New Bield Historic site 19.1 miles30.8 km