Whittlesey
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![The spire of St. Mary's church viewed from the west](/Images/godic/202501/15/St._Marys_spire3914.jpg")
![Looking north over the Market Place from the spire of St. Mary's during the 2012 Whittlesey Festival](/Images/godic/202501/15/Looking_north_from_St._Mary's_church,_Whittlesey3914.jpg")
Whittlesey, historically known as Whittlesea (as the name of the railway station is currently spelt) or Witesie, is an ancient Fenland market town around six miles (10 km) east of Peterborough in the county of Cambridgeshire in England. With the neighbouring parishes of Coates, Eastrea and Pondersbridge, it has an approximate population of 15,000.