Heritage & Culture

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Peterborough Museum into 2023

New Town Youth 1985

It’s all going on... Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery presents a look ahead to its New Year exhibitions, events...

In Queen Katharine’s Shoes…

Queen Katharine's shoes

Each year, the Katharine of Aragon Festival commemorates 29 January 1536, when Henry VIII’s first wife was buried at...

Christmas at Peterborough Museum

Christmas will be here before you know it, and Peterborough Museum has it all wrapped up for you this...

Peterborough… is spook central

Something old, something new, something beastly and something blue... We take a ghostly tour with author of Haunted Peterborough,...

Deep Roots

Burghley House, a large Elizabeth 16th century mansion, in parkland created in the 18th century by Capability Brown.

Burghley House is renowned as one of the largest and grandest Elizabethan houses in Britain. Conceived by William Cecil,...

Digging the Cathedral

Saxon undercroft - Photo by Matthew Roberts

In a recent issue we talked to Cathedral Architect Stephen Oliver about the work he does at Peterborough Cathedral...

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