Cathedral · Peterborough · Cambridgeshire

Peterborough Cathedral

Peterborough Cathedral is a cathedral in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. It holds the status of a Grade I listed building. Around it, within 15 km, lie 18 more places, Flag Fen (3.3 km) first on our list.

Photo: Peterborough Cathedral, NotFromUtrecht (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Peterborough

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 2%

#121 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Cathedral in Peterborough

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#121 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (27 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Peterborough

Peterborough Cathedral is inside Peterborough’s built-up area, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Peterborough has 270 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Which month to go

From May to September, Peterborough sees highs of 18–23°C.

Jan8° / 2°49 mm

Feb9° / 2°37 mm

Mar11° / 3°37 mm

Apr14° / 4°43 mm

May18° / 7°47 mm

Jun21° / 10°50 mm

Jul23° / 12°58 mm

Aug23° / 12°59 mm

Sep20° / 10°52 mm

Oct15° / 7°60 mm

Nov11° / 4°56 mm

Dec8° / 2°51 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Peterborough, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Peterborough. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Peterborough’s full climate →

About

Peterborough Cathedral

27 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Peterborough’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Cathedral
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 27 languages
Town: in Peterborough
Official site: peterborough-cathedral.org.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Locating Peterborough Cathedral

The map puts Peterborough Cathedral in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.

Towns near it

Towns that list Peterborough Cathedral

Of the 8, Peterborough is the largest, at 190,592 people. The list runs from its own town outward.

1 · It’s in town

Peterborough

190,592 people · 10 places to visit

2 · 3.3 km south of it

Farcet

1,596 people · 6 places to visit

3 · 4.2 km northeast of it

Eye

5,419 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 4.8 km south of it

Yaxley

9,403 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Peterborough Cathedral is	People	Places to visit
Peterborough	It’s in town	190,592	10
Farcet	3.3 km south of it	1,596	6
Eye	4.2 km northeast of it	5,419	6
Yaxley	4.8 km south of it	9,403	4
Castor and Ailsworth	7.2 km west of it	1,461	4
Newborough	7.3 km north of it	1,469	0
Whittlesey	7.9 km east of it	13,833	3
Glinton	8.1 km northwest of it	1,743	1

Make a day of it

Also within reach

Nearby, 18 places within 15 km include 3 museums, 3 castles and a heritage railway.

MuseumFlag Fen3.3 km away 2

Castle · English HeritageLongthorpe Tower3.2 km away 3

MuseumPeterborough Museum and Art Gallery500 m away 4

CastleFotheringhay Castle14 km away 5

CastleWoodcroft Castle8 km away 6

MuseumRailworld800 m away 7

Heritage railwayNene Valley Railway6.8 km away 8

Abbey or prioryCrowland Abbey13 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

What people ask about Peterborough Cathedral

Where is Peterborough Cathedral?

Peterborough Cathedral is in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Peterborough Cathedral?

Cathedral in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Peterborough Cathedral?

May to September are the warmest months in Peterborough, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Peterborough Cathedral a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Peterborough Cathedral?

Within 15 km: Flag Fen (3.3 km), Longthorpe Tower (3.2 km), Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery (500 m) and Fotheringhay Castle (14 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Peterborough Cathedral: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Flag Fen: The original uploader was Kev747 at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Longthorpe Tower: Julian Dowse, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery: David P Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Fotheringhay Castle: Iain Simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Woodcroft Castle: Andrew Kerr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Railworld: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Nene Valley Railway: PeterSkuce, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Crowland Abbey: Thorvaldsson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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