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 miles
- Corby 23.9 miles
- Wisbech 14.5 miles
- Spalding 15.8 miles
- Huntingdon 15.2 miles
- March 9.1 miles
- Stamford 16.6 miles
- Ely 19.6 miles
- Bourne 17.9 miles
- Market Deeping 11.8 miles
- Downham Market 21.5 miles
- Chatteris 10.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Whittlesey Lattersey Ward 0.7 miles
- Whittlesey North West Ward 0.9 miles
- King's Dyke Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Coates and Eastrea Built-up area 2 miles
- Whittlesey South Ward 2.3 miles
- Whittlesey East & Villages Ward 2.4 miles
- East Ward 3.8 miles
- Stanground South Ward 3.9 miles
- Eye, Thorney and Newborough Ward 4.3 miles
- Farcet Built-up area 4.3 miles
- Fletton and Stanground Ward 4.4 miles
- Thorney Built-up area 4.6 miles
Example postcodes in Whittlesey
PE7 2AP, PE7 1JJ, PE7 1SX, PE7 1TB, PE7 1AJ, PE7 1NS, PE7 1GU, PE7 1DR, PE7 1TP … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 48.2 miles
- Stansted Airport 48.8 miles
- Whittlesea Railway Station 0.6 miles
- Peterborough Railway Station 5.3 miles
Hotels near Whittlesey Ad
- Park Inn by Radisson Peterborough 3 5 miles
- The Bull Hotel, Sure Hotel Collection 4 5 miles
- Thorpe Lodge Hotel 5.7 miles
- The Bell Inn Hotel, Stilton, Cambridgeshire 4 8.2 miles
- The Pearl Hotel 4 5.1 miles
- Newark Hotel Peterborough 4.6 miles
- Holiday Inn Peterborough West 4 6.7 miles
- Ye Olde Griffin 3 9.1 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Peterborough 3 8.2 miles
- Delta Hotels by Marriott Peterborough 4 8.2 miles
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 miles
- Fengate Archaeological site 4.2 miles
- London Road Stadium Stadium 4.8 miles
- Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery Museum 5.1 miles
- Sawtry Abbey Historic site 10.1 miles
- Monks Wood National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 11.9 miles
- Walcot Hall Estate 13.6 miles
- Ouse Washes Nature reserve 14.6 miles
- Burghley House Historic site 14.9 miles
- Huntingdon Racecourse Recreation 16 miles
- Lyveden New Bield Historic site 19.1 miles