The Sentinel

The Sentinel is a work of art in Orton Longueville, Peterborough, England. The Sentinel is situated nearby to the railway station Ham Lane (FMR), as well as near the tourism office Ferry Meadows Info and Shop.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ferry Meadows railway station and Thorpe Wood.

Ferry Meadows railway station

Railway station

Photo: Peter Skuce, Public domain.

Overton is a station on the Nene Valley Railway between Wansford and Orton Mere. It was originally named Ferry Meadows, the name change being made in 2017. Ferry Meadows railway station is situated 1,300 feet southeast of The Sentinel.

Thorpe Wood

Nature reserve

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

Longthorpe Tower

Photo: Julian Dowse, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Longthorpe Tower is a 14th-century three-storey tower in the Longthorpe area of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. It is famous for its well-preserved set of medieval murals. Longthorpe Tower is situated 1 mile northeast of The Sentinel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Orton and Longthorpe.

Orton

Suburb

Photo: Chris Stafford, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Orton is a suburb of the City of Peterborough, in Cambridgeshire, England, about 3 miles south west of Peterborough city centre to the south of the River Nene.

Longthorpe

Suburb

Longthorpe is an area of the city of Peterborough, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. Located two miles west from the city centre, the area covers 1,390 acres.

Castor

Village

Photo: Mike Bardill, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Castor 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 Soke of Peterborough, which was considered part of Northamptonshire until 1888 and then Huntingdon and Peterborough from 1965 to 1974, when it became part of Cambridgeshire. Castor is situated 1½ miles northwest of The Sentinel.

The Sentinel

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: sculpture
Category: tourism
Location: Orton Longueville, Peterborough, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.56173° or 52° 33′ 42″ north

Longitude

-0.30619° or 0° 18′ 22″ west

Inception

2003

Open location code

9C4XHM6V+MG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4720900765

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

OpenStreetMap attribute

artwork_type=sculpture

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