Peterborough Lions Carol Float
Every year, Santa joins Peterborough Lions for some cheerful seasonal songs and to collect money for our funds to support local causes.
You can find Santa outside supermarkets in the Peterborough area in December. And in recent years Santa has been taking his sleigh out around Peterborough houses to bring good cheer to you without you leaving home to find him!
It’s 2024, and Santa is heading back to Peterborough!
STATIC FLOATS
As usual, you’ll find us outside various supermarkets in the run-up to Christmas. You’ll also find us popping up at other events – see below for dates and locations.
MOBILE FLOATS
Our trips around Peterborough streets with Santa are well received and a highlight of our year, as well as being one of our biggest fundraisers.
We are working hard to make sure that we can bring Santa to you where we can (even though we won’t be able to fundraise), but we are still waiting on the insurance and authorisation to proceed – watch this space, or follow us on Facebook!
We will be out again this year – Santa insisted! If you come out onto the street to see us, please be mindful of those around you.
You will be able to track Santa on the night using his tracker, technology permitting! And don’t forget to follow our Facebook Page for updates.
As we cannot stop we would expect to operate the routes faster than usual; typically 6pm-8pm for Orton Wistow and Stanground, 5pm-7pm for Netherton as it’s on a Sunday.
YOU CAN STILL SAY HELLO TO SANTA!
Going to miss us? If you email we’ll make sure your email is passed on to Santa. So if you have any questions, or want to tell him what you want for Christmas, or just want to say “Hi”, drop him a line!
The dates and locations for static floats are:
- Saturday 7th: Sainsbury’s, Oxney Road (9:00am-5:00pm)
- Wednesday 11th: St Jude’s Church, Netherton (4:00-6:00pm)
- Friday 13th: Ortongate Centre (2.00-4.00pm)
- Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th: Morrisons, Cardea (9am-5pm Sat, 10am-4pm Sun)
- Friday 20th: Ortongate Centre (2.00-4.00pm)
- Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd: Sainsbury’s, Bretton Centre (9am-5pm Sat, 10am-4pm Sun)
- Monday 23rd & Tuesday 24th: Morrisons, Lincoln Road (9am-5pm Mon, 10am-4pm Tue)
The dates and locations for mobile “Santa on Tour” floats are below:
- Friday 13th: Dogsthorpe
- Sunday 15th: Stanground
- Friday 20th: Orton Wistow
- Sunday 22nd: Orton Waterville
Mobile routes are as follows, but are subject to change depending on weather, roadworks, and other things outside Santa’s control. On weekdays we normally aim to set off around 6pm and to finish around 8pm (and no later than 9pm). On weekends we set off earlier, around 4:30-5pm, depending on Santa’s schedule that day.
Dogsthorpe – Friday 13th December:
Route starts at 6pm at Dogsthorpe Methodist Church:
- From the church, follow Birchtree Avenue
- Turn right onto Western Avenue
- Turn right onto Chestnut Avenue
- Turn left onto Central Avenue and then left onto Almond Avenue
- Turn right onto Western Avenue
- Turn right onto Eastern Avenue
- Turn right onto Lilac Road
- Turn left onto Central Avenue then left onto Chestnut Avenue
- Turn right onto Eastern Avenue
- Turn right onto Sycamore Avenue
- Turn right onto Oakleaf Road, then left onto Chestnut Avenue and left again onto Hawthorn Road
- Turn right onto Sycamore Avenue
- Turn left onto Central Avenue and finish at church
Stanground – Sunday 15th December:
- 4:45-5pm start on Romany Gardens
- Head left onto Southfields Ave, and right onto Southfields Drive
- At Simply Local turn left onto Lawson Ave
- Turn right onto Coneygree Road
- Turn right onto Kingston Drive, then right again onto Southfields Ave
- Turn left onto Romany Gardens
- Cross Whittlesey Road to turn onto Central Square
- Turn left onto Desborough Ave, right onto Poulter Ave, and left onto Oakdale Ave
- Near the end of Oakdale Ave turn left onto Allan Ave
- Finally turn right onto Wright Ave, ending at Whittlesey Road
Orton Wistow – Friday 20th December:
6pm start in Ashleigh, then take in as many of the following as time allow:
- Ashleigh
- Svenskaby
- Lyndale Park
- The Rookery
- Whitewater
- Wyndham Park
- Farleigh Fields / Shearwater
- Glendale
- Borthwick Park
- Five Arches
Orton Waterville – Sunday 22nd December:
- 5pm start at Windmill Pub, then
- Cherry Orton Road
- Glebe Avenue
- New Road
- Church Drive
- Overton Way/Valence Road
- Wyman Way
- Pembroke Avenue
- Aboyne Avenue
- Lady Lodge Drive towards Telephone Exchange/Elstone
- Oundle Road
- Finish at Windmill Pub
As always we are extremely grateful to everyone who comes and says hello, and who helps us raise money for local projects. We look forward to seeing you soon!
