A city to surprise and delight you
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Thinking of visiting Peterborough?
Our Visit Peterborough website is for you.
If you already live in Peterborough you could get discounts for local attractions and activities with our Active card.
What is on offer?Whether your interests are sightseeing, stately homes, shopping, history, river trips, markets, entertainment, activities, sports, events or eating out, Peterborough will surprise and delight you because it has something for all tastes and ages. Take a look at the What's on Guide and the guided tour listing. |
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Places of interestOur modern city hides a great
deal of history. The magnificent Cathedral with
its impressive architecture is also the resting place of Katharine
of Aragon, first wife of Henry VIII. Flag Fen Bronze-Age archaeological
site displays artefacts found on site in its museum,
including the oldest wheel in Britain. Peterborough
Museum has a new look hands-on archaeology gallery and
contains one of the best collections of marine dinosaurs in the
world, apart from the fact that the building is said to be the most haunted
in the city!
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ShoppingQueensgate shopping centre offers you over 90 shops and parking for 2,300 cars and just outside in Cathedral Square and you will find a further selection of shops as well as a market, cafes and restaurants. Just three miles from the city centre there is more retail to be found at Serpentine Green with 22 outlets including shops and restaurants and the UKs largest Tesco Extra Store with plenty of parking. |
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Food and entertainmentThere is a wide choice of places to eat,
whether pubs, restaurants, cafes and fast food outlets. The
city offers a great nightlife including
theatres, showcase
cinema and
greyhound stadium. There is a full programme of events both
national and international, a lively arts scene and the UKs biggest undercover beer
festival held in August each year.
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Outdoor activitiesThere are acres of green open spaces, lakes and riverside parkland.
The Green Wheel cycle network covers
miles of glorious countryside linking villages and pretty market
towns along the way.
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Tourist Information Centre Services
The Tourist Information Centre is ready to help you whether you are:
- a resident
- a day visitor
- on a short break
- a group travel organiser
- an attendee at a conference.
- accommodation bookings and Book A Bed Ahead Service
- agents for Ticketmaster - London theatres, concerts, sporting events and more
- tickets for local events (sold by prior arrangement with the event organiser)
- Key Theatre bookings (book Key Theatre tickets on-line)
- UK Holiday Brochures for personal callers and the Brochurelink Service
- agents for Shaws Coaches and Peterborough Travel Consultants at no extra cost
- guided tours
- Active Card purchase and renewals
- books and maps including Peterborough Tourism and Cycle Map
- leaflets for the local area, East of England, London and National attractions
- travel information, timetables for local buses and national rail
- general information on local attractions, directions, events and more