Pestovo (Russian: Песто́во) is a town and the administrative center of Pestovsky District in Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located in the Valdai Hills on the Mologa River.

[citation needed] The uyezds were abolished as well and, effective October 1, 1927, Pestovsky District was established, with the administrative center in Pestovo.

[16] The railway connecting Sonkovo and Mga, or, more generally, the northern railroad between Moscow and St. Petersburg, crosses Pestovsky District.

The Intercession Church located in Pestovo is protected as a cultural heritage monument of local significance.

[17] The church was built in the second half of the 19th century in the village of Pokrov-Mologa, located on the right bank of the Mologa River.