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Local Area Guide Peterborough Local Area Guide – Peterborough Hello... HomeXperts is an innovative new estate agent in your area and we thought it would be great to let you know about us, introduce ourselves and let you know a bit more about the local areas that we cover. Peterborough sits on the East Cost mainline between London and Edinburgh with a commuting time of 45-50 minutes between Peterborough and London. It is a diverse and multi cultural city with plenty on offer including a newly refurbished Showcase cinema, two theatres, lots of delightful restaurants, a large country park to the south of the city and a large shopping centre. Living in Peterborough since the early 80’s, we bring plenty of local knowledge, we are honest, transparent and accountable in all our dealing and we have the drive to provide an excellent service to our customers and go the extra mile to help people move. Our main aim is to sell your property as quickly as possible while maintaining an exceptional customer experience. We aim to understand and deliver on customer requirements and expectations. We are professionally trained and are kept up to date with changing legislation. Faisal Al-Gharabally Peterborough Branch 07715 200 097 [email protected] Local Area Guide – Peterborough Essentials Banks Car parks Nearest branches of major banks Queensgate shopping centre, PE1 1NT Barclays Bank 1 Church St, Peterborough, PE1 1XE Market car park, PE1 1AY T 03457 345 345 Train station car park, PE1 1QL Santander Bank 4 Church St, Peterborough, PE1 1XR T 01733 555 252 Police Stations HSBC Bank 9 Midgate, Peterborough, PE1 1TN Thorpewood Police Station T 03457 404 404 Longthorpe, Peterborough, PE3 6SD T 01480 456 111 8am — 10pm (Mon — Sun) Cash Machines Tesco Extra, Serpentine Green Hampton Hargate, PE7 8BD Post Offices ASDA, Rivergate 32/36 Bridge Street, PE1 1DP Rivergate shopping centre, PE1 1ET T 01733 545 231 31 Herlington, PE2 5PW T 01733 237 024 Parking Residents Parking Permit Any resident that is within a controlled parking zone can have a residents Rubbish Collection permit by contacting Peterborough Both black and green bins are City council and paying an annual fee. collected alternately every week. The black bins are taken one week and both green and brown the following week. The food waste bins are collected weekly. Please check Peterborough City council website for collection days for your postcode. Local Area Guide – Peterborough Essentials Hospitals Pharmacies Peterborough City Hospital Boots Edith Cavell Campus Queensgate shopping centre Bretton Gate Peterborough, PE1 1NW Peterborough T 01733 312 211 PE3 9GZ T 01733 678 000 Millfield Pharmacy 387 Lincoln Road Peterborough, PE1 2PF T 01733 312 933 Doctors Surgeries Hampton Health Hampton Pharmacy Serpentine Green, PE7 8DR 14 Stewartby Avenue T 01733 556 900 Peterborough, PE7 8NJ T 01733 248 371 Thorpe Road Surgery 64 Thorpe Road, PE3 6AP T 01733 302 189 Nene Valley Medical Practice Council Offices Clayton, Orton Goldhay, PE2 5GP T 01733 366 600 Peterborough City Council Bayard Place Stanground Surgery Broadway Peterborough Rd, PE7 3BW Peterborough T 01733 568 569 PE1 1FZ T 01733 747 474 Visit www.peterborough.gov.uk Vets Pengelly and Mizen 89-93 Park Road, PE1 2TR Local MP T 01733 554 953 MP Stewart Jackson Hampton Vetenary Centre 193 Dogsthorpe Rd, PE1 3AT 48 Hargate Way, PE7 8DS T 0207 217 5046 T 01733 893 990 T [email protected] Local Area Guide – Peterborough Transport Mainline Trains Taxis Peterborough Station Peterborough Cars Station Road, PE1 1QL T 01733 704 444 The station is a major interchange Yellow Cabz serving both the north-south ECML, as T 01733 775 555 well as long-distance and local east- west services. Peterborough Taxis 247 T 01733 785 102 45-50 minutes to London Kings Cross. Private Hire Meadows Executive Cars T 0800 592 036 Buses Good bus routes from all residential Airports areas to town. Heathrow 1 hour 40 minutes from Peterborough Regular services straight to www.heathrow.com Queensgate shopping centre. Gatwick 2 hours 11 minutes from Peterborough www.gatwick.com Stanstead 1 hour 9 minutes from Peterborough www.stanstead.airport.com Luton 1 hour 14 minutes from Peterborough www.london-luton.co.uk Local Area Guide – Peterborough Education Nurseries Secondary Schools Busy Bees Hampton College Hargate Way, PE7 8BZ Eagle Way, PE7 8BF T 01733 566 321 T 01733 246 820 Blackberries House Nene Park Academy Park Farm Cres, PE2 8XA Oundle Road, PE2 7EA T 01733 566 700 T 01733 368 300 Little Acorns Stanground Academy 208B Broadway, PE7 3NT Peterborough Rd, PE7 3BY T 01733 244 000 T 01733 821 430 St John Fisher Park Lane, PE1 5JN Primary Schools T 