Car hire and driving in Peterborough
Driving distances to the cities around, the rules that change at the border, and where to compare rental prices.
In United Kingdom traffic drives on the left. Picking up at LTN means 78 km (48 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1061257 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3086706.
Drives from Peterborough
| Route | Country | Distance | Estimated time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peterborough to Cambridge | United Kingdom | 48 km (30 mi) | about 44 min |
| Peterborough to Bedford | United Kingdom | 51 km (32 mi) | about 47 min |
| Peterborough to Northampton | United Kingdom | 56 km (35 mi) | about 51 min |
| Peterborough to Leicester | United Kingdom | 60 km (37 mi) | about 55 min |
| Peterborough to Milton Keynes | United Kingdom | 68 km (43 mi) | about 1 h 3 min |
| Peterborough to Nottingham | United Kingdom | 74 km (46 mi) | about 1 h 8 min |
| Peterborough to Lincoln | United Kingdom | 75 km (47 mi) | about 1 h 9 min |
| Peterborough to Luton | United Kingdom | 78 km (48 mi) | about 1 h 11 min |
| Peterborough to Coventry | United Kingdom | 88 km (54 mi) | about 1 h 20 min |
| Peterborough to Mansfield | United Kingdom | 89 km (55 mi) | about 1 h 22 min |
| Peterborough to Derby | United Kingdom | 91 km (57 mi) | about 1 h 24 min |
| Peterborough to Burton upon Trent | United Kingdom | 98 km (61 mi) | about 1 h 29 min |
| Peterborough to London | United Kingdom | 119 km (74 mi) | about 1 h 49 min |
| Peterborough to Berlin | Germany | 922 km (573 mi) | about 14 h 4 min |
| Peterborough to Madrid | Spain | 1,377 km (856 mi) | about 21 h |
| Peterborough to Rome | Italy | 1,525 km (947 mi) | about 23 h 15 min |
| Peterborough to Paris | France | 452 km (281 mi) | about 6 h 54 min |
| Peterborough to Hamburg | Germany | 692 km (430 mi) | about 10 h 33 min |
| Peterborough to Budapest | Hungary | 1,483 km (921 mi) | about 22 h 37 min |
| Peterborough to Warsaw | Poland | 1,438 km (893 mi) | about 21 h 55 min |
Distances are straight-line; road and rail routes run about 15–25% longer. Times are estimates from distance and typical speeds, not timetables.
Where to compare car hire
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Common questions
Which side of the road do they drive on in Peterborough?
The left, as everywhere in United Kingdom.
How are the journey times on this page worked out?
From straight-line distance and typical speeds for each mode, so they are estimates for planning, not timetables. Road and rail routes run 15–25% longer than the straight line.
Where these facts come from
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
- Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
- OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
- Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines
Data compiled 14 September 2026. Hotel and hostel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.