The largely Perpendicular building is Grade 1 listed, and is often regarded as one of England's finest parish churches.

[3] St Peter's was used as the parish church of the fictional village of Fenchurch St Paul in the 1973 television dramatisation of Dorothy L Sayers's novel The Nine Tailors, starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey.

[4] St Peter’s is known as “The Cathedral of the Fens, due to its size and renown”.

[5] It is said to be a favourite of Prince Charles,[6] and John Betjeman described it as "the finest of all".

[7] It was also listed as one of Songs of Praise's favourite churches in Britain.