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The Green Backyard is located on the corner of London Road and Oundle Road, opposite the Peterborough United football ground. It is approximately 10 minutes by foot from the city centre. If you’re coming to visit us we would like to encourage you to consider the environmental impact of your journey, and wherever possible use person-powered and public modes of transport before a privately owned vehicle.
Travel on foot:
Our main entrance is located on Oundle Road, right next to the Apex building. See below for directions from the city centre.
Travel by bike:
You are welcome to bring your bike on site. Please bring your own lock and always cycle safely – use lights when it’s dark and always wear a helmet. For cycle route information see www.travelchoice.org.uk.
Travel by bus:
All Peterborough buses lead to the central bus station, which is only 10 minutes walk from The Green Backyard (see below for directions). Citi services 1, 3 (from/to Park Farm), 6 and 7 all stop directly outside the site either on Oundle Road or London Road, ask the driver for The Apex. For bus timetables see www.stagecoachbus.com/peterborough/.
Travel by train:
If you are coming to visit us from further a field then please make use wherever possible of Peterborough’s excellent rail connections. The Green Backyard is approximately 15 minutes on foot from the train station; if you are planning on walking then please use the following directions:
- Exit the station and turn right towards the car park
- Follow the path round to your left past the car park and then turn right under a black metal archway.
- Follow this path down under the road and up the other side (not up the steps).
- You will now have the large Peterborough Telegraph building on your left and a dual carridgeway on your right, follow the path alongside the dual carridgeway, passing the Park Inn Hotel until you reach a pedestrian crossing on your right.
- Cross over at the pedestrian crossing and continue past the County Court.
- Cross over the Town Bridge, staying on the right hand side of the road.
- At this point you will be able to see a large tower block named The Apex. Cross over Oundle Road and turn right down it with The Apex building on your left.
- As soon as you have passed The Apex you should be able to see our gate on your left, before you reach bus stop. This is the entrance to The Green Backyard. Welcome!
Alternatively you could take a bus from the station:
- Exit the station and turn right towards the car park
- Follow the path round to your left and continue until reaching a bridge (steps on your right) that will take you over the main road.
- Enter the Queensgate Shopping Centre. Shortly after the entrance you will see escalators and stairs on both your right and left leading down into the bus station.
- Take one of the buses listed above and ask for The Apex.
- Follow directions 7 and 8 above.
If you are travelling in or out of the city on the east coast mainline you will get a sneak peek of the Green Backyard approximately 2 minutes before the train pulls in to Peterborough station.
Travel by car:
There are long stay car parking facilities available at the Horse Fair and Pleasure Fair Meadows car parks, opposite The Green Backyard on Oundle Road. These are pay and display. If you are planning on travelling by car then please consider sharing your journey with other passengers - see www.liftshare.com and www.carsharepeterborough.com for more information, or bring some friends!
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What People Think:
"I like the Green Backyard because it gives me something fun to do and it's better than staying inside" - James Humphries, age 11
"For me the Green Backyard is a really satisfying and therapeutic family environment" - Jo Schofield
"There's loads of good people here and I really enjoy being outdoors" - Molly Chambers, age 15
"A slice of heaven in a concrete jungle filled with wonderful people"
"An asset to community and social values, promoting change, peace and sustainability"
"It is a place where people, plants and life can grow organically. It is a space where new things can happen"
"The Green Backyard is the living, growing, healing heart of community in Peterborough and it makes the city a better place"
Did you know?
The UK imports about 350,000 tonnes of potatoes a year, including during the English season. Many of these imported varieties may have been in storage for up to six months!
Half the vegetables and 95 per cent of the fruit eaten in the UK comes from overseas
Farming & Food production together make up about 1/5th of UK & World Greenhouse Gases
In the UK the total food chain, from farm to fork, emits 22% of greenhouse gases - similar to the total for road traffic.
Of all fruit and veg grown globally approx 25% is wasted, with most of this going into domestic waste bins
Kenyan green beans are 20-26 times more Green House Gas intensive than seasonal UK beans
Apples can and are kept for up to 10 months in cold storage before being sold as ‘fresh’
40% of conventionally grown fruit and vegetables contain residual agrichemicals
Seventy-six per cent of apples consumed in the UK come from overseas
The UK imports about 350,000 tonnes of potatoes a year, including during the English season. Many of these imported varieties may have been in storage for up to six months
Two thirds of the tomatoes eaten in the UK are imported, with a typical Saudi Arabian variety travelling an average of 3,100 miles
In the UK, we get most of our carrots from South Africa (approximately 6,000 food miles), despite the fact that the Western carrot emerged in Europe in the 15th or 16th century.
Agriculture and food account for nearly 30 per cent of goods trucked around Britain's roads and, according to a Government report in 2005, the resulting road congestion, accidents and pollution cost the country £9bn a year.
Each year an estimated 6.3 million tonnes of packaging comes into British homes, at a cost of £450 to the average family
Since 1978, the annual amount of food moved by HGVs in the UK has increased by 23 percent with the average distance for each trip also up by 50 percent
In 2008 the global cost of bread, butter, eggs and potatoes increased by as much as 60 per cent in 12 months.
A standard allotment can yield around a ton of vegetables. If you bought the same amount of organic potatoes, onions, carrots and parsnips in a year, it would cost you around £1,700 from Sainsbury's or a minimum of £1,227 from Asda – even more if you have spent £30 a week on organic vegetables delivered in an attractive crate.
All local authorities in England and Wales are legally obliged to provide any group of adults (aged 18 and over) with allotments of 250sq m. Get yours!
Every £10 spent at a local food business is worth £25 for the local area’s economy, compared with just £14 when the same amount is spent in a supermarket
A Californian grown lettuce that is consumed in London has an energy consumption – calorie ratio of 127:1
Today, some 817 million tons of food are shipped around the planet each year, up fourfold from 200 million tons in 1961.
