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Peterborough · Cambridgeshire

Parquet Flooring in Peterborough

Parquet is a floor built from short blocks laid to a pattern: herringbone, chevron or a Versailles panel, in engineered oak with a 3 to 4 mm wear layer in this range. In Peterborough 83% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (33%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

Parquet in Peterborough

Parquet flooring in Peterborough: what the housing says

The Peterborough district counts 84,533 households in the 2021 census, and the mix of houses and flats in that count is what decides how a parquet floor is specified here.

Semi-detached houses are 33% of the homes in Peterborough, and the semi's knocked-through living room is the room most often floored in herringbone across Peterborough: a pattern floor gives a long room a centre. Set out from the middle of the room, not from a wall, and where the room crosses from timber onto the concrete of an extension the two bases are levelled to each other first, because a glued pattern shows every step in the base.

Private renting is 24% of households in Peterborough, and parquet in a rented home is a decision about the void between tenancies: a glued pattern floor is not lifted and relaid, it is refinished in place, which a 3 mm wear layer allows. In Peterborough it is chosen for the flats and houses that let at the upper end, where the floor is part of the rent.

of households rent privately (19.1% in 2011)
24.4%
live in a flat or maisonette
16.8%
postcode districts we deliver to
5
parquet floors in our range
15

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Peterborough (E06000031) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Delivery to Peterborough

We deliver across Peterborough and the wider Cambridgeshire and Fenland area. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Stamford, Spalding, Wisbech, March, Whittlesey, Oundle and surrounding Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire borders.

Delivery details

Compare the parquet range

The Oxford Herringbone blocks come in two sizes, 90 x 450 mm and 125 x 600 mm, in natural, light, dark brown, fumed and whitewashed oak; Oxford Herringbone Light Oak is the one most often chosen for a hallway. The Knightsbridge Chevron Natural Brushed Oak cuts the block at an angle for the arrow pattern, and the Montpellier Oak Versailles Panel is the 800 x 800 mm panel for a dining room. All are engineered, tongue and groove, and listed for underfloor heating.

ProductFormatWear layer / thicknessFittingUnderfloor heating
Oxford Herringbone Oak Brushed UV Oiled Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 45014mm x 90mm x 450mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Oxford Herringbone Oak Lacquered Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 45014mm x 90mm x 450mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Oxford Herringbone Dark Brown Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 45014mm x 90mm x 450mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Oxford Herringbone Whitewashed Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 45014mm x 90mm x 450mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Oxford Herringbone White Oiled Oak 14 x 125 x 60014mm x 125mm x 600mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Oxford Herringbone Light Brushed Oak 14 x 125 x 60014mm x 125mm x 600mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Bordeaux Oak Versailles Panel 20 x 800 x 80020mm x 800mm x 800mm4mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Knightsbridge Chevron Natural Brushed Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 51014mm x 90mm x 510mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible

Room by room

Parquet in Peterborough, room by room

  • Room

    Hallways

    Engineered oak in consistent warm tones carries one floor through the open-plan layouts of modern Peterborough new-builds. For Cathedral-area period properties, herringbone parquet adds character.
    Hallway flooring in Peterborough

Our Cambridgeshire delivery covers: Peterborough city centre, Werrington, Bretton, Orton, Hampton, Stanground, Longthorpe, Walton, Paston, Eye, Glinton, Castor, Yaxley, Whittlesey, Great Haddon, Stanground South, Stamford, Spalding, Wisbech, March, Oundle, Bourne, Crowland and surrounding Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire borders

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Local fact sheet

Peterborough's homes, by the numbers

Peterborough in the 2021 census: 84,533 households, 83% houses, 17% flats.

Owner occupation in Peterborough sits at 55.5%, down from 59.3% a decade earlier, with social renting at 18.6% and private renting at 24.4%. That much renting shapes what gets specified: landlords and agents buy for the next several tenancies, so scratch resistance and the option of swapping a single board outrank almost everything else. The built stock is house-dominated at 82.5%, and 27.9% of it detached, which normally means a solid base downstairs and timber upstairs — two different preparations under one roof, and two different underlays. PE1 to PE4 and PE7 take in Bretton, Dogsthorpe, Gunthorpe, Hampton Vale, Fletton and Woodston, and Glinton and Castor.

Peterborough combines historic Cathedral-area properties with extensive modern developments at Hampton, Stanground South and the rapidly growing Great Haddon area, plus established family suburbs in Werrington, Bretton and Orton. The Cathedral city’s position on the East Coast Main Line (50-minute trains to London Kings Cross), A1 and A14 makes it one of the UK’s fastest-growing cities.

Where tenancies turn over, repairability decides the real cost. A floor laid in planks that lock together can have one board lifted and swapped between tenancies; a bonded floor usually cannot, and a single deep scratch then means the whole room.

Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Peterborough

  • Flat enough for glue A pattern floor is glued and every hollow in the base shows as a rocking block. A straightedge over the base is the first check; a levelling compound is often the second.
  • Set out from the centre The pattern is laid from a centre line so that the border cuts are equal at both walls. The drawing comes before the order, because it decides the quantity.
  • The pattern allowance Order 15 to 20 percent over the room area, the figure the manufacturers give for a herringbone or chevron, and order it in one batch.
  • One pattern over two bases A herringbone running from the timber front room onto the concrete kitchen needs both bases brought to one level and one flatness before the adhesive; the join is where it fails.

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Questions

Parquet flooring in Peterborough: questions, answered

Which parquet pattern suits a Peterborough house?

Herringbone in the 90 x 450 mm block suits the hallways and front rooms of terraces and semis; the larger 125 x 600 mm block and the chevron suit longer rooms; a Versailles panel wants a square room with the space to show it. The guide on herringbone against chevron sets out the difference in fitting as well as in look.

Can a herringbone floor be floated?

The engineered blocks in this range are glued down. A pattern floor holds its geometry through the adhesive; floated, the blocks drift. The rigid-vinyl herringbone is the click-together alternative where a glued floor is not wanted.

How much extra should I order for a pattern floor in Peterborough?

Manufacturers' guidance puts the waste allowance for herringbone or chevron at 15 to 20 percent, against 8 to 12 for a straight plank, because every cut at the perimeter produces an unusable offcut. The calculator on the site works with the real pack sizes.

Which flooring is best for Peterborough rental properties?

For a let, ask whether one damaged plank can be replaced without lifting the room, and whether the range will still exist in a few years. Buy a little extra from the same batch and leave it in the loft with the property.

Do you deliver parquet flooring to Peterborough?

Yes. We deliver across Peterborough and Cambridgeshire from our UK warehouse, including the PE1, PE2, PE3, PE4 and PE7 postcode districts. Delivery cost and timing depend on the delivery postcode and are shown at checkout, and samples come by post first so the floor can be seen in the room before the full order.

Can I see a parquet sample before ordering in Peterborough?

Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Peterborough address. Two or three side by side on the floor, in the room's own light morning and evening, settle the colour faster than any photograph.

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