Peterborough is the city at the heart of rural East England, bridging the Cambridgeshire, Rutland, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire borders. Peterborough and its region have an important place in the history of Britain and the modern city continues to grow in importance and in the right way. Direct trains run to Kings Cross, the North and Birmingham New Street. The A1/ A1(M) provides direct road access to London and the North, and to the West via the A14 at Huntingdon.