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Walton is a residential area and electoral ward of the city of
Peterborough Peterborough ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in the City of Peterborough district in the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. The city is north of London, on the River Nene. A ...
in the ceremonial county of
Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfor ...
, England. Manufacturers of industrial machinery, Peter Brotherhood, relocated here from London in 1906. Walton County
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and Junior schools were amalgamated in September 2007 to form a single
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; following the closure of Walton Comprehensive School in July 2007, secondary pupils attend
Queen Katharine Academy The Queen Katharine Academy (formerly The Voyager Academy and The Voyager School) is a secondary school with academy status in Peterborough in the United Kingdom. The school was formed in 2007 by the amalgamation of Walton Community School and ...
which opened in September 2007 as The Voyager School but later changed. Walton is home to a semimajor retail hub which has a large Morrison's supermarket, two drive-thru restaurants and 5 large retailers in the main Brotherhoods retail park. Past this is a mediocre industrial estate with dealerships, gyms, logistic centres, supermarkets and a post-office.


Civil parish

Walton became a parish in 1866, on 1 April 1929 it was abolished and merged with Peterborough. In 1921 the parish had a population of 1118.


See also

* Walton railway station


References

Suburbs of Peterborough Former civil parishes in Cambridgeshire {{Cambridgeshire-geo-stub