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Links

Useful Peterborough Websites

Burghley House, probably the country's finest Elizabethan mansion
www.burghley.co.uk

East of England Agricultural Society, a registered charity primarily concerned with the promotion of British agriculture and the countryside through the organisation of a wide variety of events and activities.
www.eastofengland.org.uk

East of England Showground, the region's most versatile venue. Lists events being held, as well as information about Showground facilities available for hire.
www.showground.org.uk

Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre, an important Fen-edge site with visitor centre, a busy programme of events and open excavations
www.flagfen.com

Nene Valley Railway is a busy steam railway linking Wansford, on the A1, with the centre of Peterborough and passing through Nene Country park.
www.nvr.org.uk

North Westgate proposals are now out for consultation.
www.northwestgate.com

Opportunity Peterborough is an urban regeneration company established in 2005 to manage the transformation of Peterborough as a growth centre.
www.opportunitypeterborough.co.uk

Peterborough and District Family History Society
www.peterborofhs.org.uk

Peterborough Cathedral, Peterborough's finest building and burial place of Katharine of Aragon and Mary Queen of Scots.
www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk

Peterborough City Council for accommodation guide, accommodation booking and Conference guide.
www.peterborough.gov.uk/leisure

Peterborough Environment City Trust is a charitable trust promoting environmental initiatives in the Greater Peterborough area.
www.pect.net

Peterborough Guest Speakers This web site has been designed to provide a platform for public speakers in and around the city to reach organisations, societies and associations who are looking for people to provide interesting talks for their members. Those groups also have the opportunity to appear on the site so that potential speakers and new members can make contact.
www.peterboroughguestspeakers.co.uk/

Peterborough Library is a resource for family history and local history research.
www.peterboroughheritage.org.uk/library/index.htm

Peterborough's own Archive Service is now being established. Kitchin collection of old photographs.
www.peterboroughheritage.org.uk/library/hdarchive.htm

Peterborough In Pictures. A collection of interesting pictures of Peterborough. www.peterboroughinpictures.co.uk/

Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery. The museum has modernised galleries devoted to its outstanding collections of Jurassic fossils and the work of the inmates of the Norman Cross Napoleonic Prisoner of War camp as well as excellent exhibitions on the Natural History, archaeology and social history of the area.
www.peterboroughheritage.org.uk/museum/index.html

Peterborough's Community website contains a wealth of information and links about Peterborough's businesses, organisations and people.
www.peterborough.net

Peterborough Today the website of the city's daily newspaper, the Evening Telegraph.
www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk

Visit Positively Peterborough if you are thinking of moving your job, family or business to Peterborough.
www.positivelypeterborough.org

Railworld, an exhibition of rail innovation around the world and promoting rail at the heart of a sustainable transport system.
www.railworld.net

Sacrewell Farm and Country Centre at Thornhaugh where the A47 and A1 meet.
www.sacrewell.org.uk.

The John Clare Society celebrates the romantic poet John Clare, born in Helpston, a village near Peterborough.
vzone.virgin.net/linda.curry/jclaresociety.htm

Tourist attractions, leisure facilities and entertainment venues are listed with their links.
www.peterborough.gov.uk/leisure/links.shtml

For links to local festivals, venues, accommodation information, maps, travel information and other Peterborough websites see
www.peterboroughevents.co.uk/eventslinks.html

Related Regional and National bodies

East of England Association of Civic Trust Societies is the regional umbrella body for the various civic societies (also Amenity, Heritage or Preservation societies) in the East of England (Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Herts, Essex and Bedfordshire). It has links to all those with web sites.
www.eeacts.org.uk

The Civic Trust. At this site you will find a list of all the other civic societies in the UK, with links to those with web sites.
www.civictrust.org.uk/top.shtml

English Heritage. This site has a large selection of images of England. You can search by location.
www.imagesofengland.org.uk/

A Sense of Place. This site has some good images and informaton about Peterborough and the area around Peterborough.
www.senseofplacepeterborough.org/themes.html

CABE (Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment).
www.cabe.org.uk/

Architecture (Useful site on Architechture, option to search Architects Index).
www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/

170 books about Peterborough (Useful site on books about Peterborough).
www.peterboroughbooks.com/

Peterborough Civic Society. Registered Charity No. 279306. Registered with the Civic Trust