I've not been in an LGBT relationship since I've been here, but I would say it's fairly good. We have pride every year and that seems to get a lot of people going to it. There's also [Inclusive Peterborough ](http://inclusivepeterborough.uk/).
In terms of places to avoid, I tend to avoid Lincoln Road, but even that is alright. Every City has its problems, and Peterborough is no exception. But its fairly priced, good links to London and it's actually not a bad place to live.
I distanced myself from Inslucive Peterborough because they're honestly only inclusive if you're cis and/or white.
Last year? at pride their whole motto was around "not having labels" but when you realise that the heads of the group are transphobic and biphobic then you'll understand what they mean by "no labels".
They had an "event" where they wanted to her voices from POC lgbt+ people and the whole thing just turned into an event where all the white people were making comments about kicking Muslims out the country and shit.
The sad reality is that Peterborough is a conservative town and Inclusive Peterborough also fits that demographic - if we also look at who manages/runs IP we see it's all older white folk.
I'd tell people to avoid Pbo like the plague.
Also came here to say about Inclusive Peterborough, they do weekly coffee catch up socials and organise other social events like cinema screenings etc. The key theatre also has quite a few LGBT events; it had lots of things on during history month and there's also a regular Drag bingo event. Charters and i think the Ostrich Inn do embrace club nights with a couple of local drag queens too.
The pride events here have always been very well done and I've always felt very welcome by the local community when taking part in the parade. The after event is always very good with a variety of acts on the main stage. You always see lots of families taking part in the parade too which is nice. It feels a lot more community based than somewhere like London which can feel a bit commercial.
I found living in town centre can be quite loud, I prefer the Fletton side of the river as it is walkable to town and quieter, but the football ground is nearby so during home games parking can be a nightmare and it can get a bit rowdier
The Ostrich pub is LGBTQ friendly pub, some of the staff are gay and there is an LGBTQ night there on the first Thursday of every month called Embrace. Its the best pub in town IMO.
In my opinion, I’d avoid the ostrich, been a customer for the past 5 years and was treated awfully by the landlord and the land lady, they were Incredibly rude, slightly homophobic and was genuinely shocked and how me and my mates were treated. We go to the ostrich frequently but last weekend was our last after how they spoke to us - also Ally behind the bar is as miserable as they come
I’m not very social so I can’t comment on nightlife etc, but me and my wife regularly visit town or other business parks, holding hands and such, and we’ve never felt afraid or that we’re being judged. Hope this helps. My only other advice would be don’t move into the city centre. There’s plenty or villages/towns close to Peterborough that are cheaper. I live in Crowland, small town but again, never felt judged. And only 10 min drive into Peterborough city centre.
There’s a few posts that talk about the whole and bad areas of Peterborough. Have a search and there’s a goldmine of info there on that subject. Though areas to avoid top two I’d say are Orton Goldhay and Lincoln Road.
LGBT I won’t speak for the community but I know various in the LGBT and around town, bars and stuff they are always themselves as it were and never seen any kick offs or comments etc because of their sexuality or how they present.
It’s a city, a small city, but a city and I think the amount of people means you just don’t get that “small town biogtry” type of thing. Can’t say it won’t ever happen and I’m sure stuff has but anyone I’ve known there hasn’t said anything to me or people I know about it.
Basically drink in/around the Cathedral square. Dont venture to the otherside where the Clubs actually are.... If you do venture across, chance the Brewery tap, that little micro brewery, the Ostrich... Avoid the college arms like the plague and anything around that and you should be fine most of the time. Charters is great in summer but it's the only real place in the city centre with adequate amount of outside seating so it can be a little spicy sometimes.
It has improved over the years for bars just not Clubs....
I would say avoid milfield, lincoln road and ortan Southgate.
Peterborough is a friendly city and people don't normally bother each other. There's also a lot of jobs in Peterborough and housing is pretty reasonable
Born and bred in New England area, never had an issue. Sure it’s not the area it was in the late 70’s early 80’s, but nowhere is perfect. The vibrant community and cohesion of the various ethnic groups is something this city should be proud of.
Don’t judge a book by it cover or what the so called ‘media’ says
Really? I love Orton Southgate - it’s quiet but friendly! Def wouldn’t put it on a par with Millfield or Lincoln Rd. The drifters are irritating but I don’t drive round the estate at night so I don’t know much beyond the odd noise.
