Peterborough Detectives have been operating in Peterborough and East Anglia for almost 20 years.
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Peterborough stands athwart the River Nene, which flows into the North Sea approximately 30 miles (48 km) to the north-east, and the East Coast Main Line railway.
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Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England.
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Peterborough has an estimated population of 164,000 as of June 2007.
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For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire.
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The Town Hall is 75 miles (121 km) north of London at Charing Cross.
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The local topography is flat and low-lying, and in some places lies below sea level.
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The area known as the Fens falls to the east of Peterborough.
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Peterborough includes the outlying settlement at RAF Wittering.
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Peterborough as a unitary authority it borders Northamptonshire and Rutland to the west, Lincolnshire to the north, and Cambridgeshire to the south and east.
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Human settlement in the area dates back to before the Bronze Age.
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Peterborough is shown by its original name Medeshamstede to have possibly been an Anglian settlement before AD 655.
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Peterborough's population grew by 45.4% between 1971 and 1991.
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Peterborough is a major stop on the East Coast Main Line, 45–50 minutes' journey time from central London.
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Peterborough is home to one of the largest concentrations of Italian immigrants in the UK.
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This is mainly as a result of labour recruitment in the 1950s by the London Brick Company.
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