Wisbech Canal Wisbech Canal The Wisbech Canal was a broad canal near Wisbech in the Fenland area of Cambridgeshire, England. It ran from the River Nene at Wisbech to the Well Creek at Outwell in Norfolk, which gave access to the River Great Ouse. It was abandoned in 1926 and filled in during the 1970s. The canal was planned as a means to improve the status of Wisbech as a trading centre. Following correspondence between the Hon and Revd Charles Lindsay, who later became chairman of the company, and Lord Hardwicke, on the potential benefits of the scheme, an engineer called John
Wisbech Bergstrom and Bruce Robinson. The 2008 feature film Dean Spanley starringPeter O'Toole was largely filmed in Wisbech. The effect of immigration on the town was featured in the BBC documentary "The Day the Immigrants Left", presented by Evan Davis. The programme looked at jobs in the town reported to have been "taken over by migrants". In the programme, several local unemployed persons were given the chance to try such jobs. 2009 Channel 5’s reality TV series ‘The Hotel Inspector’ starring Alex Polizzi featured The Rose and Crown hotel. Wisbech was one of eight towns featured in ‘Old Towns Revisited’ published