0845 000 0000 Ormiston Bushfield Academy Hampton Hargate Ortongate, PE2 5RQ Hargate Way, PE7 8BZ T 01733 233 014 T 01733 296 780 Hampton Vale West Lake Ave, PE7 8LS Private Schools T 01733 247 000 The Peterborough School Nene Valley Primary Thorpe Road, PE3 6AP Sugar Way, PE2 9RT T 01733 343 357 T 01733 897 517 Old Fletton Primary London Road, PE2 9DR T 01733 554 457 Thorpe Primary School Atherstone Ave, PE3 9UG T 01733 264 340 Leighton Primary School Orton Malborne, PE2 5PL T 01733 232 949 Local Area Guide – Peterborough Useful Stuff Hairdressers Refuse Centres Serenity Loves Hair & Beauty Salon 438 Oundle Rd, PE2 7DB Household Recycling centre T 01733 687 835 Welland Road, Dogsthorpe, PE1 3TD T 01733 747 474 Serenity Loves provide affordable hair and beauty treatments in a friendly, Household Recycling centre relaxing, well-equipped salon - and for New Rd, Whittlesey, PE7 1SZ extra peace of mind for parents, we T 01733 351 144 come complete with an onsite playroom for your little ones. P.Kai Hampton 5a Serpentine Green, PE7 8BE T 01733 358 835 Regarded locally as a warm, Dry Cleaners welcoming, friendly, family run Unique Dry Cleaners business, P.Kai salons are known for 142 Oundle Rd, PE2 9PJ great customer service and skilful, T 01733 358 899 creative, fashionable hairdressing. Classic Cleaners Fosters Barber Shop 1 Cattle Market Rd, PE1 1TW 60 Napier Place, PE2 6XN T 01733 313526 T 01733 236 333 Schoffields Dry Cleaners We are qualified barbers with over 45 25 Helington, PE2 5PN years experience. We benefits from a T 01733 233 501 friendly atmosphere, free parking, late night opening, TV, magazines, xbox, dartboard and children’s play area. Key Cutting Style & Beauty Timpson Ltd Unit 3k Serpentine Green T 01223 778 121 The Beautiful Truth 40 Cowgate, PE1 1NA Market Cobbler T 01733 555 540 52 Cattle Market Rd, PE1 1TW T 01733 340 540 Spa treatments for men & women. Local Area Guide – Peterborough Local Food Moorhen Bars & Pubs 358 West Lake Ave, PE7 8JH T 01733 245 717 Charters The classic styled Moorhen, set within Town Bridge, PE1 1FP the realms of West Lake Avenue in T 01733 315 700 Hampton Vale, offers the perfect pub experience with our varied, tasty food Charters venue is a tastefully menu and authentic tasting cask ales, converted floating Dutch barge, which a place to unwind with friends or now holds a real ale / late night live family, whatever the occasion. If it’s music bar on the lower deck, with a relaxation you’re after then why not 100 seater full Pan Asian restaurant take a seat in our gorgeous patio area called East on the upper deck. that overlooks the picturesque lake. Charters is situated on the river Nene in the centre of Peterborough and is reputedly the largest converted barge The Brewery Tap in Great Britain. 80 Westgate, PE1 2AA T 01733 358 500 The Windmill A unique brew pub – Real Ales, 29 Cherry Orton Rd, PE2 5EQ Authentic Thai food and Live Music. T 01733 390 126 The Brewery Tap is located within the transformed old labour exchange on Set in the beautiful village of Orton Westgate. The pub houses a multi Waterville, the Windmill is a great award winning micro-brewery called place for all. We have a large selection Oakham Ales, claiming to make it the of real ales that are updated regularly largest brewpub in Europe. in our bar. Our restaurant oozes style and has an extensive menu, so there is something for everyone. The Grove 1 High Street, Oxford. OX1 1AA T 0845 000 0000 Solstice Bar Northminster, PE1 1YN This grade 2 listed building boasts a T 01733 560 231 friendly and family orientated atmosphere. We pride ourselves on Offering a trendy hangout including a our commitment to providing tasty, spacious patio garden with an outdoor fulfilling food, and to provide a happy, bar and a retractable roof. relaxed and clean environment in which to eat and drink. Local Area Guide – Peterborough Local Food Restaurants The Fox & Hounds Thorpe Road, PE3 6NB Mattoni T 01733 264 126 114 Four Chimneys Cres, PE7 8FH T 01733 241 246 Located in the village of Longthorpe just a couple of miles west of Join us at Mattonis with its rustic Peterborough, the Fox & Hounds earthy tones and warm atmospheric recalls the cosy English village pubs of lighting, Mattoni is a textbook Italian yesteryear with its mock Tudor-style restaurant and wine bar, at its most exterior and atmospheric interior. welcoming in the evening candlelight. Maharanis Clarkes 56 Hargate Way, PE7 8DS 34 Manor Rd, PE7 3SU T 01733 561 111 T 01733 892 681 Maharanis offer easygoing dining in Our modern British food is freshly spotlit, modern Indian restaurant cooked to order using locally sourced serving traditional and contemporary ingredients along with daily home- recipes.