International links
We link the people of Peterborough and our twin towns
through social, recreational, cultural and educational
partnerships. We have five twin towns: Bourges,
France; Viersen, Germany; Alcalá de Henares, Spain; Forli,
Italy; and Vinnitsa, Ukraine. We also have a number of
informal friendship links including Ballarat in Australia, KweKwe
Zimbabwe, Foggia Italy, and all Peterboroughs around the
world.
Find out the history and purpose for communities twinning.
Find out about Peterborough's links with Bourges, France.
Find out about Peterborough's links with Alcala De Henares, Spain.
Peterborough twinned with Viersen in 1982. Viersen is a young town founded in 1970 as part of communal restructuring.
Peterborough was twinned with Forli in 1991. It is in the Emilia-Romagna region in North Central Italy. Nearest airports are Bologna and Rimini.
The city of Vinnitsa is in the centre of one of the 25 regions of the Ukraine, about 220km from the capital Kiev.
We have offered all primary schools in Peterborough the opportunity to forge links with primary schools in our twin towns.