Parnwell is residential area of the city of
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 ...
, 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 the east ward.
Development in Parnwell began in the early 1990s, mostly built as council housing and flats.
Parnwell County
Primary School
A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary e ...
is located in the area; following the closure of nearby Hereward Community College in July 2007, secondary pupils attend the flagship
Thomas Deacon Academy which opened in September 2007.
References
External links
Positively Parnwell
Suburbs of Peterborough
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