A - Z OF LOCAL SERVICES
A - Z OF SERVICES
Please note: services may be supplied by a variety of authorities, please see links below.
Wisbech Town Council is not responsible for the content of external websites.
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Abandoned Vehicles (Fenland District Council)
Accounts (Wisbech Town Council)
Adoption (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Agendas of Wisbech Town Council
Allotments (Wisbech Town Council)
Anti-Social Behaviour:
Neighbours (Fenland District Council)
Archives (Cambridgeshire County Council) - there are also local archives at the Wisbech & Fenland Museum in Wisbech
Asbestos (Fenland District Council)
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Bees - assistance with swarms:
Peterborough & District Beekeepers
West Norfolk & King's Lynn Beekeepers
Benefits (Fenland District Council)
Bins (Fenland District Council)
Birth, death and marriage records and certificates for Cambridgeshire
Blocked Drains (Public sewers) (Anglian Water)
Blocked Drains - Highways (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Blue Badge Scheme (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Boats (Wisbech Port and Yacht Harbour) (Fenland District Council)
Bridleways (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Building Control/Regulations (Fenland District Council)
Business Rates (Fenland District Council)
Burials (Fenland District Council)
Bus Passes (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Bus Shelters (Fenland District Council) – some bus shelters may be under Parish Council control.
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Car Boot:
Market Place (Wisbech Town Council)
Car Parking Permits (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Car Parks: see also Parking
Market Place (Wisbech Town Council)
CCTV Surveillance (Fenland District Council)
Cemeteries (Fenland District Council)
Wisbech General Cemetery (information from the Wisbech Society)
Child Care (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Contact Citizens Advice Rural Cambs for free, independent and impartial advice:
· Adviceline: 0808 278 7807
Monday to Friday 09:30 to 15:30
· Webchat or Email via: www.citizensadviceruralcambs.org.uk
· Information also available on our website at www.citizensadviceruralcambs.org.uk or at www.citizensadvice.org.uk
· Universal Credit Help to Claim line: 0800 1448444 (Citizens Advice National phone line for anyone seeking to make a new claim for Universal Credit)
Face-to-Face appointments are booked if required after initial help and support via telephone, email or webchat.
Citizenship (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Civic Regalia (Wisbech Town Council)
Clinical Waste Disposal (Fenland District Council)
Community Grants (Wisbech Town Council)
Community Safety:
Community Information:
Community Transport (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Compliments, Comments or Complaints (Wisbech Town Council)
Concessionary Fares (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Conservation Areas (Fenland District Council)
Contracts and Tendering
Council Chamber (Wisbech Town Council)
Council Housing:
Council Offices:
Borough of King's Lynn & West Norfolk
South Holland District Council
Council Tax (Fenland District Council)
Councillors:
CPRE (Campaign to Protect Rural England) Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Culture and entertainment - SEE Leisure, Culture and Entertainment
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Dementia - Spot The Early Signs in Adults - An In-depth Guide
Disabled Badges (Parking) (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Doctors - see GP surgeries
Dog Mess (Fenland District Council)
Dog Warden (Fenland District Council)
Dropped Kerbs (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Dumped Rubbish (Fenland District Council)
Dumped Vehicles (Fenland District Council)
Dumps (Rubbish/Tip) (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Dustbin Collection (Fenland District Council)
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Education (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Adult Education and Training Courses (Free) (learnyay.co.uk)
Elderly – Social Services (Cambridgeshire County Council)
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Family History (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Families - Social Services (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Flooding:
Wisbech Flood Wardens on Facebook
Fly Posting (Fenland District Council)
Fly Tipping (Fenland District Council)
Footpaths (Rights Of Way) (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Fostering (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Freedom of Information (Wisbech Town Council):
Policies (Wisbech Town Council)
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GP surgeries:
Graffiti Removal (Fenland District Council)
Grants (Wisbech Town Council Community Grants)
Grass Cutting:
Verges (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Parks and Playgrounds (Fenland District Council)
Grit Bins (Wisbech Town Council)
Gritting (Roads and Paths) (Cambridgeshire County Council)
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Hazardous Waste Disposal (Fenland District Council)
Health:
Doctors - see GPs
Alan Hudson Day Treatment Centre
Mental Health - Keep Your Head brings together reliable information on mental health and wellbeing for children, young people and adults across Cambridgeshire & Peterborough.
