Millfield is residential area of the city of Peterborough

Peterborough

Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of in June 2007. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. Situated north of London, the city stands on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea...

, Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...

 in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. For electoral purposes it comprises the main part of Peterborough Central ward. A multicultural area, the Faidhan-e-Madina Mosque

Faidhan-e-Madina Mosque

The Faizan-e-Madina Mosque is situated on Gladstone Street in Peterborough, England. It can hold up to three thousand worshippers and its 30-metre green dome is thought to be one of the largest in the United Kingdom...

 opened in nearby New England

New England, Peterborough

New England is residential area of the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in England, For electoral purposes it forms part of Peterborough North ward. The area is bounded by Millfield to the south, Dogsthorpe to the east, by the A47 to the north and the A15 to the west...

 in 2003.

Gladstone and The Beeches County Primary and Queens Drive Infant

Infant school

An Infant school is a term used primarily in the United Kingdom for school for children between the ages of four and seven years. It is usually a small school serving a particular locality....

 schools are located in the area; following the closure of nearby Deacon's School

Deacon's School

Deacon's School was located in Dogsthorpe, Peterborough, England and was known for its rivalry with the nearby King's School. In 2007, the school was demolished and replaced by the Thomas Deacon Academy.-History:...

 in July 2007, secondary pupils attend the flagship Thomas Deacon Academy

Thomas Deacon Academy

The Thomas Deacon Academy is an academy located in Peterborough, England. Built by contractors Laing O'Rourke to a design by Foster and Partners and Buro Happold, the academy's construction began in June 2005, and it opened to students in September 2007...

 which opened in September 2007.

The area falls within the ecclesiastical parish of Saint Mark (Lincoln Road) with Saint Barnabas (Taverners Road). The former Italian Catholic mission church of Saint Joseph

Saint Joseph

Saint Joseph is a figure in the Gospels, the husband of the Virgin Mary and the earthly father of Jesus Christ ....

 (San Giuseppe) was run by the Scalabrini Fathers

Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo

The Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo or Scalabrinian Missionaries are a Roman Catholic religious order of brothers and priests founded by Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, Bishop of Piacenza in Italy, in 1887...

for many years and the adjacent nursery, which opened in 1977, was originally run by the missionary sisters.