Heritage & Culture

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

At home with the Romans: The artefacts

Peterborough Museum’s Roman Gallery has undergone refurbishment as part of the Romans Revisited Project, featuring entirely new displays and...

Island Hall – another world away!

Christopher Vane Percy and Lady Linda Vane Percy are the current owners of Island Hall in Post Street, Godmanchester,...

Raising the roof at Flag Fen!

If being asked to ‘raise the roof’ sounds like an invitation to party, well, perhaps you’re not too far...

Peterborough in the Great War

A major new exhibition at Peterborough Museum this summer tells the story of the city’s role during World War...

Perkins is Peterborough

Perkins is one of Peterborough’s greatest success stories; founded in the 1930s, it has just celebrated manufacture of its...

Women of Peterborough

A queen, a war heroine, a nurse, a butter seller, a Saxon princess, a woman who tried to introduce...

Spiritual Capital

In September 2012, Peterborough Cathedral – set to celebrate its 900th anniversary in 2018 – formally launched the corporate...

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