Heritage & Culture

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Heritage & Culture

Escape to the river 

The sedate pace of a narrowboat forces even the most frenetic amongst us to unwind and take it easy....

Heritage & Culture

Call the Mediaeval Midwife!

A grumpy Joseph, a heavily pregnant Mary, and a gaggle of sceptical midwives... On 4 July, Eastern Angles community...

Heritage & Culture

The Joust of St Peter 

This year, the Heritage Festival brings us its most ambitious event yet: a jousting tournament from the time of...

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An audience with Richard III

He’s been portrayed as a murderer, usurper and monster by Shakespeare, but was the real Richard III really as...

Heritage & Culture

Civil War!

Travel back in time 350 years to experience the sights, sounds and smells of the English Civil War...

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When knights were bold…

The noise of horse’s hooves, the clash of lances and the spectacle of knights in full plate armour…

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Peter Brotherhood: a history

In 2014, the archive of Peterborough engineering firm Peter Brotherhood – a collection dating back to the mid-19th century...

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Fenland Lives and Land exhibition

Uncover the secrets of the mysterious Fenland landscape and its people... The Fenland Lives and Land Exhibition opened at...

Heritage & Culture

Historic Peterborough walks

Find out more about the fascinating and often undiscovered history of Peterborough, from the foundation of the Saxon abbey...

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