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The City of Peterborough is a cathedral city and Unitary Authority in the East of England. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire.The city is situated on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea approximately 30 miles to the north-east. In 2006 the City of Peterborough had an estimated population of 168,000.Some of the main and long running minority communities established in the City are Asian, Black, Italian and Portuguese.
Peterborough enjoys a range of events from Refugee Week to the annual Peterborough Festival and across to the beer festival, which usually takes place at the end of August and attracts national celebrities. The city has a vibrant nightlife, in and around the centre mainly.
Burghley House,Longthorpe Tower,Flag Fenand Nene Valley Railway are some of the major attractions for the tourist here.
Peterborough began as a Saxon settlement. The Saxons built a village on the site of Peterborough called Medehamstede (meadow homestead).
During the Middle Ages Peterborough was a small and relatively unimportant town controlled by the Abbot.In Peterborough the main industry was weaving wool.
The original church was founded as Medeshampstede Abbey by King Peada of Mercia in 655 as one of the first centres of Christianity in central England.Peterborough sent two members to parliament for the first time in 1547. The serving member at present is the Conservative MP Stuart Jackson.During the 18th century Peterborough remained a very small market town.The railway reached Peterborough in 1845.In the 1920 the first council houses were built.
In the late 20th century industries in Peterborough included brick and tile making, farm machinery, diesel engines and electrical equipment. Today the population of Peterborough is 156,000.
Peterborough is experiencing an economic boom, believed to be due to the regeneration plan laid out for the city over the coming decade or so. In 2005, Peterborough economic growth was 6.9%, the most in the entire UK. The average for the UK was 5.5%.
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