Heritage & Culture

Explore Peterborough’s rich and exciting heritage from the comfort of your browser, with The Moment’s Historic Peterborough section.

Escape to the river 

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

Call the Mediaeval Midwife!

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

The Joust of St Peter 

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

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...

Civil War!

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

When knights were bold…

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

Peter Brotherhood: a history

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

Fenland Lives and Land exhibition

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

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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