Peterborough
City in England » Cambridgeshire
Pictures of Peterborough
Main Picture:
Central Park - The Dell
by Christine Cunningham ©
Other photos
(left to right):
© Derek Harper,
© Michael Trolove,
© David Luther Thomas
Peterborough is a city spoken in another language.
From the station, the journey is stunted by a vast car park - heart sinks. Beyond this, decay, urban stuttering and the half finished tags of council planning, now indelible in concrete. No one knows the street names, where they live. Perhaps they've never needed to look. Peterborough is an expedient.
I can feel a rush of panic. Where indeed am I?
And then, she speaks. Rising from the town-cum-village-cum-city, a solid and reassuring form. St Peter's a Gothic certainty. It's a different country.
Cleaving through corridors of glossy frippery with promises of worse to come, eschewing the Queensgate Mammon, I reach the square. The place where people meet, watched over by the great cathedral.
Warmth, greeting, conversations in a myriad tongues, all are fluent.
In a home-made-caked sanctuary, I sup tea, and note dark warnings of no go areas, of invasion. Of urban grit. And they're true. Even Waitrose does an excellent line in shoplifting.
I smooth away, and discover secret brick, moss covered history, vicarage and ancient wall. I find the sun dappled texture of heritage about to be consumed by indifference, or a Starbucks.
Peterborough is in the throes of not being loved and finding hard to prove she is lovable. She will pile upon herself new baubles and shiny outlets to compensate for an empty heart and, like Leicester, Birmingham, Croydon, retail will be the only language anyone will need to understand.
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Cambridgeshire County Council
Information and news on current government projects in departments such as Health and Social Care, Environment and Leisure and Culture. With employment and business directories. Online services allow you to view licensing applications, make payments and report problems in your local area.
www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk
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Visit Peterborough
Find all you need in entertainment from Peterborough. From guided tours to camping and hotels to nightclubs. With a current Whats On guide for entertainment and sports.
www.visitpeterborough.com
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Sacrewell Farm and Country Centre
There is something for everyone at Sacrewell, from friendly farm animals, the Shire Horse Centre and play areas to the working watermill and farm bygones. For more information, please visit our website.
www.sacrewell.org.uk
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