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Historic Peterborough Tour

Historic Peterborough Tour
Start Date: 30 Aug 2008
End Date: 30 Aug 2008
Event type: Walking, Tour
Time: 2pm
Costs: Child Price less than £5
Website: http://www.peterborough.gov.uk
Contact email: museum@peterborough.gov.uk
Venue: Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery
Street: Priestgate
Town: Peterborough
County: Cambridgeshire
Postcode: PE1 1LF
Description
A Historic Peterborough Tour is the essential guide to Peterborough's Past!

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

Discover the secrets of the Cathedral precincts, find out why the river is important as the heart of the city and hear about the many enthralling stories and personalities connected to our past.
Find out why some of our earliest history is in the floors of the Queensgate shopping centre, who buried two Queens in the cathedral, and how Dickens and Shakespeare have both immortalized people from the city.

Learn why we have a radio station called Hereward and why French prisoners were kept in the area.

A must for visitors to the city or local residents alike!