Hedges (Nuisance) (Fenland District Council)
Highways (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Homelessness (Fenland District Council)
Household Waste Collection (Fenland District Council)
Housing:
Housing Benefit (Fenland District Council)
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Interpreting/translation (Cambridgeshire County Council)
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Jobs
Jobcentre Near Me - find local Jobcentre Plus offices, benefits and employment information
Universal Jobmatch
Job & Skills Cafe at the Queen Mary Centre
Workshop Recruitment
search for jobs via Jobbydoo
search for jobs via Totaljobs
search for jobs via neuvoo
search for jobs via Sales Jobs
search for jobs via Adzuna
Other job search engines are available
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Leisure, Culture and entertainment
Hudson Leisure Centre (New Vision Fitness)
Play2Day (Guyhirn)
Pigeons Farm (Thorney)
Libraries (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Licensing (Fenland District Council)
Litter (Fenland District Council)
Local History Archives:
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Marina (Wisbech Port and Yacht Harbour) (Fenland District Council)
Markets (Wisbech Town Council)
Meetings of Wisbech Town Council
Mental Health services and advice
MEPs (Members of the European Parliament)
Minutes of Wisbech Town Council
Missing link (suggest additions to this listing)
Museums (Wisbech):
Peckover House (National Trust)
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Needles (Drugs – Hazard) (Fenland District Council)
Neighbours (Nuisance) (Fenland District Council)
Newsletter (Wisbech Town Council Matters)
Noise (Nuisance) (Fenland District Council)
Nuisance (Anti-Social Behaviour) (Fenland District Council)
Nursery Schools (Cambridgeshire County Council)
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Old Age – Advice and Assistance:
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Parish Councils Adjacent to Wisbech:
Parking (see also Car Parks)
Parks and Gardens (Fenland District Council)
Parks and Grounds Maintenance (Fenland District Council)
Pavements (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Pests and Pest Control (Fenland District Council)
Pharmacies (find your local pharmacy)
Planning (Fenland District Council)
Playgrounds (Fenland District Council)
Police
Reporting suspicious or ciminal activities
Use this secure form to report any information you have about criminal activity or suspicious activity in your community. Every piece of information will be reviewed and could help to stop a crime or convict an offender.
Ask the police - answers to a lot of legal and policing questions from the Police National Legal Database
Policies (Wisbech Town Council): see the Documents page
Code of Conduct
Equality Policy
Financial Regulations
Members' Handbook
Standing Orders
Potholes (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Primary Schools (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Public Footpaths (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Public Toilets:
Public Transport (Cambridgeshire County Council)
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Rats (Pest Control) (Fenland District Council)
Recycling (Waste):
Bins (Fenland District Council)
Centres (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Refuse Tips (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Register of Electors (Fenland District Council)
Register Offices (Births, Marriages, Deaths) (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Rehabilitation Services:
https://www.rehabguide.co.uk/drug-alcohol-rehab-cambridgeshire/
https://www.rehab-recovery.co.uk/
https://www.rehab4addiction.co.uk/country-wide/drug-alcohol-rehab-cambridgeshire
Road and Pathway Maintenance (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Road Improvements (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Roads and Highways (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Roadworks News:
Roadworks.org (communications hub for live and planned road and traffic information
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Salting and Gritting (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Schools (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Secondary Schools (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Sheltered Housing (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Social Services (Cambridgeshire County Council):
Spinney (Wisbech Adventure Park)
Sports and Recreation Facilities
Leisure centres (Fenland District Council - New Vision Fitness)
Wisbech Table Tennis Association
Street Cleaning (Fenland District Council)
Street Furniture:
Wisbech Town Council – if you have any concerns regarding the street furniture located on Wisbech market place, please contact the Town Council offices.
Street Lighting (Cambridgeshire County Council/Balfour Beatty)
Street Lighting fault
Sunday Markets
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Tide Tables (Fenland District Council)
Tips (Rubbish/Waste) (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Tourism (Fenland District Council)
Tourism and visitor information - Wisbech Information Centre - can be found within Etcetera 7 York Row PE13 1EB 01945 232456
Trading Standards (Cambridgeshire County Council) please contact trading.standards@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or telephone 0345 045 5206
Travel (How to Get To Wisbech)
Trees (Fenland District Council)
Truancy (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Twinning (Wisbech/Arles Twinning Club)
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Vandalism (Fenland District Council)
VAT - Wisbech Town Council VAT Registration Number 170 3469 15
Verge Maintenance (Cambridgeshire County Council)
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Memorial Gardens (Fenland District Council)
Council Chamber
Welfare Benefits (Fenland District Council)
Wheelchair accessible private hire vehicles:
Parkers of Wisbech
FACT (Fenland Association for Community Transport)
Winter Road Maintenance (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Wisbech Adventure Park (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Wisbech Port (Fenland District Council)
Wisbech Rail Reopening Campaign
Wisbech Town Matters (Wisbech Town Council Newsletter) – discontinued, please see social media and the Fenland Citizen for regular updates on Town Council activities.
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