Title: Upwell Travel Guide: Best of Upwell, Wisbech Travel 2026 | Expedia.co.uk [Hotels in Upwell](https://expedia.co.uk/Upwell-Hotels.d553248635149755885.Travel-Guide-Hotels)[Holiday Rentals in Upwell](https://expedia.co.uk/Upwell-Holiday-Rentals.d553248635149755885.Travel-Guide-HolidayRentals)[Upwell Car Hire](https://expedia.co.uk/Compare-Cheap-Car-Hire-In-Upwell.d553248635149755885.Car-Hire-Guide)[Upwell Holidays](https://expedia.co.uk/Upwell.d553248635149755885.Holidays-City-Breaks) # Upwell Travel Guide ## Tourist Guide ![St Peter, Upwell, Norfolk](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/5480/b2d1d52c-76e9-4fb5-81f1-05037d5dd96e.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh) [Photo](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/5480/b2d1d52c-76e9-4fb5-81f1-05037d5dd96e.jpg) by [John Salmon](https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/9419) ([Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)) ![St Peter, Upwell, Norfolk](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/5480/b2d1d52c-76e9-4fb5-81f1-05037d5dd96e.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh) [Photo](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/5480/b2d1d52c-76e9-4fb5-81f1-05037d5dd96e.jpg) by [John Salmon](https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/9419) ([Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)) ![St Peter, Upwell, Norfolk](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/5480/7de3856c-17e2-40f1-a85e-4af78833428e.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh) [Photo](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/5480/7de3856c-17e2-40f1-a85e-4af78833428e.jpg) by [John Salmon](https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/9419) ([Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)) ![Wisbech & Upwell tramway - Upwell depot From the depot > 1241222 the tramway crossed Small Lode > 1241268 - heading northwards towards the village of Outwell. Nothing of the trackbed remains but its course can still be glimpsed at this short section of footpath. Wisbech & Upwell tramway's Upwell depot was 5 miles 72 chains distant from Wisbech. The line had eleven sidings, with two originally allocated for passenger traffic. During the fruit season the sidings could hold more than a hundred vans. The depot had a cattle dock, a depot office, a passenger waiting room, and a coal merchant's office and staithes. There was also an ash pit, and an old GER tender was used for a water tower until 1953 when it was removed. http://www.lner.info/co/GER/wisbech/route.shtml When during the 13th century the estuary silted up, the fens surrounding the market town and port of Wisbech were reclaimed for agricultural use. The new agricultural prosperity soon attracted railways such as the Eastern Counties Railway which opened a branch in 1847. In 1848 the East Anglian Railway built a branch from Watlington. A third line was built by the Peterborough, Wisbech & Sutton Bridge Railway (later the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway) which opened a station on the other side of the River Nene in 1866. The trains carried fruit and vegetables to markets as far afield as London. In addition, the construction of a tramway line connecting the villages Upwell and Outwell with Wisbech commenced in 1882. Board of Trade's tram restrictions resulted in the unusual-looking locomotives which not only had speed restrictions but controls at both ends and wooden cowcatchers and skirts over the wheels. Six trams a day in each direction provided passenger services, with the full one way journey taking one hour. By October 1884 traffic had grown to 3000 passengers per week, with peaks of 2000 in a day for fetes and other special events. The tram competed with a canal that ran between Wisbech and Upwell and with the canal being in a poor financial condition the tram eventually finished it off. When motor omnibuses started to appear, however, passenger numbers declined drastically and passenger services were withdrawn in 1927, whereas freight traffic continued to flourish. With the introduction of two Drewry Shunters (BR Class 04) in 1952, Wisbech & Upwell became Britain's first all-diesel line. The line closed in March 1966. http://www.lner.info/co/GER/wisbech/history.shtml](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/5480/5819a6a0-f73b-49bd-b9ea-a5ad567f23f9.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh) [Photo](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/5480/5819a6a0-f73b-49bd-b9ea-a5ad567f23f9.jpg) by [Evelyn Simak](https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/14840) ([Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)) ![Marmont Priory Lock. 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(1,004 reviews) The room was freezing cold, floor like ice, radiator only just working, would have been better to sleep outside Reviewed on 19 Feb 2026 [](https://expedia.co.uk/Hotel-Search?startDate=27%2F02%2F2026&endDate=28%2F02%2F2026&selected=18294&PinnedHotelID=18294&HadPinnedHotel=true®ionId=553248635149755885) ![Park Inn by Radisson Peterborough](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/3000000/2260000/2254400/2254377/ca016c70_y.jpg?impolicy=resizecrop&rw=340&ch=150) ### Park Inn by Radisson Peterborough Wentworth Street Peterborough England £64 20 Mar - 21 Mar includes taxes & fees Stay at this business-friendly hotel in Peterborough. Enjoy free Wi-Fi, free parking and breakfast (surcharge). Our guests praise the helpful staff in their ... 8.4/10 Very Good! (1,000 reviews) Staff was lovely and very helpful, room was very spacious and we had everything we needed. The shower was a bit dribbly and the funtion button seemed to be broken. The toilet was quite stained and not very appealing and we were unfortunate to be nextdoor to a very drunk couple who argued loudly and ... Reviewed on 15 Feb 2026 [](https://expedia.co.uk/Hotel-Search?startDate=20%2F03%2F2026&endDate=21%2F03%2F2026&selected=2254377&PinnedHotelID=2254377&HadPinnedHotel=true®ionId=553248635149755885) ![Queensgate Hotel](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/2000000/1100000/1096600/1096566/92922ca3_y.jpg?impolicy=resizecrop&rw=340&ch=150) ### Queensgate Hotel 5 Fletton Avenue Peterborough England £49 27 Feb - 28 Feb includes taxes & fees Stay at this golf hotel in Peterborough. Enjoy free Wi-Fi, free parking and breakfast (surcharge). Our guests praise the helpful staff and the clean rooms in ... 7.4/10 Good! (663 reviews) Everything ok accept got a call from staff whilst on way home to say i may have to pay for an extra night. Im on medical oxygen and they said they couldnt let room until it qas collected. I asked for call back from hotel manager. 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Designed by Sir Roger Pratt as his own home, and later altered by Sir John Soane.](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/3000011725/833dfaad-e297-46e0-8bbd-7a9f93265fd2.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=512&h=288&q=medium) [Photo](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0) by [Ben Harris](https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/15217) ([Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)) ### Downham Market ![Fenland: lupins in bloom, a crop of nursery stock at Outwell. 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