Tattoo shops in Peterborough

Thinking about ink in Peterborough, ON? Start with the studios: 4 are mapped here. All 4 are mapped as tattoo studios proper, and each one is worth a portfolio browse before you commit — style varies more between shops than towns. A consultation costs nothing and tells you everything about how a shop runs.

This guide covers every tattoo shop we could verify in and around Peterborough (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Kent Street Tattoo and Fantality, plus Mike's Tattoo. If a studio's missing from Peterborough's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.

The Peterborough tattoo lineup

4 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about tattoo shops in Peterborough

None of the 4 has opening hours in the map data, so treat this as a browse-and-discover trip. Most tattoo studios work by appointment anyway, so call or message before dropping in.

The Peterborough tattoo shop tour

Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Kent Street Tattoo, Fantality, Mike's Tattoo, and Wild Ink. That's 4 stops on the Peterborough tattoo shop tour.

Tattoo tips for Peterborough

A few things worth knowing before you work through Peterborough's tattoo shops:

• Ask about touch-ups at Kent Street Tattoo. Most reputable shops offer free or cheap touch-ups within the first year. Ask about the policy up front.
• Cover-ups need a specialist at Fantality. Not every artist does good cover-ups. Look for healed cover-up photos in the portfolio, not just fresh work.
• Wear the right clothes. Easy access to the spot being tattooed, and nothing you love — ink stains don't wash out.
• Aftercare is half the tattoo. Follow the artist's instructions, not your friend's. Keep it clean, keep it moisturised, keep it out of the sun.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Peterborough — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new tattoo shop in Peterborough can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 4 that's closed, or a great tattoo shop we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.

We don't rate studios or artists, and we never list prices — those are between you and the shop. What we list is the where and the how-to-find, from places real mappers have verified.

If you run one of the 4 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.