Parish in Fenland, Cambridgeshire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.631, 0.051 |
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| OS grid ref: | TF 38 05 |
| Dialling code: | 01945 (Wisbech) |
Wisbech St. Mary sits a few miles west of Wisbech in the low-lying marshes of Fenland, Cambridgeshire, England. The landscape is characteristically flat and reclaimed, cut by a network of drains and dykes fed by the nearby River Nene, which together have created very fertile soils and a long tradition of market gardening and bulb growing.
The community centres on a small village with a historic parish church, village hall and a couple of local pubs, giving it a distinctly rural, close-knit feel. Agriculture remains the economic backbone, though many residents commute to the market town of Wisbech or further afield to Peterborough, and the area’s history of fen reclamation and farming shapes much of its character and leisure opportunities, such as quiet lanes and countryside walks.
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