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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

This page is the City map of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough in England, showing the region’s streets, paths and places. The area is divided into two administrative parts: the City of Peterborough and the county of Cambridgeshire. It covers the low-lying Fens, the River Great Ouse basin and the urban centres of Peterborough, Cambridge and Ely. The region combines historic cathedral cities, agricultural landscapes and waterways across eastern England.

City map Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough – Facts

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City map City of Peterborough
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City of Peterborough

The City of Peterborough is a unitary authority area in Cambridgeshire, England, established in its present administrative form in 1974. It has a recorded population of 201,041 and covers 343,378,200 square metres, or about 343 square kilometres. Peterborough is the principal urban centre and stands on the River Nene at the western edge of the Fens.

Peterborough Cathedral is the city’s best-known historic building, with a Norman west front and a church history reaching back to the medieval period. The authority also includes settlements such as Stamford-adjacent Wansford, Eye and Thorney, while the River Nene links the city with the surrounding fenland and agricultural countryside.

City map Cambridgeshire
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Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire is a non-metropolitan county and county council area that excludes Peterborough. It has a recorded population of 651,482 and covers 3,046,234,000 square metres, or about 3,046 square kilometres. Cambridge is the county’s principal city, known for the University of Cambridge and colleges beside the River Cam, while Ely is recognised for its prominent cathedral on the fenland plain.

The county includes the districts of South Cambridgeshire, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland and Huntingdonshire, together with Cambridge city. Its landscape contains the Fens around March, Wisbech and Chatteris, the chalk hills of the Gog Magog Hills south of Cambridge, and the River Great Ouse near St Ives and Huntingdon.

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