Areas
Areas we cover across Peterborough
Roofing in this city is not one market. The townships, the Victorian terraces, the new estates and the stone villages are four different jobs.
Peterborough was designated a New Town in 1967, and the Peterborough Development Corporation ran from February 1968 until September 1988 with a brief to house an additional 70,000 people, mainly from Greater London. That single fact explains most of the city's roofing profile.
The townships built in that period are now 40 to 55 years old, which is precisely the age at which original coverings, felts and flashings start asking questions. Around them sits a much older core of Victorian railway terraces, a ring of historic stone villages with conservation area status, and Hampton, begun in 1996 on the old brick fields and still being built out.
Area guides
Bretton
The first township, begun in 1970 on former Milton estate land. North and South Bretton, split by Bretton Centre.
Read moreOrton
Township housing alongside the old village cores of Orton Longueville and Orton Waterville, both conservation areas.
Read moreWerrington
New township housing wrapped around an old village core that is itself a designated conservation area.
Read moreHampton
Started 1996 on former brick fields, planned to reach up to 8,500 homes. Young roofs with young-roof problems.
Read moreMillfield and New England
Victorian and Edwardian terraces built around the Great Northern Railway. Slate, valleys and party walls.
Read moreEverywhere else we cover
We cover the whole city and the surrounding PE postcodes. If your area is not listed as a guide above, it is still covered:
Peterborough city centreBrettonOrtonWerringtonHamptonMillfieldNew EnglandDogsthorpeWaltonPastonStangroundFlettonWoodstonLongthorpeNethertonWestwoodGunthorpeEyeGlintonNorthboroughThorneyCastorAilsworthBarnackWansfordHelpstonMarket DeepingYaxleyWhittlesey
The conservation area villages
Peterborough has conservation areas covering the city centre, the former Great Northern Railway Cottages, Orton Longueville, Orton Waterville, Park, Queens Road, Stanground and Werrington, plus 21 village conservation areas including Barnack, Castor, Wansford, Helpston, Longthorpe, Glinton and Thorney.
If you are in one of those, the roof is not a straightforward job and the material choice may not be yours to make. Read the conservation areas guide first.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Castor, Ailsworth, Barnack, Wansford, Helpston, Glinton, Northborough, Eye, Thorney and the rest of the surrounding villages are all covered, along with Yaxley, Whittlesey and Market Deeping.
For the western stone villages we match to firms that specifically handle stone slate and conservation area work, because most general roofers should not be on those roofs.
It changes it a lot, and mostly through materials and access rather than distance.
A conservation area may require a matching material that costs several times what a concrete tile costs. A terrace with no rear vehicle access costs more to scaffold. Those two factors move roofing prices in Peterborough far more than the few miles between one suburb and the next.
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