Eastgate, Peterborough

Eastgate is a residential area, immediately to the east of

Peterborough Cathedral Peterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew – also known as Saint Peter's Cathedral in the United Kingdom – is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Peterborough, dedicated to Saint Peter, Saint Pau ...

and west of Fengate, in the

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of Peterborough, in the

Peterborough Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...

district, in the ceremonial county of

Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the ...

, England. For electoral purposes it forms part of Peterborough Central ward. Bishop Creighton County

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is located in the area; following the closure of nearby Hereward Community College in July 2007, secondary pupils attend the Thomas Deacon Academy which opened in September 2007. Suburbs of Peterborough {{Cambridgeshire-geo-stub