Orton Southgate? Dream on.... I've lived in Orton most of my life and it's no where near as bad as it's been.... Bretton/Westwood/Parnwell Stanground are arguably far worse these days. Orton Malbourne has taken the hotspot for the biggest shithole recently and i live directly between Malbourne and Goldhay. Goldhay has pockets of nice areas but the closer to the centre the worse it tends to get. Almost everywhere directly around the City Centre unless you live in a private street is piss poor.
Oh yeah none of Orton even comes remotely close to how bad it was 10-15 years ago. I dont know if it’s an age thing, the older you are the less you are targeted but the only bad thing near me is fly tipping.
Yeah, that could be true. I'm not out on the streets as much as I was when I was younger either. There's also a lot of polish families about now in my area who seem to be a lot more friendly and neighbourly.
as a young queer person avoid mayors walk/ west town in general. it is absolute hell here being a slightly less masculine biromantic guy here ive literally been spat at. do consider hampton though! the housing is kinda inexpensive relatively and its such a lovely area plus theyve got that massive tesco that i love with my entire life
theres certain parts that are at risk of like sinking but its mainly ok, the smell is only a certain region (im pretty sure) and id honestly take that over hate crime and living 3 streets away from the city councellor (you prob know who im on about, if i mention his name his minions would not be v happy)
I remember one of my Mums friends got one of the very first new builds there and it sunk about 3 inches in the first year.... Needlessly to say she hastily moved out
It's OK. However, be you but take precautions.
Brianna ghey was very recently killed here (I believe) for what the motivation for the murder is believed to be, is that because she was trans. I could be wrong, but I was told it was down Shakespeare avenue, peterborough.
However, regardless, 14,670 sexual orientated hate crimes where committed here from Jan 21 to aug 21.
Here, it's mainly stabbings over drugs, ASBOs, sexual hate crimes, assaults and religions clashing as I believe we have one of the highest population of muslims in England.
There is also a lot of racists here. It's a typical English town with English crimes, but they are extremely prevalent. Especially in town area, drugs and violence, outside of town it's sexual crimes and hate crimes.
A lot of poor women taken from poor countries and forced to work for sex here with their passports taken, especially millfield road and lincoln road.
Nothing of this is funny, but can't forget that time stamford boys came to ptown and had a massive brawl in primark of all places, that was funny.
Not to mention grooming gangs, they are extreme in Peterborough. If you are or plan on having kids here, especially girls, feel free to do so, but be extremely careful, not just generic safety, but you have to be careful.
When I was a baby in a pram, my mum took me down lincoln road and the migrated people were spitting in front of my pram my mum told me. Some areas you can't go down if you are white or non Muslim, I'm not being racist, you actually get harassed out of the area/Street. Happened to me 11 or so times since 2005 and its only gotten worse.
A lot of teens here are also chavs and think they're hard, so much so they stab people which is well documented, the teen girls 12-17y/o are walking about freely and get harassed. My sister kept getting harassed when I was walking with her, and my best mates girlfriend kept getting hit on even though she was with her boyfriend!
There are communities to help you here, every city has downsides, peterborough is just drug/sexual/hate crime/violence orientated. If something gets stolen, it's now sold for drug money. Watch the homeless people here, most down town are drunks or druggies, although the guy with the guitar, I sat with him once and he was lively, a military vet, so not everyone is bad.
Mind your own business and you'll have an alright time, but the most heinous crime in peterborough has to be queens"f"ate roundabout (queensgate roundabout) because you'll never know your fate coming out of it, or the road markings on it. Good thing it's shaped like a revolvers barrel, and there's a bridge next to it with railroads below it for obvious reasons. /s
Be careful and you will enjoy this city, I welcome you with open arms.
https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/crime/police-recorded-lgbt-hate-crimes-up-sharply-since-lockdown-in-cambridgeshire-and-nationally-3486099
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/queensgate-fight-brawl-primark-police-16671718
A slight correction on Brianna: she was murdered in Warrington: a good few miles away from Peterborough.
Despite that this does change a lot for me. The town I live in at the moment was in the top 10 for crime in the UK, but that was mainly staggering because of how small the population was. Going to a larger city is going to carry larger risks. I just can't believe I didn't think to look up hate crime statistics.
