Peterborough toilet block transformed to show off city landmarks

Ferry Meadows gets pride of place on one of the walls

A former toilet block has been transformed into an abstract piece of art to highlight four city landmarks.

Graffiti artist Nathan Murdoch has worked in Peterborough for five days to turn "something ugly" into a point of interest.

The dilapidated, derelict building on the city's Embankment now shows its cathedral, Flag Fen, Ferry Meadows and railway station.

"It's more a piece of art that has a meaning behind it", he said his work.

Nathan Murdoch was commissioned to carry out the work by Peterborough City Council

"Something that was ugly for a very long time, we've now made it into a point of interest."

The graffiti artist from Werrington, Peterborough, said he wanted to do something different.

"I wanted to do it in an abstract way, as a piece of art."

Flag Fen Archaeology Park was the inspiration for one wall

He said he was now well-known in the city and has a number of fans who come to see him work.

"When I started in 1999, from then to where I am now, I could never foresee where this journey would go."

Just a few days ago the derelict building looked very different.

The toilet block before its graffiti makeover.

Last month Mr Murdoch painted a giant mural on the corner of Gladstone Street and Bright Street in the city. The creation was commissioned by Peterborough City Council and funded by Peterborough Towns Fund Board. Councillor Marco Cereste, the Conservative cabinet member for growth and regeneration, said: "It was not a very pleasant brick block of buildings. It now looks lovely.

"We need to do a whole series of things along the embankment to encourage more people to come and use it."

Nathan Murdoch wanted to use bright colours to make the building stand out