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

Understand

Peterborough is located in the East Anglian region of Cambridgeshire.

Get in

By road

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

By rail

Peterborough is on the East Coast Main Line from London to York, Durham, Newcastle and Edinburgh. It is about an hour's travel from London.

See

Peterborough Cathedral , 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 (£3.50 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 , 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

Recent figures, plotting growth from 1995 to 2004, reveal that Peterborough has become the most successful economy among unitary authorities in the East of England. The chart also reveals that Peterborough's economy is growing faster than the East of England average and any other economy in the region. In January 2007, Peterborough was named as the leading city in driving forward the UK's business growth, with an impressive 3.78% increase between April and September 2006.

Employment
According to the 2001 census, the workplace population of 90,656 is divided into 60,118 people who live in Peterborough and 30,358 people who commute in. A further 13,161 residents commute out of the city to work. Earnings in Peterborough are lower than average. Median earnings are £9.77 per hour, less than the regional median of £11.69 and the national median hourly rate of £11.26. As part of the government's M11 corridor Peterborough is committed to creating 17,500 jobs with the population growing to 200,000 by 2020.

Future employment will also be created through the master plan for the city centre launched by the council in 2003. Predictions of the levels and types of employment created were published in 2005. These include 1,421 jobs created in retail; 1,067 created in a variety of leisure and cultural developments; 338 in three hotels; and a further 4,847 jobs created in offices and other workspaces. Recent relocations of large employers include both Tesco (1,070 employees) and Debenhams (850 employees) distribution centres. A further 2,500 jobs are to be created in the £140 million Gateway warehouse and distribution park, this will help offset the expected 6,000 job loses in traditional industries, such as manufacturing, which have been predicted in...