The Crescent consists of rows of terraced houses and religious buildings laid out as a circus in the town of Wisbech, England.

Initiated by the developer Joseph Medworth and built between 1794 and c1815, it is a rare examples of a Georgian circus to be found in the United Kingdom.

This was created after Medworth bought from Mr John Powell a house that stood where the entrance to Market Street now is, and promptly demolished it.

Later part of the Castle Estate was walled off to create a public space on which a war memorial was subsequently built.

[2] Many notable people have either lived or stayed in the circus since it was built over 200 years ago, and some are commemorated on special plaques attached to the relevant buildings.

The mansion built for Thurloe and the land on which The Crescent stands was bought at auction from the see of the Bishop of Ely for £2,305 by Medworth in 1793.

A network of passages linking with Love Lane provide access to the rear (south) of the properties in The Crescent.

[4] In the middle of the circus is The Castle, the Regency villa that was constructed with the demolished material from Thurloe's mansion.

[6] During the 20th century many of the houses which had formerly been the residences of single families with servants or other staff were divided into flats and offices.

[8][9] In 1916 Castle Lodge was purchased by the Christian Science Society, in 1946 it became Crown Property and was used as a Benefits Office and later by the Probation Service.

[13] The circus and its buildings frequently feature in films or on tv particularly when a visitor has a royal connection.