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Grimeshaw Wood is a 16.8-hectare (42-acre) Local Nature Reserve on the western outskirts of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. It is owned by Peterborough City Council, [1] [2] and managed by the council together with the Peterborough Environment City Trust. [3] [4] This site is ancient woodland in three adjacent areas.
This is a list of National Trust properties in England, including any stately home, historic house, castle, abbey, ...
In 1956 the Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Naturalists’ Trust was founded, and it was followed by the Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire Wildlife Trust in 1961, the Northamptonshire Wildlife Trust in 1963, and the Peterborough Wildlife Group in 1987.
Castor Hanglands is an 89.8-hectare (222-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. [1] [2] The site is also a National Nature Reserve, [3] and it is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I for its woodlands and Grade 2 for its grassland. [4] It is common land [5] managed by Natural England. [6]
This is a list of National Trust land in England. This is the land that is looked after by the National Trust and includes coast, countryside and heritage landscapes. This does not include National Trust properties , unless they contain significant estate land.
It is located on a landscaped former coal storage yard which once served Peterborough Power Station. [ 5 ] It was founded by Rev. Richard Paten (1932-2012) in 1985 as the "Museum of World Railways" (MWR), changing its name to "Railworld" in 1992 and is now called "Railworld Wildlife Haven" in reference to its change of focus towards its ...
Longthorpe was formerly a chapelry in Peterborough-St. John-the-Baptist parish, [9] from 1 November 1908 Longthorpe was a civil parish in its own right (being formed from Peterborough Without) until it was abolished on 1 April 1929 and merged with Peterborough. [10] In 1921 the parish had a population of 274. [11]
Milton Hall near Peterborough, is the largest private house in Cambridgeshire, England. As part of the Soke of Peterborough, it was formerly in Northamptonshire. It dates from 1594, being the historical home of the Fitzwilliam family, and is situated in an extensive park in which some original oak trees from an earlier Tudor deer park survive.