Peterborough Festival

The Peterborough Festival is held annually in the UK city of Peterborough. The festival takes place over a two-week period, usually the last week of June and the first week of July.

The first set of events of the festival take place at the embankment, beside the Town Bridge. The second set take place at Central Park, next to the Regional College.

The festival attracts a crowd of over 100,000 each year, and is aimed and bringing communities together. Parades, music and performances are all included, with Indian, Caribbean and European music featured each year.

External links

The Peterborough Festival *

The City of Peterborough

Villages	Ailsworth Bainton Barnack Borough Fen Castor Deeping Gate Etton Eye Eye Green Glinton Helpston Marholm Maxey Newborough Northborough Peakirk Southorpe St Martin's Without Sutton Thorney Thornhaugh Ufford Upton Wansford Wittering Wothorpe

Suburbs	Bretton Dogsthorpe Eastfield Eastgate Fengate Fletton Gunthorpe The Hamptons Longthorpe Millfield Netherton Newark New England The Ortons Parnwell Paston Ravensthorpe Stanground Walton Werrington West Town Westwood Woodston

Attractions	Peterborough Cathedral Peterborough Museum Burghley House Milton Hall Longthorpe Tower Thorpe Hall Flag Fen Nene Valley Railway Nene Park Barnack Hills & Holes The Lido Embassy Theatre Thorney Abbey London Road Stadium

Establishments	Peterborough City Council Peterborough Power Station HMP Peterborough Peterborough City Hospital Peterborough Regional College City College Peterborough University Centre Peterborough Queensgate shopping centre Schools in Peterborough

Transport	Road transport in Peterborough Queensgate bus station Peterborough railway station Peterborough/Conington Airport Peterborough/Sibson Airport

History	Durobrivae (Water Newton) Medeshamstede Peterborough Chronicle Peterborough ware Nene Valley Colour Coated Ware Peterborough Rural District

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