MAKE FOR A MARKET TOWN

FROM PETERBOROUGH

Some of England’s finest market towns lie within an hour of Peterborough by comfortable direct train. So discover the attractions, admire the architecture, enjoy the bustle, relax by the river and pick up a bargain.

 

ELY

(Thursday market)

Up to 39 trains a day, mostly in under 35 minutes

Visit the cathedral, museum, Oliver Cromwell House and numerous speciality shops

http://visitely.eastcambs.gov.uk

 

GRANTHAM

(Saturday market)

Up to 40 trains a day in 20 to 35 minutes

Relax awhile in the historic resting place for travelling royalty

www.grantham-online.co.uk

 

MARCH

(Wednesday and Saturday market)

Up to 28 trains a day in under 20 minutes

Discover the centre of this railway town, with its unusual broad street headed by an elaborate fountain

www.visitthefens.co.uk

 

MELTON MOWBRAY

(Tuesday and Friday market)

Up to 18 trains a day in under 40 minutes

Paint the town red in the home of Stilton cheese and world-famous pork pies

www.melton.co.uk

 

OAKHAM

(Wednesday and Saturday market)

Up to 18 trains a day in under 30 minutes

Walk through atmospheric Dean’s Street to the church, butter cross, stocks and market place

www.rutnet.co.uk

 

SPALDING

(Tuesday and Saturday market)

Up to 13 trains a day (no Sunday trains) in 25 minutes

Head for Ayscoughee Hall and Georgian riverside buildings in this “tulip town”

www.spaldingnet.com

 

STAMFORD

(Friday market)

Up to 18 trains a day in under 15 minutes

Be impressed by the architecture and celebrate culture in England’s “finest stone town”

www.visitstamford.com

 

THETFORD

(Tuesday and Saturday market)

Up to 14 trains a day in about an hour

Discover Dad’s Army, Thomas Paine, Prince Duleep Singh and a secret garden

www.explorethetford.co.uk 

 

WHITTLESEY

(Friday market)

Up to 10 trains a day or catch citi3 or other bus from Queensgate

Visit Witel’s island with its 2 stone churches, butter cross and houses of mellow buff local brick

www.whittleseyweb.co.uk

 

Direct trains from Peterborough also run to Biggleswade, Hitchin, Huntingdon, Newark, Retford, Sleaford and St. Neots (lengthy walk), buses to Bourne, Oundle and Wisbech