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Peterborough

Peterborough is a huge city. There are not many attractions that would bring you here except for the cathedral. You can make Peterborough worth a day out by coming to see the cathedral, having a bit of lunch and then doing some shopping at the Queensgate Shopping Centre or the Rivergate Shopping Centre.

It holds a market on Tuesday-Saturday from 8.30-4.30 p.m.

It also hosts an annual half marathon that I highly recommend. It is great for a personal best as it is virtually flat.

Peterborough Cathedral

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I went to Peterborough for the day as I was told that the Cathedral is one of the finest in England and I would agree. You can see the tomb of Katherine of Aragon (Henry VIII’s first wife) and where Mary, Queen of the Scots, was buried before Oliver Cromwell's troops destroyed her tomb. 

Also it has the largest Mediaeval painted wooden ceiling. It is a very impressive building if you are anything like me, you will appreciate the architecture.  It is located right near the market cross in the city centre. I just sat and listened to the service that was going on and can see why people are so moved by buildings such as this.

Annual Events

Katharine of Aragon Festival- January
Peterborough Heritage Festival- June
Perkins Great Eastern Run (Half Marathon)- October

Pictures of Peterborough

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  • Home
    • About Me
  • Places to Visit
    • East Anglia >
      • Bedfordshire >
        • Indoor Skydiving
        • Wrest Park
      • Cambridgeshire >
        • Burwell Museum
        • Cambridge
        • Houghton Mill
        • Ely
        • Peckover House
        • Peterborough
      • Essex >
        • Finchingfield
        • Saffron Walden
      • Norfolk >
        • Binham Priory
        • Blicking Hall
        • Castle Acre
        • Castle Rising
        • Creake Abbey
        • Felbrigg Hall
        • Great Yarmouth
        • Horsey Beach and Windpump
        • Oxburgh Hall
        • Norwich
        • Sandringham Estate
        • Snettisham Deer Park and Farm
        • Walsingham
        • Wells-Next-the-Sea
      • Hatfield House
      • Hitchin
      • Suffolk >
        • Aldeburgh
        • Brandon/Thetford
        • Bury St Edmunds
        • Clare
        • Framlingham Castle
        • Ipswich
        • Lakenheath/Mildenhall
        • Lavenham
        • Long Melford
        • Newmarket
        • Orford
        • Southwold
    • London >
      • London Tips
      • Whitehall & Westminster
      • Soho & Trafalgar Square
      • Covent Garden & The Strand
      • Piccadilly & St James
      • Holborn & The Inns of Court
      • The City
      • Southwark & Bankside
      • South Bank
      • South Kensington & Knightsbridge
      • Regents Park & Marylebone
      • Greenwich & Blackheath
      • Greater London
    • Midlands >
      • Nottingham
      • Stratford-Upon-Avon
      • Warwick Castle
    • North West >
      • Carlisle Castle
      • Hadrians Wall
      • Lake District
    • North East >
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      • Hadrian's Wall
      • York
      • Whitby
    • South East >
      • Ascot
      • Blenheim Palace
      • Brighton
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      • Highclere Castle (Downton Abbey)
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