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Peterborough - Peterborough Attractions |
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Peterborough, maybe an ancient cathedral city however today you will find a vibrant city by day and by night. It is easily accessable and makes an ideal place to take a break. Whether you visit us for our history & heritage, the superb shopping, a cruise on the river Nene or to party the night away with our great nightlife. One thing is for sure, whatever you are planning for your break away - Peterborough has it all. |
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| Barnwell
Country Park Ferry
Meadows (still water course) Grimsthorpe
Castle & Gardens (day
fishing on lake) |
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Barnwell
Country Park (waterside
walks, picnic meadows, BBQ area, wildlife garden, nature
trails, adventure playground and visitors
centre) Burghley
House & Gardens (deer park,
sculputure garden & south garden) Elton
Hall (historic house and gardens) Ferry
Meadows Country Park (pleasant walks, boating
lake, modern sculptures and water sports centre) Grimsthorpe
Castle & Gardens (gardens
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Activity
World (indoor adventure playground) Big
Sky Adventure Play (adventure playground/park) Flag
Fen Bronze Age Centre (on going
excavations, informative exhibits & reconstructed Bronze
Age round houses) Hamerton
Zoo Park (animals with over 100 species including tigers,
cheetahs, wolves, lemurs, marmosets, meerkats & wallabies) Huntingdon
Race Course (National Hunt Racing) Key
Ferry Cruises (river
trips out of ferry meadows. Private charter trips from Peterborough) Lazerforce Nene
Valley Railway (home of Thomas the Tank
engine as well as rolling stock & locomotives from the UK & Europe) Peterborough
Phantoms Ice Hockey Peterborough
United Football Club (Division
2 football) Rockingham Speedway Railworld (highlights modern trains, age of steam and the best model railway
for miles
around) Sacrewell
Farm and Country Centre (exhibits, animals, mill and farmland) Stanley Carroll School of Irish Dancing |
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| Elton
Furze Golf Club (18 hole) Orton
Meadows Golf Club (18 hole) Milton
Golf Club (18
hole) Thorney
Golf Centre (36 hole) Thorpe
Wood Golf Club (18 hole) |
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Burghley
House & Gardens (900 years
of history) Elton
Hall (historic
house and gardens) Flag
Fen Bronze Age Centre (on going
excavations, informative exhibits & reconstructed Bronze
Age round houses) Grimsthorpe
Castle & Gardens (over
800 years of history. view collections of paintings, furniture,
tapestries and objects d’art) Imperial
War Museum Duxford Longthorpe
Tower (14thC
tower of a fortified manor-house. Exhibitions from local artists) Peterborough
Cathedral (a
place of Christian worship since 655AD. The present Cathedral
was started in 1118 and consecrated in
1238) Peterborough
Museum & Art Gallery (displays from prehistoric monsters to
modern art) Prebendal
Manor House (this
grade I listedbuilding is the earliest surviving dwelling
in Northamptonshire) Rockingham
Castle Thorney
Abbey Church (Abbey church with a Norman nave (c1100)) Thorney
Heritage Museum (exhibits from monastic days, Walloon and Flemish influence
and 19thC model housing by
the Duke of Bedford. Whittlesey
Museum (archaeology, agriculture, hand
tools, brickmaking, a collection of local photographs) |
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Bhs
Ltd Hereward
Cross Shopping Centre John Lewis Partnership Marks & Spencer
plc Peterborough
City Market (approx.
150 stalls) Queensgate Shopping
Centre (over 90 stores) Rivergate Shopping Centre Serpentine
Green Shopping Centre (over
30 stores) |
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Broadway Theatre (live
theatre, musical events & large screen cinema) Peterborough
Greyhound Stadium (Racing on Tues,
Wed, Fri & Sat nights) Rockingham
Speedway (live
concerts) Showcase
Multiplex Cinema (13
screens showing the latest Holywood blockbusters) Wilbarston
Hall (live
entertainment) |
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| Clubs Break for the Border Chicago Rock Cafe
Faith
and Fusion (two clubs in one) Liquid The
Park The
Verve Pubs
& Bars Bogart's
Bar and Grill Charters
Café Bar (Dutch built barge with live music most Friday
& Saturdays) Edwards Loch
Fyne Restaurant O'Neill's
Irish Bar O'Neill's
Irish Bar The
Bar Cafe The
Black Horse The
College Arms The
Old Monk Solstice
Bar Yates
Wine Bar |
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| Tourist Information Centre | ||||
If you require any further information on any of Peterborough's attractions please contact: Peterborough Tourist Information Centre |
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