Local area guide

Living in Peterborough

Around Barratt Homes @ Lakewood Meadows by Barratt Homes · Cambridgeshire

The schools, transport, shops and green spaces that shape day-to-day life — plus local trades who already work in Peterborough.

Area at a glance

Peterborough, at a glance

Schools, transport, what’s nearby — written for new-build buyers settling in.

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Great Haddon is a growing community on Peterborough's southern fringe, with a primary school planned within the development and a good choice of existing schools in nearby Hampton and Yaxley, including Hampton College and Ormiston Bushfield Academy for secondary age. Road links are a real strength: the A1(M) and A15 are close by, putting Huntingdon, Stamford and Cambridge within comfortable reach. Peterborough railway station is roughly a 15-minute drive and runs fast East Coast Main Line services to London King's Cross in under an hour, making commuting genuinely viable. For everyday shopping, Serpentine Green at Hampton has a large Tesco Extra plus high street names and cafés, with Lidl, Aldi and Morrisons elsewhere across the south of the city. Peterborough city centre adds the Queensgate shopping centre, independent restaurants around Cathedral Square and the medieval cathedral itself. Nene Park, Ferry Meadows and the nearby lakeside walks give you plenty of green space and weekend cycling routes on the doorstep.