| Static Image Name: | St Pega, Peakirk (geograph 2466848).jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | St Pega's Church |
| Official Name: | Peakirk |
| Country: | England |
| Region: | East of England |
| Coordinates: | 52.633°N -0.267°W |
| Post Town: | Peterborough |
| Postcode Area: | PE |
| Postcode District: | PE6 |
| Dial Code: | 01733 |
| Lieutenancy England: | Cambridgeshire |
| Unitary England: | Peterborough |
| Hide Services: | Yes |
| Population: | 450 |
Peakirk is a village and civil parish in the Peterborough district, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. For local government purposes it forms part of Glinton and Castor ward; for parliamentary purposes it falls within Peterborough constituency. In 2001, the parish had a population of 321 persons and 139 households.[1]
Pega (died c. 719), the sister of St Guthlac of Crowland, had her cell sited here.[2] The privately owned, Grade-II-listed St Pega's Hermitage is possibly on the site. The parish church is uniquely dedicated to St Pega and the name of the village is derived from "Pega's church".[3] The church is a Grade I listed building and has a fine series of wall paintings. It is said that Pega's heart was kept as a relic in the church, contained in a heart stone, the broken remains of which, smashed by Cromwell's troops, can be seen in the south aisle window.[4]
The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, founded by Sir Peter Scott in 1946 to preserve and maintain Britain's many species of waterfowl, had a reserve here until 2001.[5]
Peakirk-cum-Glinton Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Primary School is situated in neighbouring Glinton; most secondary pupils attend Arthur Mellows Village College, also in Glinton.
Peakirk's war memorial is a roll of honour. An oak-panelled frame with 48 photographs and details of the service of all who served from the village during the First World War, not just those who died.[6]
Peakirk Parish Council declared a climate emergency in 2019. As a result, the Peakirk Climate Emergency Group was set up in 2020.