| Peterborough Cathedral | |
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| The Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew | |
 Peterborough Cathedral | |
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| 52°34′21″N 0°14′20″W / 52.5725°N 0.238889°W | |
| Location | Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Previous denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | Peterborough Cathedral |
| History | |
| Former name(s) | Peterborough Abbey |
| Dedication | St Peter, St Paul, St Andrew |
| Consecrated | 1238 |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Romanesque/Gothic |
| Years built | 1118–1237 |
| Specifications | |
| Nave length | 147 m (482 ft) |
| Height | 44 m (144 ft) |
| Number of towers | 4 |
| Number of spires | 2 |
| Administration | |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Diocese | Peterborough (since 1542) |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | Vacant |
| Dean | Chris Dalliston |
| Subdean | Tim Alban Jones (Vice-Dean) |
| Precentor | Rowan C. Williams |
| Canon(s) | one Diocesan Canon vacancy |
| Canon Missioner | Steve Benoy (designate) |
| Laity | |
| Director of music | Tansy Castledine |
| Organist(s) | Christopher Strange (Organist) Vacant (Organ Scholar) |
Peterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew, and formerly known as Peterborough Abbey or St Peter's Abbey, is a cathedral in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, in the United Kingdom. The seat of the Anglican Bishop of Peterborough, it is dedicated to the Apostles Saint Peter, Saint Paul, and Saint Andrew, whose statues look down from the three high gables of the famous West Front. Founded in the Anglo-Saxon period as a minster it became one of Englands most important Benedictine abbeys only becoming a cathedral in 1542. Its architecture is mainly Norman, following a rebuilding in the 12th century. With Durham and Ely cathedrals, it is one of the most important 12th cent. buildings in England to have remained largely intact, despite extensions and restoration, and is one the nations best preserved pre-reformation abbeys.
Peterborough Cathedral is known for its imposing Early English Gothic West Front (façade) which, with its three enormous arches, is without architectural precedent and with no direct successor. The appearance is slightly asymmetrical, as one of the two towers that rise from behind the façade was never completed (the tower on the right as one faces the building), but this is only visible from a distance.