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Peterborough is mid-way between the East Anglian coast and the
Midlands and has excellent road and rail connections both north-south and east-west. The city is 78 miles from
London, five miles from the A1, and less than 20 miles from the A14, which links the east coast ports of
Felixstowe and Harwich with the Midlands. |
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London is less than 50 minutes away by train - the city is on the East Coast main rail
line which links London with Leeds, York, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow. An east-west rail line links
Peterborough with Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Leicester, Birmingham and beyond
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The Embankment will become your refuge from the
crush of hectic, everyday life.
Today, Peterborough is a thriving, dynamic
business centre with a broadly-based economy populated by people who clearly believe that it is a great place to
live and work |
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Cathedral Gate.
Peterborough's magnificent Norman cathedral
with its celebrated west front and painted naive ceiling became the burial place in 1536 of Katharine of Aragon,
first wife of Henry VIII. |
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Edith Cavell Hospital
The Edith Cavell Hospital was opened in 1988 on a green-field site
approximately 2 miles from Peterborough District Hospital.
The bed complement is 223, comprising isolation, medicine for the
elderly, general surgical, urological, adult and paediatric ENT, orthopaedic, day surgery beds and a 29 bed
nurse led rehabilitation unit. |