St Peter the Great County, Worcestershire

St Peter the Great is a suburb of the City of Worcester in Worcestershire, England. It is almost due south of the city centre, on the east side of the river Severn, and due south of the Cathedral. It has a growing population which was recorded as 5,620 in 2001.

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 civil parish St Peter the Great County Parish Council. [1], 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.

St. Peter the Great church (so named due to a second St. Peter church the other side of the cathedral) was located between King Street and The Sidbury but was closed in 1972 and demolished in 1976. The congregation and the war memorial were transferred to Worcester St. Martin on the London Road. The site is currently a car park (2013). The nearby school of St. Peter's remains, although closed, the buildings were taken over in the expansion of the Worcester Porcelain factory and used for many years as a shop.

St Peter the Great, or "St Peters" as it is commonly 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, despite objections from some local residents, a Baptist church opened close to the centre of the estate, the church centre is used for worship also meetings of other groups.

The parish is within a mile of Junction 7 of the M5 motorway and within three miles of the centre of Worcester.

In September 2013, a large scale planning request was made to the County Council to build further dwellings, together with commercial and light industrial buildings.