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More info × Group 28 Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show Me No thanks, close See our Privacy Notice Transport has long been a topic of debate in Cambridgeshire – even before the days of 20mph zones, bus gates, and low traffic neighbourhoods. In the late 18th century, people in Wisbech discussed plans to build a canal connecting the town to nearby Outwell. Plans for the canal were discussed at the Rose and Crown Inn in October 1792, attracting people from as far away as Derby, Leicester, and Bedford who wanted to know whethe.