Peterborough is an ancient Cathedral city with an exciting, modern life style offering great choices of places to visit. Perhaps start with a tour of the 12 Century Cathedral (left), then, in Cathedral Square (below) see the Butter Cross or Guildhall built in 1671. The local museum (below) is nearby in Priest Gate. Enjoy a day on the river, or visit Ferry Meadows Country Park, travelling on the famous Nene Valley Steam Railway. The Key Theatre on the banks of the River Nene and the Cresset in the Bretton centre provide a year round programme of top rate evening entertainment. Queensgate shopping centre in the very heart of the city provides a great shopping experience, with many major retail outlets. The city's covered market has a wide range of stalls. 18/20 May British Motorcyclists Federation at the Peterborough showground 25/27 Willow Festival Peterborough River Enbankment Excellent transport road links make the Rose Marie a good base to explore other famous locations like nearby Stamford or the east coast resorts. Whatever your need, whether traveller, day out or on business, Peterborough is ideal for shopping, sight seeing and night life. With so much to see and en...

The modern-day city of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire, hides a wealth of history just waiting to be uncovered. Visit Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre where archaeologists found the oldest wheel in Britain. Then fast forward a few centuries to discover the "new" 12th century cathedral with the largest surviving example of a painted wooden ceiling from the Middle Ages.