1. Flag Fen Archaeological Park

On the eastern edge of Peterborough is a mysterious Bronze Age site that was assembled some 3,500 years ago.
This feat of prehistoric engineering consists of 60,000 vertical and 250,000 horizontal timbers clustered in five long rows to form a dam.
The landscape has been drained for agriculture by dikes since the 14th century, but in that period it was much wetter and difficult to travel on foot.
Part of the way along the road is an island, which is believed to have had spiritual significance.
Flag Fen has a visitor center exploring the significance of the site and showing the many artifacts found at the site, such as weapons and jewelry, which are believed to have been placed in the water as sacrifices.
In the wet room you can see a number of tree species on the site.
Outside, there are reconstructions of Bronze Age and Iron Age roundhouses, and a Bronze Age access road.

2. Railworld Wildlife Haven

Railworld is open on certain days from February through October. It is a railroad museum and nature park near the Peterborough Nene Valley railroad station.
Children and model railroad enthusiasts will be amazed by the extensive and detailed model railroad OO, which adds new buildings and landforms each year.
Over the past 20 years, the open space around the museum has been transformed into a wildlife park, attracting more than 250 native species.
Beehives, bird boxes and hedgehog “hotels” have been created, a pond has been dug and more than 250 trees have been planted during this time.

3. elton Hall and Gardens

Eight miles southwest of Peterborough, Elton Hall is a baronial hall that has been in the same family, Corbis, since 1660. The Nene River runs through the estate, and the house has a mix of architecture dating back to the 1400s.
The oldest elements can be seen in the pointed Gothic windows of the south façade.
The house is open from May to August, on certain days that tend to fluctuate.
You must see art by Renaissance masters, as well as by Gainsborough and Constable, and step into one of Britain’s richest libraries in private hands.
Among its treasures is Henry VIII’s personal prayer book.
The formal gardens with boxwoods and yews have been restored since the 1980s and contain a charming Gothic-style greenhouse built for the new millennium celebration.

4. Sacrewell

A little to the west, Sacrewell is a heritage farm attraction that will fascinate younger members of the clan.
At 50 acres, the farm was mentioned in the Norman Survey of Inland Days in 1086 and opened as a family day out in 1964. Children will enjoy meeting the animals, and the farm has donkeys, Shetland ponies, pygmy goats, poon horses, alpacas, Boer goats, New Hampshire chickens, Landrace pigs and various breeds of sheep.
There’s also a mini-maze, an indoor Playbarn playground, a cafe with free Wi-Fi and a farm store selling groceries and gifts.
One of the most exciting attractions is the watermill, built in 1755, recently restored to working condition with the help of National Lottery funds.

5. Crowland Abbey

Crowland Abbey, located above the county line in Lincolnshire, 13 miles from downtown Peterborough…
Benedictine Priory until 1539, this Grade I listed building is a working parish church and is quite unusual in that it continues to be used for worship after much of the abbey was demolished.
The monastic buildings, chancel, crossing, and transepts were partially demolished immediately, but the nave retained its roof and housed the church for the past five centuries.
With ruins of pointed bays and window arches stuck to the intact part of the church, Crowland Abbey is extremely picturesque and was the subject of a sonnet by John Clare published in 1828. In the church is the skull of the 9th century Abbot Theodore, killed on the altar by Vikings.

6. Burleigh House.

Burghley House is a good 15 miles from Peterborough on the road to Stamford. It’s a trip worth taking if you follow English aristocratic architecture…
Burleigh House is the archetype of the Elizabethan Wunderkind House, built in the last decades of the 16th century by Lord Treasurer William Cecil…
The 18th-century gardens and royal avenues were laid out by Capability Brown, the leading landscape designer of the day…
The house is open to visitors in spring and summer, free flow or with an experienced guide.
Burghley House’s art collection has several hundred pieces and includes works by Veronese (chapel altarpiece), Luca Giordano, Artemisia Gentileschi, a pioneering female Renaissance painter, and German Baroque painter Johann Carl Loth.

7. Queensgate

As the largest city by some distance, Peterborough is a regional shopping center, as indicated by the Queensgate Shopping Center, which was opened by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands in 1982. The center was modernized in the early 2010s, and when written plans were announced for further £30 million improvements, including a multi-screen movie theater.
The center has all the mid-market brands you’d hope to find on a prosperous British street, such as Office, Paperchase, John Lewis, H & M, John Lewis, Lush, River Island, Superdry and M & S, to name a few.
For restaurants, familiar names such as Greggs, Pret, Costa and several fast food chains are at hand.

8. Key Theater.

On the north shore of the Nene, the glass Key Theatre has been a staple of Peterborough’s live culture since 1973…
Touring books, musicals, musicals and dance shows, and local community productions…
The culmination of the program comes at the end of the year, when the Key Theatre puts on pantomimes for families that have been an institution for more than 40 years…
The Key Studio is a more intimate 112-seat venue for drama and live comedy.
During daytime hours, the theater’s highly-rated Riverside restaurant has a beautiful view of the river…