Norman Cross Prison, Peterborough

Name: Norman Cross Prison
Address: Peterborough, United Kingdom

#19 among attractions in Peterborough

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Norman Cross Prison in Huntingdonshire, England, was the world's first purpose-built prisoner-of-war camp or "depot", built in 1796–97 to hold prisoners of war from France and its allies during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. After the Treaty of Amiens the depot was emptied of prisoners and, in 1816, largely demolished. ()

Coordinates: 52°30'14"N, 0°17'27"W

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Norman Cross Prison – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Serpentine Green, Admiral Wells, Elton Hall, Longthorpe Tower.

2.8 miNE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Serpentine Green, Peterborough
71 min walk • Serpentine Green is a shopping centre that opened 8 February 1999 in the Hampton Hargate district of Southern Peterborough in England.
3 miSE
Nightlife
Admiral Wells, Peterborough
77 min walk • The Admiral Wells is a public house in Holme, Huntingdonshire, now in Cambridgeshire. Nearby Holme Fen is 2.75 metres below sea level, and the Admiral Wells claims to be the lowest pub in Great Britain. However, large-scale maps show the pub itself is approaximately 4 metres above sea level, so this claim appears to be incorrect.
4.7 miW
Museum, History museum
Elton Hall
120 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.
4.6 miN
Tower, Historical place, Forts and castles
Longthorpe Tower, Peterborough
118 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.
4.4 miS
Church
Church of All Saints, Sawtry
112 min walk • Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building located in Sawtry, a village in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England. It became a listed building on 28 January 1958. Until the year 1880, there were two churches in Sawtry, All Saints' and St Andrew's.
4.5 miN
Park
Nene Park, Peterborough
115 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.
3.6 miSE
Canal
Middle Level Navigations
93 min walk • The Middle Level Navigations are a network of waterways in England, primarily used for land drainage, which lie in The Fens between the Rivers Nene and Great Ouse, and between the cities of Peterborough and Cambridge.
3.3 miS
Church
All Saints Church
86 min walk • All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Conington in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England.
4.7 miN
Park
Thorpe Wood, Peterborough
119 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.
4.6 miN
Park
Woodston Ponds, Peterborough
117 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.
2.2 miW
Tower
Peterborough transmitting station, Peterborough
57 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.