Discover Peterborough.
Go beyond the obvious. Explore the history, landscapes, people, folklore, art, sport and screen stories that reveal what makes Peterborough Peterborough.
Find your way
into Peterborough.
There is no single way to understand a city. Explore Peterborough through history, landscape, people, folklore, art, screen and sport, then follow the connections wherever they lead.
Peterborough History
Jurassic seas. Bronze Age ritual. Romans, abbeys, queens, railways, bricks, engines and a city repeatedly remade.
Peterborough Places
Explore the urban heart, heritage landscapes, countryside, fen edge and the places that give Peterborough its distinctive character.
Peterborough People
Monarchs, poets, engineers, artists, performers, pioneers and wonderfully unexpected Peterborians.
Peterborough Folklore
Black hunters, ghosts, toadmen, strange lights, old customs and stories that refuse to disappear.
Peterborough Art
Sculpture, murals, medieval paintings and public art woven into Peterborough's streets and landscapes.
Peterborough On Screen
James Bond, Mission: Impossible, Atonement, Poirot and decades of film and television locations hiding in plain sight.
Peterborough Sports
Football, ice hockey, rugby, rowing, swimming, running and the sporting life that gets the city moving.