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Longthorpe

Longthorpe is an area of the city of Peterborough, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England.

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The place

Longthorpe is an area of the city of Peterborough, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. Located two miles (3.2 km) west from the city centre, the area covers 1,390 acres. For electoral purposes it forms part of Peterborough West ward.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Longthorpe

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Peterborough

    Peterborough is a cathedral city in the City of Peterborough district in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. The city is 74 miles north of London, on the River Nene.

    2.8 km · cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Peterborough Cathedral

    Peterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew, and formerly known as Peterborough Abbey or St Peter's Abbey, is a cathedral in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, in the United Kingdom. The seat of the Anglican Bishop of Peterborough, it is dedicated to the Apostles Saint Peter, Saint Paul, and Saint Andrew, whose statues look down from the three high gables of the West Front.

    3 km · cathedral in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    London Road Stadium

    London Road, currently known as the Weston Homes Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in Peterborough, England. The stadium is in Fletton, south of the River Nene.

    2.9 km · football stadium in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Milton Hall

    Milton Hall near Peterborough, is the largest private house in Cambridgeshire, England. As part of the Soke of Peterborough, it was formerly in Northamptonshire.

    2.7 km · country house in Castor, Cambridgeshire, England, the historical home of the Fitzwilliam family · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Longthorpe Tower

    Longthorpe Tower is a 14th-century three-storey tower in the Longthorpe area of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. It is famous for its well-preserved set of medieval murals.

    500 m · Grade I listed house in Longthorpe, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Church of St John the Baptist, Peterborough

    St John the Baptist Church is a Grade I listed Church of England parish church in the city of Peterborough, now Cambridgeshire, England.

    2.7 km · church in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Nene Valley Railway

    The Nene Valley Railway is a preserved railway in Cambridgeshire, England, running between Peterborough Nene Valley and Yarwell Junction. The line is 7+1⁄2 miles in length.

    3.9 km · heritage railway in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Peterborough Castle

    Peterborough Castle, also known as Mount Thorold and Touthill, was a medieval motte and bailey castle in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England.

    3.1 km · castle in the UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Old Guild Hall

    The Guildhall is a municipal building in Cathedral Square, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    2.8 km · building in Peterborough, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery

    Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery houses the historical and art collections of the city of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire, England. Managed by Peterborough Limited on behalf of the city council, it is part of the Museums in Cambridgeshire partnership.

    2.6 km · History and art museum in Peterborough, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Longthorpe

Airports
East Midlands (EMA), 76 km · London Luton (LTN), 77 km · London Stansted (STN), 84 km
Stations
Peterborough railway station, 2.4 km · Peterborough Nene Valley railway station, 2.4 km · Ferry Meadows railway station, 1.6 km · Orton Mere railway station, 800 m · Peterborough Queensgate bus station, 2.6 km
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Longthorpe
    72 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · £8–11
  • Luton, Luton → Longthorpe
    77 km · quickest by road, 2h · £9–12
  • London, Essex → Longthorpe
    119 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · £13–17
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Longthorpe

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Longthorpe. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    221 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    338 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    361 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    461 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    495 km

If you know how people move in Longthorpe – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Longthorpe

Longthorpe is 58 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Marholmvillage and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, UK3.8 km
  • Alwaltonvillage in Cambridgeshire, England, UK3.1 km
  • Brettonsuburb and civil parish in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK3.6 km
  • Soke of Peterboroughhistoric area of England2.9 km
  • Hampton Hargate and Valecivil parish in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England3.3 km
  • Orton Longuevillesuburb and civil parish in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK1.3 km