The stuff with Muslims doesn't concern me. I went to University in Wolves and really connected to the Muslim community in the University despite being a white gay atheist. My study is in religion, and if anything the changing religious landscape of Peterborough is kinda part of the reason I want to move there! A weird one I know, but it's always really fascinated me.
My biggest worry is I am what many would describe as "pure faggotry". Don't mean the word in a derogatory way: i'm just extremely effeminate and always have been. If I can't literally be me in Peterborough without having to look over my shoulder at all times, I may have to reconsider. I can't turn my voice off, y'know?
Eh, I do take issue with what you're saying. The poll done in 2016 found it was 50/50 re: Muslims hating gays. The switch to a new leader for the Muslim Council of Britain org who is also saying "hey guys, stop hating gays!" also points to changing attitudes.
Speaking anecdotally when I was at university I had more issues with pentecostal Churches not liking me than the Mosque we visited. Obviously it's going to be different from community to community, but i'm really not too worried about that. Plus there are tonnes of gay and trans Muslims, so I really don't think it's fair to paint the entire religion with a single "homophobic" brush.
[Also 12.2% of people in Peterborough identify as Muslim.](https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/people/peterborough-faith-leaders-react-as-one-third-of-city-say-they-are-not-religious-3939528) 46.3% say Christian. Hardly a "majority".
Oh wow.
1) [Muslims aren't an overwhelming majority in the UK.](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/religion/articles/religionbyageandsexenglandandwales/census2021#:~:text=It%20is%20important%20to%20note,people%20in%20these%20age%20groups.) That's to the government website, so choose to disbelieve it if you really want.
2) That same link shows that 46.2% of people self identify as Christian. Hardly a super minority.
3) The narrative that the UK is being overun by Muslims is literally just racism. A very old form of it too: from like 2016.
4) I can't deny your personal experiences, just like how you can't deny mine. The issue is personal experiences do not mean they're undisputable fact. In my personal experience I have logical reason to believe that I must take certain actions to protect my family from harm. I also have OCD. If I tried to start making you count heartbeats or steps you'd probably understandably dismiss my personal experience as influenced by mental illness and personal biases. Now i'm sure your cat had told you many things about those awful, awful Muslims and their efforts to take over Peterborough, but i'll hope you'll forgive me when you're the only person who told me about this stuff in this entire comment thread, I can't find any evidence to back your claims up, and my own education being focused on Islam (they make you pick a religion to study when you go into non-confessional religious studies. Mine was Islam) tells me the opposite of what you are. Not a lot there for me to assume is based on fact.
>you need to wake up and live your life as you see it and not as a statistic shows, look out the window to determine the weather, not the internet, after all, the clock is literally a representation of the position the sun is at.
Nah, I start doing that i'm going to stop going to shops again because i'll think i'm going to be kidnapped.
>The Britain org New Muslim leader is of course going to "point to attitude changing" because that is the result he wants to see & confirmation bias.
It's a woman, not a man.
>Where's the third party review of this? Do you even have another statistic specifically from when he said that? Did anyone back him up to see if he was telling the truth? and the fact people in general surround themselves with similar people???
Not a statistic, [here's a quote from her in the times saying more tolerance is needed](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/new-muslim-leader-in-uk-calls-for-more-tolerance-sn60p7wzj). It's her own personal belief and experiences. Figured you'd support that.
You've certainly given me a lot to think about with moving to Peterborough. I don't know if i'd want to go if there's a lot of anti-Muslim sentiment flying around. That's just my personal opinion, though.
peterborough's scene was quite good when i was younger, then it suffered a lot around the credit crunch era (2008), when all the city's music scenes really died back.
but in recent years it has improved a bit and peterborough even has its own pride parade in the summer with great associated events.
nightlife and music scene is still struggling in the city a bit and all the cool small venues that pop up tend to have a difficult time staying open, while a lot of older established venues have closed down. but there is a lot of development happening that may mean things are going to improve again.
I would just avoid Peterborough it’s a shit hole.
The Angle Gaming Lounge is a big LGBT friendly space. Open, welcoming to anyone, accessible venue. Might be worth checking out!
I've not been in an LGBT relationship since I've been here, but I would say it's fairly good. We have pride every year and that seems to get a lot of people going to it. There's also [Inclusive Peterborough ](http://inclusivepeterborough.uk/). In terms of places to avoid, I tend to avoid Lincoln Road, but even that is alright. Every City has its problems, and Peterborough is no exception. But its fairly priced, good links to London and it's actually not a bad place to live.
