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Peterborough
Cambridgeshire, East of England · population 194,000 · Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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Peterborough
Peterborough is a cathedral city in the City of Peterborough district in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. The city is 74 miles (119 km) north of London, on the River Nene. As of the 2021 census, the Peterborough urban area had a population of 192,178, In 2023, the Peterborough City Council estimated the population of the wider district to be 219,510.
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CouncilOfsted chief inspector visits Coventry after children’s services achieve outstanding rating
Sir Martyn Oliver toured the council on 17 September to discuss the recent outstanding Ofsted rating, the partnerships driving improvement and plans for school-places and child-focused housing.
Coventry33 minutes ago
CouncilOver 2,000 Coventry social homes upgraded with insulation, solar panels and heat pumps
A £67.6 million programme delivered by Citizen, the council and partners has fitted external wall insulation, solar panels, heat pumps and fans to more than two thousand social houses, cutting tenants’ energy bills.
Coventry3 hours ago
CouncilCoventry Market to receive £1.25m external upgrade
Coventry City Council, backed by West Midlands funding and the Hill Group, will spend at least £1.25 million on external improvements to the Grade II listed market, with work set to begin early next year.
Coventry4 hours ago
CouncilCoventry launches 'It's K to Talk' campaign to curb ketamine use among youth
Positive Choices, commissioned by the council, has rolled out the ‘It’s K to Talk’ campaign, co-designed with young people, after an 80 % jump in local ketamine-related support requests since March 2025.
Coventry6 hours ago
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What's on in and around Peterborough
Huddersfield Town Women
Sun 11 Oct, 14:00Weston Homes Stadium, Sutton

Flo & Joan - With Feeling
Fri 23 Oct, 19:30Key Theatre, Peterborough

Queen of the Night - A Tribute to Whitney Houston
Sun 25 Oct, 19:30New Theatre Peterborough, Peterborough

Chris Ramsey: Here Man
Thu 29 Oct, 19:30The Cresset, Peterborough

Norwich City Women
Thu 29 Oct, 19:45Weston Homes Stadium, Peterborough

Scouting For Girls Live in Peterborough Cathedral
Fri 30 Oct, 19:00Peterborough Cathedral, Peterborough

Days out around Peterborough
View allSibson Lake
Water Newton · 5.6 miles
Close to historic Stamford, Wansford and Peterborough. A short walk from the Nene Valley Railway, combining floating eco-retreats,safe & secure leisure moorings on a beautiful stretch of the Nene. The site was excavated and opened to the river 12/08/2018.
John Clare's grave
Helpston · 5.6 miles
The children of John Clare Primary School annually place 'midsummer cushions' around the grave. These are a Northamptonshire tradition recorded by Clare: a rectangle of greensward with summer flowers pushed into it.
The Stamford Spa
Wothorpe · 11 miles
Former source of mineralised water. Round stone basin with stone lid. A good history is "Stamford Spa" (2017). YouTube video, added by erasedculture [Online]. Available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaSI-DhD4Fc (Accessed 2020-10-26)
Bourne Castle
Bourne · 14 miles
Bourne Castle was a Norman motte and double bailey castle. It was destroyed after being used by Oliver Cromwell's troops in 1645, and a farmhouse was built on its site
Parish Church of St Mary
Woolley · 16 miles
Grade II Listed. Parish church now ruinous. Surviving ruined walls of west tower and doorway late C14, south nave wall and blocked doorway, south aisle wall and part of jamb to south doorway and buttresses and wall of south transept c.1300; the south tran
Somersham Pocket Park
Somersham · 17 miles
Bird and Wildlife Watching, Family Walks.
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