This is the first view of the village seen when approaching along the main road from Wisbech to Guyhirn. This first view shows the S bendswith Bevis Lane to the left and Station Road to the right. Richard Cox's garage can be seen on the left hand bend. As the name suggests,Station Road was the access road to the old station made redundant by Dr Beeching in the 1960's. The station was at its busiest during the summer strawberry season. Strawberries were distributed by the ton from Wisbech St Mary to various national markets.

View of Village approached from Wisbech:

Churchfields is a new estate developed during the 1990's by Messrs Duddington Builders. The estate is accessed from Church Road and is formed parallel to Church Road between the parish church and the Playing Field

Entrance to Churchfields:

A general view of the Eastern end of the village as viewed looking in the direction of Wisbech

View Along High Road Looking South:

At the left hand end of this photograph, you can see the original school building which served generations of local children. The red roofed structure is one of the new classrooms erected during 1999/2000. The school is a Church of England Aided School in the Diocese of Ely. However, the school grounds belong to the Churchwardens of the parish church. For additional reading, see Brian Payne's fascinating and informative book about the school's history. Click on the link on the book cover in the side bar to this page. For more general information about the school today click here.

The Village School from Church Road:

Carol's (formally Ray's) Store is an institution. If you need anything at all, Carol will have it in stock ... in any size and several varieties. The shop also sells Sunday Papers, some general food and propane gas. The village community would be much poorer without the courteous, helpful and friendly service offered by Carol.

Carol's Village Store

J S Holmes are the main Nissan car dealer in the area as well as being the village's only petrol service station. The business is family run and has an excellent reputation throughout the area

J S Holmes Garage

The Scout Hut is situated in the grounds of the Old Vicarage. The building was given to the Parochial Church Council by the late Canon Mowbray-Smith and the land on which it stands (together with some allotment land at the rear) is managed by the Ely Diocesan Board of Finance.

Scout Hut:

The Wheel Inn is one of the oldest buildings in the centre of the village. It is a tied house belonging to the Elgood Brewery of North Brink Wisbech.

The Wheel Inn:

The former vicarage is now a private home owned by a local GP. The house was last used as a parsonage in 1978. The house was built by the a past incumbent of the parish in the 1850's

The Old Vicarage:

Jack Singh and his wife and family run the village mini-market and post office. The shop was originally run from the early part of the last centuary by Mr Frank Desborough. It was taken over by his son (Charles) and daughter (Doris) until their retirement. The business was then bought by a Peterborough family and then by Jack Singh. The village is very fortunate to have such a well stocked store and the value to the community of the Post Office is immense,

To the left of the shop can just be seen the village fish and chip shop - The Cod Father.

Jack's Store and Post Office

Church Road is the the road running parallel to the main village highway(High Road). It gives access to the village school various houses and modern housing developments and, as might be expected, the parish church

Church Road from The Jetty