Peterborough

Peterborough is a city in the east of England. Along with surrounding towns it forms the Peterborough unitary authority.

Modern-day Peterborough

Designated a "new town" in 1968, Peterborough Development Corporation was formed in partnership with the city council to double the city's population by building new townships and parkways (roads with few access points). During the period between 1971 and 1991, Peterborough's population grew by 45.4%.

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1968 - 1971 - 1991

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Peterborough has a business airfield with a paved runway at Conington and a recreational airfield hosting a well-known parachute school at Sibson. It remains an important railway junction where passengers from the "joint line" to Lincoln, a commuter service from London via Hitchin, or cross-country routes between Birmingham and Stansted may change to or from high-speed trains serving the East Coast Main Line. These latter trains link King's Cross with destinations in Yorkshire, north-east England or Scotland.

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Yorkshire - Scotland

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Today Peterborough is a multi-cultural city, with significant Asian, Afro-Caribbean and Italian communities. The city has an estimated population of just under 157,000 with the estimated population of the entire Greater Peterborough area being well over half a million.

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As the last resting-place of King Henry VIII's wife Catherine of Aragon, buried in Peterborough Cathedral, the city is twinned with the Spanish city of Alcalá de Henares, Catherine's birthplace. Peterborough is also twinned with Bourges (France), Forli (Italy), Viersen (Germany), and Vinnytsya (Ukraine).

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King Henry VIII - Catherine of Aragon - Alcalá de Henares - Bourges - Forli - Viersen - Vinnytsya

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Andy Bell, the lead singer of the pop/rock band Erasure was born and spent his youth in Peterborough.

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Andy Bell - Erasure

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Peter Boizot, who founded the Pizza Express restuarant chain is also a well known Peterborian. He is well known for his support of the cultural and sporting development of the city.

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