St Peter the Great

St Peter the Great

St. Peter the Great is a suburb of Worcester, Worcestershire, England, and a civil parish in its own right. It is in the south-west of the city.

The parish is named after the church of St Peter the Great. The parish of the church was divided into parts - St Peter the Great City and St Peter the Great County. The former was merged eventually with other Worcester parishes to form a united Worcester parish [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10349618] , whilst the latter was annexed to the city of Worcester under the Local Government Act 1972, in 1974, having previously formed part of Pershore Rural District.

The suburb is also renowned for its excellent traffic free cycle routes that connect most areas to the parish center and the city center.

St Peter the Great, or "St Peters" as it is commenly abbreviated to, is mainly a large housing estate with a large Tesco's superstore, a petrol station and a small shopping area containing a convenience store, a chinese takeaway, a chip shop, a dentist, a beauty salon, chemist, dry cleaner, charity shop and a part time GP surgery close to the village hall. In 2007, although an overwhelming majority of local residents when asked objected to the idea, a Baptist church [http://www.stpetersbaptist.org.uk/spbc/] also opened close to the centre of the estate.

Building work continues sporadically on the remaining empty areas of the estate - most recently several terraced houses have been finished close to the baptist church.

The parish is within a mile of junction 7 of the M5 and within 3 miles of the centre of Worcester.


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