City of Peterborough
The City of Peterborough, commonly known as Peterborough, is a unitary authority district with city status in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. The area is named after its largest settlement, Peterborough but also covers a wider area of outlying villages and hamlets.
City of Peterborough | |
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City and unitary authority | |
| Peterborough | |
Peterborough viewed from the top of the cathedral | |
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Peterborough Unitary Authority Area shown within Cambridgeshire | |
| Coordinates: 52°34′21″N 00°14′35″W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | England |
| Region | East of England |
| Ceremonial county | Cambridgeshire |
| Historic County | Northamptonshire |
| Admin HQ | Peterborough |
| City status | 1541 |
| Incorporated | 1874 |
| Unitary | 1998 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unitary authority |
| • Governing body | Peterborough City Council |
| • Leadership | Leader and cabinet |
| • Executive | Conservative |
| • MPs | Peterborough: Paul Bristow (Con) NW Cambs: Shailesh Vara (Con) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 132.58 sq mi (343.38 km2) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 216,349 |
| • Density | 1,600/sq mi (630/km2) |
| Ethnicity (2021) | |
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| Religion (2021) | |
| • Religion | List
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| Time zone | UTC±0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| Postcode area | PE |
| Area code | 01733 |
| Vehicle registration area code | AA, AB, AC, AD, AE, AF, AG, AJ, AK, AM, AN |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-PTE |
| ONS code | 00JA (ONS) E06000031 (GSS) |
| OS grid reference | TL185998 |
| NUTS 3 | UKH11 |
| Website | peterborough |
The district's area covers parts of the historic counties of Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire, as well as a small part of Cambridgeshire. In 1965, the area became part of the short-lived county of Huntingdon and Peterborough before becoming a district of Cambridgeshire in 1974. Located in the East Anglia region of England, the area borders the surrounding counties of Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire. The population of the district was 202,259 making it the second-largest district by population in East Anglia (after Norwich).
Most of district was governed as part of the Soke of Peterborough, a liberty within Northamptonshire. Peterborough itself was a Saxon settlement during the Anglo-Saxon era. The district also includes outlying villages such as Thorney, Old Fletton, Werrington, Parnwell, Dogsthorpe, Eye Green, Glinton, Northborough, Maxey, Wittering, Wansford and Ailsworth.