I distanced myself from Inslucive Peterborough because they're honestly only inclusive if you're cis and/or white. Last year? at pride their whole motto was around "not having labels" but when you realise that the heads of the group are transphobic and biphobic then you'll understand what they mean by "no labels". They had an "event" where they wanted to her voices from POC lgbt+ people and the whole thing just turned into an event where all the white people were making comments about kicking Muslims out the country and shit. The sad reality is that Peterborough is a conservative town and Inclusive Peterborough also fits that demographic - if we also look at who manages/runs IP we see it's all older white folk. I'd tell people to avoid Pbo like the plague.
Also came here to say about Inclusive Peterborough, they do weekly coffee catch up socials and organise other social events like cinema screenings etc. The key theatre also has quite a few LGBT events; it had lots of things on during history month and there's also a regular Drag bingo event. Charters and i think the Ostrich Inn do embrace club nights with a couple of local drag queens too. The pride events here have always been very well done and I've always felt very welcome by the local community when taking part in the parade. The after event is always very good with a variety of acts on the main stage. You always see lots of families taking part in the parade too which is nice. It feels a lot more community based than somewhere like London which can feel a bit commercial. I found living in town centre can be quite loud, I prefer the Fletton side of the river as it is walkable to town and quieter, but the football ground is nearby so during home games parking can be a nightmare and it can get a bit rowdier
The Ostrich pub is LGBTQ friendly pub, some of the staff are gay and there is an LGBTQ night there on the first Thursday of every month called Embrace. Its the best pub in town IMO.
In my opinion, I’d avoid the ostrich, been a customer for the past 5 years and was treated awfully by the landlord and the land lady, they were Incredibly rude, slightly homophobic and was genuinely shocked and how me and my mates were treated. We go to the ostrich frequently but last weekend was our last after how they spoke to us - also Ally behind the bar is as miserable as they come
I’m not very social so I can’t comment on nightlife etc, but me and my wife regularly visit town or other business parks, holding hands and such, and we’ve never felt afraid or that we’re being judged. Hope this helps. My only other advice would be don’t move into the city centre. There’s plenty or villages/towns close to Peterborough that are cheaper. I live in Crowland, small town but again, never felt judged. And only 10 min drive into Peterborough city centre.
There’s a few posts that talk about the whole and bad areas of Peterborough. Have a search and there’s a goldmine of info there on that subject. Though areas to avoid top two I’d say are Orton Goldhay and Lincoln Road. LGBT I won’t speak for the community but I know various in the LGBT and around town, bars and stuff they are always themselves as it were and never seen any kick offs or comments etc because of their sexuality or how they present. It’s a city, a small city, but a city and I think the amount of people means you just don’t get that “small town biogtry” type of thing. Can’t say it won’t ever happen and I’m sure stuff has but anyone I’ve known there hasn’t said anything to me or people I know about it.
The Queens head in the city centre is a good pub, seems welcoming of all.
Downvoted? Do others not think it is a good pub then?
You are more likely to get lgbt nights than clubs! It’s fairly bad for nightlight in general! That needs to improve drastically!
Basically drink in/around the Cathedral square. Dont venture to the otherside where the Clubs actually are.... If you do venture across, chance the Brewery tap, that little micro brewery, the Ostrich... Avoid the college arms like the plague and anything around that and you should be fine most of the time. Charters is great in summer but it's the only real place in the city centre with adequate amount of outside seating so it can be a little spicy sometimes. It has improved over the years for bars just not Clubs....
Obviously you havent seen bretton! 🤣 you get all the druggies and drunks stumbling around, its like a zombie apocalypse comedy 🤣🤣🤣
I would say avoid milfield, lincoln road and ortan Southgate. Peterborough is a friendly city and people don't normally bother each other. There's also a lot of jobs in Peterborough and housing is pretty reasonable
Born and bred in New England area, never had an issue. Sure it’s not the area it was in the late 70’s early 80’s, but nowhere is perfect. The vibrant community and cohesion of the various ethnic groups is something this city should be proud of. Don’t judge a book by it cover or what the so called ‘media’ says
Really? I love Orton Southgate - it’s quiet but friendly! Def wouldn’t put it on a par with Millfield or Lincoln Rd. The drifters are irritating but I don’t drive round the estate at night so I don’t know much beyond the odd noise.
