Wisbech Lynn Rd. May 2017 the new Cambridgeshire and Peterborough combined authority announces new investment into the area. In 2016 the Wisbech High Street project was awarded a £1.9M grant to bring back into use empty properties on the High Street. The Heritage Lottery Fund grant will run until 2021. April 2018 plans for £8M redevelopment of the hospital are announced. Plans for an additional 1,500 homes were announced in the press in May 2018. It was announced by local M.P. Steve Barclay that Fenland schools would receive £250,000 towards recruiting more teachers. The Anglican Parish Church of St Peter and
Wisbech Princess Victoria during her brief halt in Wisbech. In 1863 a copy of Walker and Craddocks "History of Wisbech" was presented to the Prince and Princess of Wales on their arrival by train. The Wisbech Canal joining the River Nene at Wisbech was subsequently filled in and became the dual carriageway leading into the town from the east (now crossing the bypass). The port of Wisbech now houses a large number of berths for yachts adjacent to the Boathouse development. On 27 June 1970, the heaviest point rainfall was recorded in Wisbech, when 2 inches (50.8 mm) fell in just