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Properties and events in Peterborough 2023
Properties and events in Peterborough 2023
Before heading out for your Heritage Open Days visit, please check entries at www.heritageopendays.org.uk for last-minute changes.
Heritage Open Days 2023 will be 8-17 September.
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Cambridgeshire Chattels
Milton Hall, Milton Park, Milton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE6 7AA
An opportunity to view chattels of historic or artistic interest. Not suitable for children under 14 years.
Cambridgeshire Chattels, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1030 & 1430
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Norman Cross Napoleonic Prison Depot - Creativity Unwrapped
Norman Cross Art Gallery, Norman House, Norman Cross, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 3TB
Norman Cross Prison was a Napoleonic War Prison in use from 1797 until 1814. It was the first purpose-built war prison and was the major industry…
Norman Cross was the site of a large prison depot during the Napoleonic Wars, with accommodation for 7,000 captives. Many of these men remained in the depot for up to eleven years and occupied their captivity by making bone and straw models.
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 17 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Peterborough Cathedral
Peterborough Cathedral, Minster Precincts, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 1XS
Our fantastic 60 minute highlights tours explore the key features of this ancient sacred space. Visitors will learn how two queens came to be…
Free Highlights Tours of Peterborough Cathedral 11am, 12noon, 2pm and 3pm
Free Precincts Tours of Peterborough Cathedral grounds 10.30am and 2.30pm
Cathedral Library Open for visitors 11am-3pm
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 11.00-15.00
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred
St Andrew’s Church, Northborough
Church Street, Northborough, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE6 9BN
Discover a Medieval Church dating back to the 12th century, the west wall possibly earlier. It has connections to the Cromwell and Claypole…
A parish church with an interesting history, recently added to the at risk register of Historic England.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1100-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St Margaret’s Church Fletton
Fletton Avenue, Fletton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 8DE
This is a chance to see inside St. Margarets church and look at the Saxon Stones. There will be members of the congregation on hand to guide you…
Saxon Stones, the interior of a wonderful church, family history display, weddings through time display, archival display, life of the Church display.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1930
- Saturday 9 September: 1300-1700
- Sunday 10 September: 1300-1700
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St Mary’s Church Open Day
Church Drive, Orton Waterville, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 5HE
for those who already know the church there will be new insights into things they never knew. For newcomers there is the opportunity to learn more…
An introduction to the church building and churchyard, with explanation of its purpose, use and history.
Information about links with the local community.
Children's activity.
Refreshments.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 10.00.-.4.00
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
The Fen Edge Trail visiting Thorney and Toneham
Meet outside Thorney Abbey, Abbey Place, Thorney, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE6 0QA
This walk will be led by the local tourist guide, to bring supporting illustrations and answer questions relating to the area covered in the walk …
This is an opportunity to join a 2.3 mile/3.8km walk in the Fens outside Peterborough which looks at the landscape and heritage of a former island, which became surrounded by dry land through drainage, particularly in the seventeenth century.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Thorney - the East End
Sandpit Road, Wisbech Road, Thorney, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE6 0ST
Thorney is a historic place, documented from the seventh century, which developed from an abbey into a rural village and a centre for the drainage…
A walk around parts of the east of the historic village of Thorney, talking about housing, schools, the Women's Land Army and the Prisoner of War/European Voluntary Workers' camp.
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Thorney Village Walk
The Abbey Church of St Mary & St Botolph, Abbey Place, Thorney, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE6 0QA
This walk introduces the history of a village and parish centred around the higher ground which used to be an island in the Fens. The local…
Thorney is recorded in the seventh century as a religious place, and from this a major medieval Abbey developed. We can see the preserved western end of the Church, then walk to see the village, including Victorian buildings and community Museum.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable