Local Area Info

Peterborough's vast selection of houses - from starter homes to substantial properties in attractive villages - offers unsurpassed value and quality for any comparable location so close to London.

The Hampton township on the southern perimeter of Peterborough will eventually provide 7000 homes for 17,500 people.

The first phase of a 900-home development at Riverside Place, Oundle Road, Peterborough, is under construction and a start is expected in 2003 on the first phase of a 300-home scheme by Persimmon at the East of England showground site.

Around 1,300 new homes could be built at Stanground when a by-pass road is constructed and a further 30 sites around Peterborough have been identified for the construction of 2,700 homes by 2006.

Efficient road links to a large number of small towns and villages give local residents an unlimited choice of rural homes - from stone-built cottages to large manors set in their own grounds.

If you just love to shop, then Peterborough will fulfil your every need with modern shopping centres, traditional high street stores and old-style markets linked by landscaped pedestrian areas.

The Queensgate Centre has 100 stores, including John Lewis, Bhs, Marks & Spencer, Boots, Waitrose, Argos and Virgin Megastore, grouped around brightly lit, spacious malls and squares. Similarly the Rivergate Centre and Hereward Cross both contain a selection of major stores and smaller specialist shops and restaurants.

Peterborough Market offers a typically lively atmosphere and profusion of merchandise five days a week.

The Serpentine Green shopping centre at the Hampton township on Peterborough's southern perimeter is also a major shopping attraction, featuring Britain's largest Tesco Extra store together with Boots, WH Smith, Gap, Holiday Hypermarket, Next and Outfit plus coffee shops and restaurants.

The Rivergate Centre which opened at the south end of Bridge Street in 1989, includes an Asda supermarket and a Comet store while Hereward Cross at the northern edge of the city centre accommodates a Tesco supermarket.
Telephone: 01733 313743.

The Queensgate Centre - voted Europe's best new shopping centre when it opened in 1982 and still as exciting today - has 100 stores, including John Lewis, Bhs, Marks & Spencer, Boots, Waitrose, Argos and Virgin Megastore, grouped around brightly-lit, spacious malls and squares.
For details telephone 01733 311666 or visit.

queensgate-shopping.co.uk

Peterborough is located 80 miles (128 kilometres) north of London and 40 miles (64 kilometres) north-west of Cambridge. The city benefits from frequent high-speed train services on the main East Coast rail line. Adjacent roads such as the A1(M), A14 and A47 provide swift access to the national road network. There are rapid connections with major airports such as Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, East Midlands and Birmingham. Peterborough is within easy reach of major East Coast sea ports such as Felixstowe, Harwich and Hull.

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A1(M) direct to London
A14 fast link to the Midlands
A14 fast link to East Coast Ports

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Rail routes
Air ports
Sea ports

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London 45min
York 1hr 10min
Leeds 1hr 26min
Newcastle 2hr
Edinburgh 3hr 30min

Direct regional links with:
Norwich, Ipswich, Cambridge, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool.

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Travel times by road:
London
Stansted 1hr
Luton 1 hr
Heathrow 2hr
Gatwick 2hr 20min

E.Midlands 1hr 10min

Birmingham international 1hr

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Hull to Ostend & Rotterdam
Great Yarmouth to Scheveningen
Felixstowe to Ostend

Harwich to Hook of Holland, Gothenburg, Esbjerg and Hamburg

Peterborough CathedralPeterborough Cathedral
Towering majestically above the city centre stands the third abbey, founded in 1118, now the Cathedral of St Peter. This beautiful building keeps guard over the town's bustling city centre and bears testament to the many fascinating events which have taken place over the centuries. The cathedral's west front is breathtaking and the building as a whole is one the finest examples of Norman architecture in Europe.

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