Events diary

July 2021

Welcome Back Open Day

Event leader: Sunday 25th July, 10.30am til 4pm, see poster for details

Sunday 25th July, 10.30am til 4pm, see poster for details

With the lifting of Covid restrictions, Trustees of the Society
and the Friends of Wisbech General Cemetery will be at the
Cemetery from 10.30am to 4.00pm to show you the Chapel
and the improvements made with the help of the CULTURE
RECOVERY FUND to the Chapel and Cemetery.
At 11.00am and 2.30pm there will be guided walks around
the Cemetery and, all day, the opportunity to see inside the

newly cleaned Chapel.

The Friends will be manning a plant stall. Refreshments and

Society books will be available to purchase.
Entrance is free but donations to the Friends to support their
ongoing tending of the flora and fauna will be appreciated.

April 2020

Francis Pryor - Illustrated Talk and Book Signing

Sadly we have had to postpone this event. We will update in due course. All tikets bought will remain valid for when we reschedule.

February 2020

Snowdrop Walk

Event leader: Guided Walk

The Friends of the Cemetery are leading their popular Snowdrop Walk on Sunday the 9th of February this year. Always a delight to see the new flowers appear and bring us signs of warmer times to come. Join the Friends and the guided walk is free, or pay just £3 per adult, £1 per child.

September 2019

Cemetery Walk

As part of the Heritage Open Day at the Wisbech General Cemetery, there will be a guided walk by Sue Beel, Chair of The Friends of the Cemetery at 11.00am on Sunday 15th September

September 2019

Heritage Open Days

Event leader: Family History day

We are pleased to be open once again as part of the national Heritage Open Days.

We’re looking forward to welcoming visitors from near and far to see the Chapel restored and to enjoy a walk around the grounds with the Friends of the General Cemetery.

We will have the Fenland Family History Society with us to help you learn how to research your own family tree. Our researcher Andre Newman will demonstrate what he has found and be on hand to look for any relatives you may have in the grounds.

September 2019

Crafternoon

Event leader: Crafternoon - Dare to Dream

Yesterday’s dreams shape today’s reality. What future are you dreaming of?

In 2019 Heritage Open Days is celebrating People Power in all its forms, so for this year’s Unsung Stories commission we’re delighted to be working with award-winning activist and founder of the Craftivist Collective, Sarah Corbett.  ‘Dare to Dream’ explores the stories of those who have affected positive change in their community by dreaming of a brighter future, and asks what we can do to keep moving things forward.

See more on the Heritage Open Days website here

June 2019

An Evening of Poetry and Prose

An evening of Poetry & Prose curated by Eleanor Sloan.
Poetry & excerpts from books with local links such as William Wordsworth, Dorothy L Sayers, Charles Dickens & more. With food tastings from Fenland

£5 per person, Contact treasurer@wisbech-society.co.uk to book!

June 2019

The Birds of Wisbech General Cemetery

Event leader: with Bob Smith, a member of the Cambridgeshire Bird Club and a member of the Wisbech Society

As part of our Heritage Lottery funded activities program, we’d like to invite you to a free talk at the General Cemetery about the birds that can be found here. If we’re lucky we’ll see the rare Spotted Flycatcher! Bob Smith will be leading with a presentation in the Chapel, then we’ll have time for questions before a walk around the Cemetery.

Bob is a member of the Cambridgeshire Bird Club and a member of the Wisbech Society. He is also secretary of the Fenland Archaeological Society and is currently completing postgraduate studies into the history and archaeology of the Highlands and Islands, as well as intending to start a book about the mercantile trade of Wisbech.