Peterborough car park closes to allow for new university campus

The Wirrina car park in Bishop’s Road will form part of ARU Peterborough - run by Anglia Ruskin University - which is scheduled to open in the autumn of 2022.

Initially, there will be capacity for 2,500 students at the technical university, but it is expected many will work off campus for a vast majority of their degree.

The campus is set to be built largely on the car Pprk and will, according to a planning statement, be a “three-floor, state-of-the-art learning, teaching, administration and support building”.

The land has been handed over by Peterborough City Council to a joint venture company which it has a stake in.

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The council tweeted: “The Wirrina car park is now closed permanently to allow for the development of the University. For other long-stay car parks try Bishops Road or Wellington Street.”

Details on car parks in Peterborough can be found at: https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/residents/parking/car-park-locations.