The Haycock Manor Hotel

The Cambridgeshire venue is regularly chosen as ‘Best Small Racecourse’ in the South Midlands and East Anglia and is much loved by followers of jump racing. There are racing fixtures on 18 days of the year, with the highlight being the prestigious Peterborough Chase, run a fortnight before Christmas, a contest with history and heritage having attracted some of the greats like Desert Orchid, One Man, Edredon Bleu and Best Mate over the years.

Peterborough Cathedral, also known as Saint Peter’s Cathedral, is dedicated to Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, whose statues look down from the three high gables of the famous West Front. Although it was founded in the Anglo-Saxon period, its architecture is mainly Norman, following a rebuilding in the 12th Century. It is one of the most important 12th Century buildings in England to have remained largely intact, despite extensions and restoration.

One of the city’s most historic buildings and just a two-minute walk from the City Centre. The building contains interactive displays and galleries for all ages and the museum’s collection includes over 200,000 objects of great national and international importance. There’s always something new to see in the contemporary galleries which showcase nationally and internationally renowned artists as well as talented local artists.

Burghley is one of the largest and grandest surviving houses of the 16th Century and a magnificent example of the great Elizabethan ‘prodigy’ houses. Conceived by William Cecil, Lord High Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I, between 1555 and 1587, Burghley is a testament to the ambition and vision of the most powerful courtier of the first Elizabethan age.

Displaying one of the most complete and important sets of 14th-century domestic wall paintings in Northern Europe and has been cared for by English Heritage since 1984. This varied ‘spiritual encyclopaedia’ of worldly and religious subjects includes the Wheel of Life, the Nativity and King David. You can view the paintings of rare and mythical beasts on the walls and soak up the atmosphere of a 13th-century manor house. It is a fascinating insight into the way medieval people lived and how they viewed the world.