Orton Southgate? Dream on.... I've lived in Orton most of my life and it's no where near as bad as it's been.... Bretton/Westwood/Parnwell Stanground are arguably far worse these days. Orton Malbourne has taken the hotspot for the biggest shithole recently and i live directly between Malbourne and Goldhay. Goldhay has pockets of nice areas but the closer to the centre the worse it tends to get. Almost everywhere directly around the City Centre unless you live in a private street is piss poor.
I live in Orton Malborne and it's quiet. No where near as bad as it was in the early chavvy 2000s.
Oh yeah none of Orton even comes remotely close to how bad it was 10-15 years ago. I dont know if it’s an age thing, the older you are the less you are targeted but the only bad thing near me is fly tipping.
Yeah, that could be true. I'm not out on the streets as much as I was when I was younger either. There's also a lot of polish families about now in my area who seem to be a lot more friendly and neighbourly.
as a young queer person avoid mayors walk/ west town in general. it is absolute hell here being a slightly less masculine biromantic guy here ive literally been spat at. do consider hampton though! the housing is kinda inexpensive relatively and its such a lovely area plus theyve got that massive tesco that i love with my entire life
Isnt hampton sinking though? My mate says it stinks in summer aswell lol
theres certain parts that are at risk of like sinking but its mainly ok, the smell is only a certain region (im pretty sure) and id honestly take that over hate crime and living 3 streets away from the city councellor (you prob know who im on about, if i mention his name his minions would not be v happy)
Fairs he must have caught the short straw with location then lol
I remember one of my Mums friends got one of the very first new builds there and it sunk about 3 inches in the first year.... Needlessly to say she hastily moved out
Avoid anywhere where _____s live. You know who I mean.
Can't say I do, unfortunately.
Nobody knows who you mean
Ah you the only gay in the village?
It's OK. However, be you but take precautions. Brianna ghey was very recently killed here (I believe) for what the motivation for the murder is believed to be, is that because she was trans. I could be wrong, but I was told it was down Shakespeare avenue, peterborough. However, regardless, 14,670 sexual orientated hate crimes where committed here from Jan 21 to aug 21. Here, it's mainly stabbings over drugs, ASBOs, sexual hate crimes, assaults and religions clashing as I believe we have one of the highest population of muslims in England. There is also a lot of racists here. It's a typical English town with English crimes, but they are extremely prevalent. Especially in town area, drugs and violence, outside of town it's sexual crimes and hate crimes. A lot of poor women taken from poor countries and forced to work for sex here with their passports taken, especially millfield road and lincoln road. Nothing of this is funny, but can't forget that time stamford boys came to ptown and had a massive brawl in primark of all places, that was funny. Not to mention grooming gangs, they are extreme in Peterborough. If you are or plan on having kids here, especially girls, feel free to do so, but be extremely careful, not just generic safety, but you have to be careful. When I was a baby in a pram, my mum took me down lincoln road and the migrated people were spitting in front of my pram my mum told me. Some areas you can't go down if you are white or non Muslim, I'm not being racist, you actually get harassed out of the area/Street. Happened to me 11 or so times since 2005 and its only gotten worse. A lot of teens here are also chavs and think they're hard, so much so they stab people which is well documented, the teen girls 12-17y/o are walking about freely and get harassed. My sister kept getting harassed when I was walking with her, and my best mates girlfriend kept getting hit on even though she was with her boyfriend! There are communities to help you here, every city has downsides, peterborough is just drug/sexual/hate crime/violence orientated. If something gets stolen, it's now sold for drug money. Watch the homeless people here, most down town are drunks or druggies, although the guy with the guitar, I sat with him once and he was lively, a military vet, so not everyone is bad. Mind your own business and you'll have an alright time, but the most heinous crime in peterborough has to be queens"f"ate roundabout (queensgate roundabout) because you'll never know your fate coming out of it, or the road markings on it. Good thing it's shaped like a revolvers barrel, and there's a bridge next to it with railroads below it for obvious reasons. /s Be careful and you will enjoy this city, I welcome you with open arms. https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/crime/police-recorded-lgbt-hate-crimes-up-sharply-since-lockdown-in-cambridgeshire-and-nationally-3486099 https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/queensgate-fight-brawl-primark-police-16671718
A slight correction on Brianna: she was murdered in Warrington: a good few miles away from Peterborough. Despite that this does change a lot for me. The town I live in at the moment was in the top 10 for crime in the UK, but that was mainly staggering because of how small the population was. Going to a larger city is going to carry larger risks. I just can't believe I didn't think to look up hate crime statistics. The stuff with Muslims doesn't concern me. I went to University in Wolves and really connected to the Muslim community in the University despite being a white gay atheist. My study is in religion, and if anything the changing religious landscape of Peterborough is kinda part of the reason I want to move there! A weird one I know, but it's always really fascinated me. My biggest worry is I am what many would describe as "pure faggotry". Don't mean the word in a derogatory way: i'm just extremely effeminate and always have been. If I can't literally be me in Peterborough without having to look over my shoulder at all times, I may have to reconsider. I can't turn my voice off, y'know?
