Victorian

Reputedly the most haunted building in the city, the historic Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery was once a hospital.

WATCH: Is Peterborough Museum really the most haunted place in the city..?

Look out for the Burghley Christmas Fair in November

Enjoy Christmas shopping, food, drink and entertainment at Burghley

The first skeletons were found in July

61 skeletons discovered underneath Peterborough's Queensgate roundabout

The damaged Cannon Foundatin.

Calls to revitalise 'neglected' area of city centre

Set on a three-acre site at the bottom of Cowgate, the Parish Burial Ground was in use from 1805 and 1858.

GALLERY: What Peterborough's old burial ground looked like before Queensgate

An aerial view of the Queensgate construction site where the skeletons were discovered

Queensgate skeletons discovery: What the law says about archaeological burials

The scene of the discoveries

REVEALED: What happens to Queensgate Roundabout skeletons now

Works are taking place on the Queensgate Roundabout

Seven human skeletons found in Queensgate Roundabout works

Queensgate Roundabout was built on the old Parish burial ground

The Victorian graveyard that existed on the site of the Queensgate Roundabout

During the 1880s, Victorian engineers uncovered foundations of the 10th century Saxon church underneath Peterborough Cathedral

The secret Saxon tunnel that lies beneath Peterborough Cathedral

The original Wansford Station in the late 1800s.

Victorian railway station moved nine miles and reconstructed brick by brick

The former Victorian rail shed in Peterborough is back on the market.

See aerial view of historic rail shed that is up for sale with £250k price tag

The disused Victorian rail shed at Fletton Quays, Peterborough

£7 million high quality food and drinks hall plan for rail shed hits set back

Peterborough Civic Society's Speaker Series gets under way on January 12

Speaker series includes Norman Cross and The Great Fen Project

A Christmas Carol is the story of misery Ebeneezer Scrooge

Bah humbug! Reasons why Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol has enduring appeal

The book is out on November 15.

In Pictures: Dark and quirky tales from city's history explored in new book
Discover strange, dark and eccentric stories from Peterborough’s history with a new book which delves into the city’s colourful past.
Gemma Gadd

A number of buildings in Peterborough are said to be haunted

Halloween in Peterborough: The 16 most haunted places in the city

These are some of the most magnificent Victorian landmarks sadly lost to time in the UK

15 of the UK's most magnificent lost Victorian buildings

The Victorian good shed at Fletton Quays, Peterborough

Council to approve sale of Victorian goods shed for transformation to food hall

A room at The Terrace, in Ventnor, the Isle of Wight. Credit: The Terrace

'I visited the sunniest place in the UK - here's where to stay'

The Case of the Three Eyed Elephant – A Sherlock Holmes Origin Story

Sherlock Holmes takes the stage at Wolterton Hall in a side-splitting summer esc...

Sages Tower at Frederick Drive, Walton.

'It's a miracle no one has been hurt' - serious concerns over abandoned tower

A photo showing the completed outer shell of the building

WATCH: Work to rebuild historic railway station in Peterborough is revealed

Trocadero's restaurant will be overseen by Michelin-starred chef Michel Roux

A look at a new entertainment-led dining experience

2009 view of Cowgate - with Bin Ends under the Norwich Union office building in view.

Then and Now: Cowgate before the creation of St John's Square

The stunning roof garden at Golden Hill Fort, an old Victorian fortress on the Isle of Wight, where a three-bedroom house is for sale with a guide price of £295,000

Look around unique house for sale in old Victorian fortress

Hopes are growing that plans to create a high quality food hall in a Victorian rail good shed, inset, at Fletton Quays, Peterborough, will soon reach a new stage

Plans to create high quality food hall reach new stage
Plans for food hall expected later this year
Paul Grinnell

The tapeworm diet dates back to the Victorian era and can have dangerous consequences for your health.

What is the tapeworm diet and why is it so dangerous?

This image shows the location of the Victorian former rail shed at Fletton Quays

Victorian rail shed to become £7 million Food Hall

Roger Allpress captures stunning astronomical images from his garden in Peterborough

In Pictures: Stunning images of space captured from a garden in Peterborough

Burghley at Christmas

Burghley's fair at Christmas will be a cracker

The Da Rosalia Hotel on Burghley Road.

Peterborough hotel goes up for sale

The main image shows how a renovated Great Northern Hotel could appear as part of Peterborough's Station Quarter regeneration. Inset, top, Peterborough MP Andrew Pakes, and inset below, the 'sad-looking' hotel at the moment.

Listen as MP vows to secure hotel for Station Quarter development

Woman makes doll’s houses with rooms costing up to £3K.

Watch: Woman makes doll’s houses with rooms costing up to £3K

The office units above The Pizza House on Cowgate.

New flats approved in city centre above pizza restaurant

The striking Laslett terrace in Notting Hill

Travel feature - A sumptuous stay in artsy Notting Hill

The property is in an attractive and rural setting not far from Peterborough

Take a tour of five bed home with pool and tennis court set in three acres

The view from Town Bridge of Bridge Street in 1970

Peterborough city centre in 1970

Catherine Weightman, and Mike Addis spent two months and half a million bricks creating the box

Couple create iconic red phone box out of half a million Lego bricks

Pupils taking part in the trials

Peterborough pupils get experience of courtroom life with mock trials

These images show how the proposed development of Westgate House, Park Road, Peterborough, will appear once completed.

Beales store developer to pay £198,000 to community

Breaking Australian woman arrested after three dinner guests killed by poison

Spooktacular fun at Peterborough Museum

There's spook-tacular fun to be at Peterborough Museum this Halloween

Victorian mansion renovated by Buckingham Palace architect hits market for £1.75m - in pictures

Pictured: Mansion rebuilt by Buckingham Palace architect hits market

Flat overlooking 18th hole where Tiger Woods took historic win goes on the market for £2.3m

Inside £2.3m flat overlooking historic St Andrews Golf Course

The Victorian property on Station Road, March.

Plans for new boutique hotel

The former railway shed site at Fletton Quays, Peterborough, which could become the focus for a food and drinks hall.

Developer seeks to convert former railway shed into food hall

Timeless mansion built by Queen Victoria’s champion piper hits the market for £300,000

Timeless mansion built by Queen Victoria’s champion piper - pictures

The 'Toys and Games' exhibition at Peterborough Museum will run from June 24 to September 16.

Peterborough Museum to host ‘Toys and Games’ exhibition over the summer

Madness’ Suggs puts house ‘in the middle of the street’ up for sale for £1.5 million - with pictures

Madness’ Suggs puts London home up for sale for £1.5m

Property on Scottish island with beaches compared to the Caribbean listed for £65,000 - but there’s a catch

Property on Scottish island with Caribbean-like beaches on the market

5 Cowgate.

Plan for new flats above restaurant

The former Beales store at Westgate, Peterborough, which is back on the market.

Former Beales store is back on the market

Alton Towers (Getty Images)

First look at Alton Towers new creepy ride opening this weekend

A Victorian vampire slaying kit containing a wooden stake and holy water is up for auction and set to sell for thousands of pounds. The kit which includes a number of tools useful to anyone should they encounter a bloodthirsty vampire originally belonged to a priest living in Wollas Hall, Worcestershire during the late 1800s.

Victorian Vampire slaying kit set to fetch thousands at auction