Bretton

Bretton is a settlement and civil parish on the north western edge of , in the Peterborough district, in the ceremonial county of , England.
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  • Type: Locality with 13,700 residents
  • Description: suburb and civil parish in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Bretton (civil parish), Cambridgeshire”, “Bretton, Cambridgeshire”, and “Bretton, Peterborough”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Peterborough railway station and Longthorpe Tower.

Railway station
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serves the cathedral city of , , England. It is sited 76 miles 29 chains north of .

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is a 14th-century three-storey tower in the Longthorpe area of , , England. It is famous for its well-preserved set of medieval murals.

Church
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, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew, and formerly known as Peterborough Abbey or St Peter's Abbey, is a cathedral in , , in the United Kingdom. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Bretton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Peterborough and Dogsthorpe.

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is a city in in East Anglia, with a population of 202,259 in 2019. It's industrial and ringed by bland "New Town" residential districts, yet has an attractive historic centre around its cathedral, where two British monarchs were buried.

Suburb
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is a residential area and electoral ward of the city of , in the Peterborough district, in the ceremonial county of , England. is situated 2½ miles east of Bretton.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough unitary authority, about 4 miles west of the city centre. The parish is part of the former , which was considered part of until 1888 and then Huntingdon and Peterborough from 1965 to 1974, when it became part of . is situated 2½ miles southwest of Bretton.

Bretton

Latitude
52.5905° or 52° 35′ 26″ north
Longitude
-0.2843° or 0° 17′ 3″ west
Population
13,700
Elevation
79 feet (24 metres)
Open location code
9C4XHPR8+67
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4419222582
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
7299970
Wiki­data ID
Q2784409
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Urdu—“Bretton” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “ব্রেট্টন”
  • Cebuano: “Bretton (distrito sa Hiniusang Gingharian)”
  • Cebuano: “Bretton”
  • Chinese: “Bretton”
  • Chinese: “布列頓”
  • Chinese: “布列顿”
  • Dutch: “Bretton”
  • French: “Bretton”
  • German: “Bretton”
  • Gujarati: “બ્રેટન”
  • Irish: “Bretton”
  • Japanese: “ブレットン”
  • Kannada: “ಬ್ರೆಟ್ಟನ್”
  • Korean: “브레턴”
  • Lithuanian: “Bretonas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bretton”
  • Polish: “Bretton”
  • Portuguese: “Bretton”
  • Russian: “Бреттон”
  • Spanish: “Bretton”
  • Swedish: “Bretton (distrikt i Storbritannien)”
  • Swedish: “Bretton, Peterborough”
  • Tamil: “பிரிட்டன்”
  • Telugu: “బ్రెట్టన్”
  • Turkish: “Bretton, Peterborough”
  • Urdu: “بریتٹن”
  • “Bretton”

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