Advertising feature – The Grove, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire

THE Grove is a superb new development of thirty-nine homes with country views, yet close to the town of Wisbech and all its amenities. Plots are available for homes of up to 40ft. Each home has natural gas, electricity is billed directly from the supplier, and water and sewage is metered to individual park homes.

Wisbech was once a busy port in medieval times. The town first flourished when the draining of the Fens took place in the 17th century.

It has continued to flourish, and today there are approximately five thousand acres of fruit and growing lands in the areas surrounding the town. There is still a twice-weekly market selling local produce.

There are also many historic buildings in the town, and many of our residents are proud to be associated with such history.

The Fens stretch from Cambridge to Lincoln, and King’s Lynn to Peterborough, with nearly a million acres of beautiful black soil and wildlife-rich water, perfect for bird watching, boating and fishing. Wisbech, the capital of the Fens, is the perfect place for a day out.

The town is home to one of the oldest family breweries in the country. Elgoods have brewed ales here for over two hundred years.

Then there is the town museum, the castle, a yacht harbour, live theatre at the Angles, an annual rose fair and busy auction markets.

The area around the Crescent and castle is delightful, brimming with Georgian architecture. Local builder and speculator Joseph Medworth developed it in 1816.

The original castle on the site was built shortly after the Norman Conquest to subdue the wild fenmen led by Hereward the Wake. The circular shape of the castle moat determined the later development of the Crescent.

The Norman Castle was replaced by a Bishop’s Palace in 1478, and in the 17th century by a fine mansion built for John Thuloe, who was Oliver Cromwell’s Secretary of State. Medworth built the present Regency Villa in 1816.

Peckover House at North Brink, Wisbech, is an oasis hidden away in an urban environment. A classic Georgian merchant’s townhouse, it was lived in by the Peckover family for 150 years. Staunch Quakers, at the same time they ran a successful private bank. Both facets of their life can be seen as you wander through the house and gardens.

If you would like to visit The Grove, please get in touch. Further show homes are on order, and empty plots are also available to site the home of your choice up to 40ft.

FOR SALE

House taken in part exchange. Price of show homes negotiable for cash sales.

At the time of writing there was a 32x20 Stately Albion Tredegar at £115,000 and a 36x20 Omar Burwell disabled-friendly home at £105,000

CONTACT

The Grove, Magazine Lane, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire PE13 1LF. Tel: 01223 424280. Email: [email protected]. Website: www.crickmoreparks.co.uk

• Ground rent is £109.77 per month
• 50+, retired and semi-retired
• Pets welcome


This review was published in the Residential Parks Guide available with the August 2010 issue of Park & Holiday Homes. To order your copy please click here

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