Modern Peterborough is a thriving city - a regional centre for commerce, industry, transport and leisure. It is rapidly expanding to meet the demand for new houses, and is home to a community of diverse cultures.

The city is surrounded by contrasting countryside - gently undulating limestone and clay hills to the west, the flat expanse of the Fens to the east.   Limestone cottages and winding sunken lanes give way to bold brick buildings and long straight roads and dykes.