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
Port of Wisbech marshes provided rich productive farmland, bringing prosperity to the port of Wisbech. Regular shipments of corn and oil seed rape to the coast and continent, and imports which included coal from the North and timber from the Baltic. In 2004 the port was taken over by Fenland district council. Approx annual tonnage - 800,000. Connections to major transport links - A17, A47 east coast to A1/M1 carriageway. Port of Wisbech Port of Wisbech is an inland port on River Nene in Wisbech, United Kingdom. It is mainly used for cargo and industrial purposes nowadays. Southern part of the port houses