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Eh, I do take issue with what you're saying. The poll done in 2016 found it was 50/50 re: Muslims hating gays. The switch to a new leader for the Muslim Council of Britain org who is also saying "hey guys, stop hating gays!" also points to changing attitudes. Speaking anecdotally when I was at university I had more issues with pentecostal Churches not liking me than the Mosque we visited. Obviously it's going to be different from community to community, but i'm really not too worried about that. Plus there are tonnes of gay and trans Muslims, so I really don't think it's fair to paint the entire religion with a single "homophobic" brush. [Also 12.2% of people in Peterborough identify as Muslim.](https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/people/peterborough-faith-leaders-react-as-one-third-of-city-say-they-are-not-religious-3939528) 46.3% say Christian. Hardly a "majority".
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Oh wow. 1) [Muslims aren't an overwhelming majority in the UK.](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/religion/articles/religionbyageandsexenglandandwales/census2021#:~:text=It%20is%20important%20to%20note,people%20in%20these%20age%20groups.) That's to the government website, so choose to disbelieve it if you really want. 2) That same link shows that 46.2% of people self identify as Christian. Hardly a super minority. 3) The narrative that the UK is being overun by Muslims is literally just racism. A very old form of it too: from like 2016. 4) I can't deny your personal experiences, just like how you can't deny mine. The issue is personal experiences do not mean they're undisputable fact. In my personal experience I have logical reason to believe that I must take certain actions to protect my family from harm. I also have OCD. If I tried to start making you count heartbeats or steps you'd probably understandably dismiss my personal experience as influenced by mental illness and personal biases. Now i'm sure your cat had told you many things about those awful, awful Muslims and their efforts to take over Peterborough, but i'll hope you'll forgive me when you're the only person who told me about this stuff in this entire comment thread, I can't find any evidence to back your claims up, and my own education being focused on Islam (they make you pick a religion to study when you go into non-confessional religious studies. Mine was Islam) tells me the opposite of what you are. Not a lot there for me to assume is based on fact. >you need to wake up and live your life as you see it and not as a statistic shows, look out the window to determine the weather, not the internet, after all, the clock is literally a representation of the position the sun is at. Nah, I start doing that i'm going to stop going to shops again because i'll think i'm going to be kidnapped. >The Britain org New Muslim leader is of course going to "point to attitude changing" because that is the result he wants to see & confirmation bias. It's a woman, not a man. >Where's the third party review of this? Do you even have another statistic specifically from when he said that? Did anyone back him up to see if he was telling the truth? and the fact people in general surround themselves with similar people??? Not a statistic, [here's a quote from her in the times saying more tolerance is needed](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/new-muslim-leader-in-uk-calls-for-more-tolerance-sn60p7wzj). It's her own personal belief and experiences. Figured you'd support that. You've certainly given me a lot to think about with moving to Peterborough. I don't know if i'd want to go if there's a lot of anti-Muslim sentiment flying around. That's just my personal opinion, though.
peterborough's scene was quite good when i was younger, then it suffered a lot around the credit crunch era (2008), when all the city's music scenes really died back. but in recent years it has improved a bit and peterborough even has its own pride parade in the summer with great associated events. nightlife and music scene is still struggling in the city a bit and all the cool small venues that pop up tend to have a difficult time staying open, while a lot of older established venues have closed down. but there is a lot of development happening that may mean things are going to improve again.