Durobrivae, Peterborough

Name: Durobrivae
Address: Peterborough, United Kingdom

#61 among attractions in Peterborough

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Durobrivae was a Roman fortified garrison town located at Water Newton in the English county of Cambridgeshire, where Ermine Street crossed the River Nene. More generally, it was in the territory of the Corieltauvi in a region of villas and commercial potteries. The name is a Latinisation of Celtic *Durobrīwās, meaning essentially "fort bridges". ()

Coordinates: 52°33'30"N, 0°20'52"W

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Durobrivae – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Serpentine Green, Elton Hall, Church of St Mary and All Saints, Longthorpe Tower.

3.8 miE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Serpentine Green, Peterborough
96 min walk • Serpentine Green is a shopping centre that opened 8 February 1999 in the Hampton Hargate district of Southern Peterborough in England.
3.2 miSW
Museum, History museum
Elton Hall
81 min walk • Elton Hall is a baronial hall in Elton, Cambridgeshire. It has been the ancestral home of the Proby family since 1660. The hall lies in an 3,800-acre estate through which the River Nene runs. The building incorporates 15th-, 17th-, 18th- and 19th-century parts and is a Grade I listed building.
4.4 miSW
Church
Church of St Mary and All Saints
114 min walk • The Church of St Mary and All Saints, Fotheringhay is a parish church in the Church of England in Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire. It is noted for containing a mausoleum to leading members of the Yorkist dynasty of the Wars of the Roses.
2.7 miE
Tower, Historical place, Forts and castles
Longthorpe Tower, Peterborough
69 min walk • Longthorpe Tower is a 14th-century three-storey tower in the village of Longthorpe, famous for its well-preserved set of medieval murals.
1.1 miNE
Park
Nene Park, Peterborough
28 min walk • Nene Park is a country park in the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. Opened in 1978, it occupies a site approximately three and a half miles long, from slightly west of Castor to the centre of Peterborough.
3.2 miE
Building, Park
Thorpe Hall, Peterborough
83 min walk • Thorpe Hall at Longthorpe in the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, is a Grade I listed building, built by Peter Mills between 1653 and 1656, for the Lord Chief Justice, Oliver St John.
4.2 miE
Museum
Railworld, Peterborough
108 min walk • Railworld Wildlife Haven is a charity in Peterborough which has a nature haven, a model railway and other exhibits. It is located on a landscaped former coal storage yard which once served Peterborough Power Station.
2.5 miE
Park
Thorpe Wood, Peterborough
64 min walk • Thorpe Wood is a 10 hectare nature reserve on the western outskirts of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
3.6 miE
Park
Woodston Ponds, Peterborough
92 min walk • Woodston Ponds is an 8.9 hectare Local Nature Reserve between the River Nene and the Nene Valley Railway in Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. The site was formerly settling ponds to remove washings from sugar beet.
3.5 miS
Tower
Peterborough transmitting station, Peterborough
89 min walk • The Peterborough transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility at Morborne Hill, near Peterborough. There are two tall structures on adjacent sites: a guyed steel lattice mast belonging to Arqiva, and a 98.45 metres tall reinforced concrete tower belonging to BT.
1.8 miW
52°34'7"N • 0°23'17"W
Nene Valley Railway, Peterborough
47 min walk • Bridge