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Barnack

Parish in Peterborough, England

Coordinates:52.638, -0.423
OS grid ref:TF 06 05
Population:752
Dialling code: 01780 (Stamford)
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Barnack is a compact village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Peterborough, historically part of the Soke of Peterborough in Northamptonshire. It sits on a notable ridge of oolitic limestone whose quarried "Barnack stone" supplied great medieval buildings across eastern England, including parts of local cathedrals, and helped fund the handsome Norman and Anglo‑Saxon features of the village church of St John the Baptist.

Nearby Barnack Hills & Holes is a celebrated reserve of undulating medieval quarryland, prized for limestone grassland flora such as pasqueflowers and orchids, which draws walkers and naturalists. Today the community retains agricultural roots while many residents commute to Peterborough or the nearby market town of Stamford, and village life centres on the church, primary school and local events that celebrate its long historic and environmental heritage.

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Transport links

  • East Midlands Airport 40.1 miles64.6 km
  • Luton Airport 52.8 miles84.9 km
  • Stamford Railway Station 2.5 miles4 km
  • Peterborough Railway Station 8.4 miles13.6 km

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Schools in Barnack

  • Barnack C of E (Controlled) Primary School Primary
  • Copthill Independent Day School & Nursery Independent - primary

Local points of interest

  • Burghley House Historic site 1.3 miles2 km
  • Normanton Park Estate 8.1 miles13.1 km
  • Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery Museum 8.7 miles14 km
  • London Road Stadium Stadium 9.2 miles14.8 km
  • Fengate Archaeological site 9.4 miles15.2 km
  • Vaudey Abbey Historic site 10 miles16.2 km
  • Spanhoe Wood Forest 10.1 miles16.3 km
  • Must Farm Pile-dwelling Site Archaeological site 11.9 miles19.1 km
  • Walcot Hall Estate 13 miles20.9 km
  • Lyveden New Bield Historic site 13.6 miles21.9 km
  • Sawtry Abbey Historic site 16.4 miles26.4 km
  • Monks Wood National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 18 miles28.9 km