Whittlesey
Parish in Fenland, Cambridgeshire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.531, -0.103 |
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| OS grid ref: | TL 28 94 |
| Population: | 12,745 |
| Dialling code: | 01733 (Peterborough) |
Whittlesey is a small market town and civil parish in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England, set on the low-lying, reclaimed fenlands beside the River Nene. The flat, fertile landscape has long shaped the local economy and identity: arable farming, historic peat extraction and brickmaking have been important, while today many residents also commute to nearby centres such as Peterborough and March.
It has a strong sense of local history and community - a medieval market tradition, a parish church at its heart and a local museum reflect that heritage - and the town is famed for its quirky annual Straw Bear festival, a revived folk custom that draws visitors in winter. The surrounding fens are rich in archaeology and landscape history, with Bronze Age wetland sites like Flag Fen illustrating how people have adapted to and worked the marshes for millennia.
Postcode districts covering Whittlesey
Most populated places nearby
- Peterborough 7.7 miles
- Cambridge 24.9 miles
- Corby 24.7 miles
- Wisbech 14.6 miles
- Spalding 17.6 miles
- Huntingdon 13.7 miles
- March 8.1 miles
- Stamford 18.3 miles
- Ely 17.8 miles
- Bourne 19.9 miles
- Market Deeping 13.8 miles
- Whittlesey 2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Whittlesey South Ward 0.5 miles
- Whittlesey Lattersey Ward 1.6 miles
- Whittlesey East & Villages Ward 1.9 miles
- Whittlesey Built-up area 2 miles
- Coates and Eastrea Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Whittlesey North West Ward 2.8 miles
- Ramsey Mereside Built-up area 3.2 miles
- King's Dyke Built-up area 3.3 miles
- Ramsey Forty Foot Built-up area 4.1 miles
- Ramsey St. Mary's Built-up area 4.2 miles
- Benwick Built-up area 4.2 miles
- Stanground South Ward 5.1 miles
Example postcodes in Whittlesey
PE7 1TH, PE7 1UR, PE7 1QP, PE7 1YN, PE7 1QY, PE7 1RW, PE26 2TQ, PE7 1TR, PE7 1YZ … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 46.7 miles
- Stansted Airport 46.9 miles
- Whittlesea Railway Station 1.4 miles
- Peterborough Railway Station 6.9 miles
Hotels near Whittlesey Ad
- Park Inn by Radisson Peterborough 3 6.5 miles
- The Bell Inn Hotel, Stilton, Cambridgeshire 4 8.3 miles
- The Bull Hotel, Sure Hotel Collection 4 6.6 miles
- Thorpe Lodge Hotel 7.2 miles
- Ye Olde Griffin 3 8.1 miles
- The Pearl Hotel 4 6.8 miles
- Cross Keys Hotel 8.3 miles
- Holiday Inn Peterborough West 4 8.1 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Peterborough 3 9.3 miles
- Newark Hotel Peterborough 6.4 miles
Schools in Whittlesey
- Alderman Jacobs School Primary
- Coates Primary School Primary
- New Road Primary & Nursery 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 3.5 miles
- Fengate Archaeological site 6 miles
- London Road Stadium Stadium 6.2 miles
- Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery Museum 6.6 miles
- Sawtry Abbey Historic site 9.2 miles
- Monks Wood National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 11 miles
- Ouse Washes Nature reserve 12.9 miles
- Walcot Hall Estate 13.7 miles
- Huntingdon Racecourse Recreation 14.7 miles
- Burghley House Historic site 16.6 miles
- Lyveden New Bield Historic site 19.6 miles