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Peterborough has leisure and culture facilities to stimulate both mind and body, excellent Libraries, open spaces of our Peterborough's parks, a fascinating past (check out the city's Museum),impressive Art Gallery as well as numerous Sports facilities

Museums


Peterborough Museum houses a collection of some 227,000 objects covering the history of the Peterborough area, including archaeology, social history, art, geology, natural history, costume and militaria. Displays are being updated throughout the Museum to offer a 'hands-on' element.

The Museum has internationally important collections of marine dinosaurs (most found locally) and crafted items made by Napoleonic Prisoners of war (most kept near Peterborough at Norman Cross, history's first POW camp).

Peterborough Museum also has an ever-changing programme of temporary exhibitions, covering everything from work by local artists to hands-on displays on historical subjects. It also has a lively range of weekend events and activities, from historical re-enactment to children's activities, which all aim to bring the past to life for visitors.

The Museum also offers offsite events such as talks, lectures and the very popular Peterborough Ghost walk.

The Museum has a vibrant education programme, attracting everyone from children in formal education to pre-schoolers, adults and community groups.


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Peterborough Cathedral


Cathedral was founded in 655 by the Mercian nobleman, Paeda, destroyed by the Danes in 870, reconstructed in 972 and then burnt down by mistake in 1116. The present Cathedral, started in 1118, took more than 120 years to build and was consecrated in 1238 by Bishop Robert Grosseteste of Lincoln. It is a superb example of Romanesque architecture. The West front built in the early 13th century is unique in Christendom.

The Cathedral suffered badly at the hands of Cromwell's soldiers in 1643. As a result the interior of the Cathedral is uncluttered with monuments and light streams in through clear glass, creating an air of space and purity. Much work has been done in recent years including the restoration of the beautiful Nave ceiling, one of the most important examples of this kind of medieval art in Europe. Henry VIII's first queen Katharine of Aragon is buried at the Cathedral.

The Cathedral is still the seat of the Bishop of Peterborough, as it has been since the Diocese was created in 1541. Worship, enhanced and supported by a long choral tradition, still takes place every day (please telephone for service times). The Cathedral is used for many functions including exhibitions, concerts and school outings. There is a permanent exhibition depicting the life of the Cathedral and the daily life of a Benedictine monk. There are also scale models of how the Cathedral was constructed.


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Flag Fen


At Flag Fen archaeologists have discovered the preserved remains of a huge timber monument to our ancestors. Today part of the remains can be viewed in an undercover display hall that contains a 60 metre wall painting showing how the people of the past lived in this part of the Fens some 3,000 years ago.

The 20 acre park around Flag Fen contains recreations and reconstructions of houses and dwellings from past times, including native flora and fauna around a site packed with wildlife.

The Museum contains artefacts found at Flag Fen which include weapons, jewellery and sacrificial items. In the Millennium Centre are displays of Bronze Age life. Special events and lectures are held throughout the year, please contact for details.


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Nene Valley Railway


The Nene Valley Railway has only been operating since 1977 but the line once formed part of an important cross-country route from East Anglia to the Midlands. It was originally opened in 1845 and was closed to passengers by British Railways in 1966.

The railway transports you back to a past age. All of the working locos rolling stock have been restored to enable you to enjoy a railway journey as it used to be. For those of you who can remember steam traction (which finished in everyday service on British Railways in 1968), it will be a nostalgic trip and for others a completely new experience. There are also some diesel locomotives running - even these are around 35 years old!

At Wansford, amongst the other facilities, you can see the extensive collection of British and Continental locomotives. Although running on the same gauge track Continental rolling stock differs by being both taller and wider than its British counterparts. The NVR is the only railway in the UK where this stock can, and does, run regularly alongside the more traditional British trains - a different kind of experience.

Some of the railway's historic goods wagons can be seen adjacent to both Ferry Meadows and Peterborough stations. Whilst at Ferry Meadows admire the station building - an original Great Northern Railway goods office from Fletton Yard which was moved brick by brick to become the station here.

There many country walks from and between the stations - why not walk one way and catch the train back. Both Ferry Meadows and Oration Mere give access to the extensive Country Park which has miles of footpaths - many of which are surfaced and are suitable for pushchairs and wheelchairs. There is plenty of room for children to let off steam whilst other areas are quieter and allow the countryside and wildlife to be enjoyed.


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Prebendal Manor


The Prebendal Manor is a 1,200 year old medieval centre on the north eastern edge of Northamptonshire, near Oundle,



Stamford and Peterborough. It is the oldest manor in Northamptonshire.

You can hear about King Cnut's visit to the manor and see the largest recreated medieval garden in Europe. Here you can see the recreated medieval gardener's hut.

There are on going archaeological excavations to see and you can visit the tithe barn museum with a display of artefacts discovered during the excavations.

You can try your skills at medieval games and see ancient rare breed pigs and sheep with geese and hens kept on the site just as they would have been a 1000 years ago. The sheep in the picture are Norfolk Horn which were introduced to East Anglia by the Saxons.




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Burghley House


Burghley house is the largest and grandest of the first Elizabethan Age. Built and mostly designed by William Cecil, Lord High Treasurer of England, between 1555 and 1587, the house is a family home for his descendants to this day. At present the House is occupied by, Mrs Miranda Rock direct descendent of William Cecil, Lord Burghley. Mrs Rock took over from her mother, Lady Victoria Leatham, as House Director in 2007.



The State Rooms
There are eighteen State Rooms, including many decorated by Antonio Verrio in the 17th century, housing a huge collection of great works of art, including one of the most important private collections of 17th century Italian paintings, the earliest inventoried collection of Japanese ceramics in the West, rare examples of European porcelain, and wood carvings by Grinling Gibbons and his followers. There are also four magnificent State Beds, fine examples of English and continental furniture and important tapestries and textiles.


The Gardens
Burghley is an Elizabethan house and its garden would have looked very different at the time of its completion, from its present appearance. In 1623 the park and gardens occupied 448 acres but in 1796 a great new intake brought the total acreage up to 1,400 acres which necessitated extending the Park wall by 3 miles. This is the wall that can be seen from the A1. 'Capability' Brown was employed to landscape the Park. He also constructed the 22 acre lake and in 1775, the Lion Bridge.

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