Wisbech Peckover, Staithe & Waterlees village. The town council are responsible for allotments and the market place. In 2018 they took a lease on Wisbech Castle. The town also elects councillors to Fenland District Council and Cambridgeshire County Council. Wisbech is within the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough combined authority. It is part of the Northeast Cambridgeshire parliamentary seat. In 1659 John Thurloe was elected to represent Wisbech. He was also elected for Cambridge Borough for whom he preferred to sit. Wisbech was not a polling station until after 1832. Wisbech sits on either side of the River Nene although in the past,
Wisbech Film Archive. A 1963 drama filmed using boats from Wisbech. 1975 Anglia TV report about the first purpose-built traveller site in GB. EAFA. Wisbech is noted for its unspoilt Georgian architecture, particularly along North Brink and The Crescent. It has been used in BBC One's 1999 adaptation of Charles Dickens' "David Copperfield" and ITV1's 2001 adaptation of "Micawber", starring David Jason. In 2000 The Antiques Roadshow was recorded at the Hudson Leisure centre. A "Wisbech Rock Festival" appears in the 1998 British comedy film "Still Crazy"starring Stephen Rea, Jimmy Nail, Billy Connolly and Timothy Spall, Bill Nighy, Juliet Aubrey, Helena