Peterborough

Peterborough is an historic cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, part of the English region of East Anglia.


	peterborough Travel Guide : 1 Understand 2 Get in 2.1 By road 3 See 4 External links

Understand

From London, take the A1(M) northwards. From Cambridge, take the A14 northeastwards, before joining the A1(M).

Peterborough Cathedral 1 (http://www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/), tel 01733 355300, open Mo-Fr 9am-6.30pm, Sa 9am-5pm, Su 7.30-5pm, NB: access may be limited during services, no set admission fee, but donations appreciated (Ł3.50 suggested) - originally founded as an abbey in 665, the present building was started in 1118 and completed in 1238. Highlights of the Cathedral include the West Front with its unique English Gothic Portico, the original 13th century painted nave ceiling (the only English example and one of only four in Europe!), the burials of Katharine of Aragon (1st wife from six of Henry VIII) and of Mary Queen of Scots, the fan vaulting of the New Building Ceiling, the Hedda Stone (an 8th Century Saxon carving from the original church) and St Oswald's Chapel with its original 12th century watchtower.
Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery 2 (http://www.peterboroughheritage.org.uk/museum/index.html), Priestgate, tel 01733 343329, fax 01733 341928, mailto:museum@peterborough.gov.uk, open Tu-Sa 10am-5pm, Su 12noon-4pm, closed most Mondays and public holidays, admission free

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