Peterborough

Founded as an abbey in 665, with the present building started in 1118 and only completed in 1238. Enter the precincts through the gatehouse to be confronted by the West Front, triple arched in English Gothic. Highlights within are the original 13th century painted nave ceiling, the graves of Katharine of Aragon (first wife of Henry VIII) and of Mary Queen of Scots (re-interred in 1612 in Westminster Abbey), the fan vaulting of the New Building Ceiling, the Hedda Stone (an 8th century carving from the predecessor Saxon church) and St Oswald's Chapel with its original 12th century watchtower. It's an active church so you need to work around services.

This is in a Georgian mansion, built over a Tudor predecessor. The museum depicts the area from Jurassic times to present industry. The gallery has only a small permanent collection but hosts exhibitions.

This is a Bronze Age structure, discovered in 1982. A neolithic trackway became inundated by rising bog so around 3500 years ago, a wooden causeway was constructed, with over 60,000 timber piles, some brought from a great distance. It led to an islet and its purpose was not to get across the bog, but to enter it for ritual purposes. The museum displays discoveries and their interpretation, and there's a replica dwelling.

This is a three-storey tower, built from 1300 as an extension to a fortified house that has disappeared. The remarkable feature is its wall paintings - these were whitewashed over at the Reformation and only rediscovered in the 1940s.

Heritage farm with traditional crafts and 18th century watermill. They also have a campsite open April-Oct for tents, caravans and motorhomes.

This is a standard gauge railway, often steam-hauled. Notable among UK heritage railways for its large collection of Continental European rolling stock, which has led to it being a filming location for a variety of films, including two James Bonds. In summer it makes three runs daily (sometimes more, check timetable) along a 7 mile track between Peterborough, Orton Mere, Overton, Wansford, and Yarwell. Wansford is the main base, and features a collection of activities including a view over the railway’s workshop and a chance to sit in the cab of a Swedish steam locomotive.

This has public skating, lessons, and is the home rink of Peterborough Phantoms ice hockey team. They play Sept-March in the National League, England's second tier.