Is Peterborough A New Commuter Town?
I spent my weekend in Peterborough last week. It is to see the town and to go to Peterborough Festival of Antiques. I am wondering is Peterborough a new commuter town from London? How does it like to live in Peterborough?
![Peterborough City Centre](https://mariabristoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Peterborough-City-Centre-300x234.jpg)
It has a very historic Cathedral where Queen Mary of Scots was first buried. The city centre is not too bad after all. You can see a mixture of old and modern buildings.
We stayed at Great Northern Hotel, a historic railway hotel built in 1852. It is located just a stone’s throw away from Peterborough Station.
![Great Northern Hotel](https://mariabristoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Great-Northern-Hotel-Peterborough-300x224.jpg)
It has an old Victorian ambience feeling when you walk through the corridor.
![Great Northern Hotel](https://mariabristoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Hallway-Great-Northern-Hotel-224x300.jpg)
The buffet breakfast is superb. Especially the cooked English breakfast.
![Breakfast Great Northern Hotel](https://mariabristoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Breakfast-Great-Northern-Hotel-300x224.jpg)
The breakfast room is at Restaurant 1852. I quite like this restaurant. It is like a large ballroom.
![1852 Restaurant at Great Northern Peterborough](https://mariabristoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1852-Restaurant-Great-Northern-Peterborough-224x300.jpg)
The bedroom is okay; it is pretty much basic and clean. It has coffee/tea facility too.
![Great Northern Hotel bedroom](https://mariabristoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Great-Northern-Hotel-bedroom-300x224.jpg)
Our favourite restaurant in Peterborough is an Indian restaurant called Shah Jehan. We tried a three-courses dinner there.
![Onion Bharjee Shah Jehan Restaurant](https://mariabristoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Onion-Bharjee-Shah-Jehan-Restaurant-300x300.jpg)
![Prawn madras and prawn dhansak](https://mariabristoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Shah-Jehan-Peterborough-300x224.jpg)
![Shah Jehan Restaurant dessert](https://mariabristoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Shah-Jehan-Restaurant-dessert-224x300.jpg)
Well, so is Peterborough a commuter town to London? If you are prepared to pay more than £600/month for its Great Northern season ticket then yes probably for some, Peterborough is a commute town to London. Taking into account the house prices here in Peterborough, probably it is one of the destinations for London workers to live here.