Wisbech Park

Wisbech Park is a traditional Victoria park which has welcomed visitors since its opening in 1869. The park is home to several nationally important heritage landmarks including the impressive Richard Young Memorial Column (Grade II listed, 1872) and the traditional bandstand (Grade II listed, 1908).

Wisbech Park has achieved the Green Flag since 2008.

The Commissioners undertook to plant a lime avenue along the west side of the Park now called The Avenue. The main contributors to the cost of 3,769.18s.10d pounds were William and Algernon Peckover, bankers, influenced by Octavia Hill, who argued for the provision of open spaces in towns. Overlooking the south of the Park a new hospital was built in 1873, with a lodge and a detached residence for the surgeon. This was in harmony with the elegant houses existing along Townshend Road. A memorial column erected in 1871 to the late Richard Young, MP, still stands today near the bandstand which was opened on 9th July 1908.

The Park is divided by a path and privet hedge. The northern part comprises a fine arboretum that to the south provides several sports areas, bowls, tennis, football and a children's play area. A concrete platform along the privet hedge, once served as a base for an army tank. Recently a garden, designed by Diane Maclean, has been laid out by the Nene Housing Society, incorporating tall timber poles arranged in groups of three adjacent to snake-like paving patterns.