Fletton

Fletton
St Margaret's Church, Old Fletton
Fletton is located in Cambridgeshire
Fletton
Fletton
Location within Cambridgeshire
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPETERBOROUGH
Postcode districtPE2
Dialling code01733
List of places
UK
England
Cambridgeshire
52°34′N 0°14′W / 52.56°N 0.24°W / 52.56; -0.24

Fletton is an area of the city of Peterborough, in the Peterborough district, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England, south of the River Nene.

Notable for its large brickworks, the area has given its name to "Fletton bricks".[1]

  1. ^ The eponymous bricks are cheap and many hundreds of millions of them are used in building every year. Machine moulded and burned, they are uniform in shape with sharp square arises, dense and have moderately good strength (the average pressure at which they fail is around 21 N/mm2). The bricks are light creamy pink to dull red in colour and because of their hard, smooth surface "kiss marks" are distinct on the long faces in the form of three different colours. If it is to be plastered, two faces are indented to give a better grip; these are described as keyed Flettons.