Cambridge, a city for all seasons

Thursday, 21 April 2011 - 01:12 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination:
Category/Kategorie: General, Architecture
Reading Time:  5 minutes

Kings College Chapel West © Andrew Dunn www.andrewdunnphoto.com

Kings College Chapel West © Andrew Dunn www.andrewdunnphoto.com

The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about 50 miles (80 km) north-by-east of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the city. Cambridge is well known as the home of the University of Cambridge. The university includes the renowned Cavendish Laboratory, King’s College Chapel, and the Cambridge University Library. The Cambridge skyline is dominated by the last two buildings, along with the chimney of Addenbrooke’s Hospital in the far south of the city and St John’s College Chapel tower in the north. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, the city’s population was 108,863 (including 22,153 students), and the population of the urban area (which includes parts of the neighbouring South Cambridgeshire district) is estimated to be 130,000.

From the 1930s to the 1980s the size of the city was greatly increased by several large council estates planned to hold London overspill. The biggest impact has been on the area north of the river, which are now the estates of Arbury, East Chesterton and King’s Hedges, and there are many smaller estates to the south of the city. In 1962 Cambridge’s first shopping arcade, Bradwell’s Court, opened on Drummer Street, though this was demolished in 2006. Other shopping arcades followed at Lion Yard, which housed a relocated Central Library for the city, and the Grafton Centre which replaced Victorian housing stock which had fallen into disrepair in the Kite area of the city. Both of these projects met strong opposition at the time.

Westfield House © Ben Harris University Arms Hotel © geograph.org.uk Trinity Street © Ian Howard - www.ianhoward.smugmug.com The School of Pythagoras © geograph.org.uk 'The Anchor' © geograph.org.uk Silver Street © Ian Howard - www.ianhoward.smugmug.com 'Richardson Candle' street light © geograph.org.uk Quayside © Ian Howard - www.ianhoward.smugmug.com Punting on river Cam © Urs Pembroke College façade and Chapel © Monsarc Park Street © geograph.org.uk Mathematical Bridge from Silver Street © M Tawsif Salam King's Parade ©Ian Howard - www.ianhoward.smugmug.com Cherry Hinton Hall © geograph.org.uk Cambridge Railway Station © geograph.org.uk Bridge of Sighs over Cam river © Watakushiwa 'Baron of Beef' pub © geograph.org.uk Kings College Chapel West © Andrew Dunn www.andrewdunnphoto.com
<
>
Kings College Chapel West © Andrew Dunn www.andrewdunnphoto.com
The city gained its second University in 1992 when Anglia Polytechnic became Anglia Polytechnic University. Renamed Anglia Ruskin University in 2005, the institution has its origins in the Cambridge School of Art opened in 1858 by John Ruskin. The Open University also has a presence in the city, with an office operating on Hills Road.

Despite having a university, Cambridge was not granted its city charter until 1951. Cambridge does not have a cathedral, traditionally a prerequisite for city status, instead falling within the Church of England Diocese of Ely. Many of the buildings in the centre are colleges affiliated to the University of Cambridge, including King’s College and Magdalene College. Colleges such as Trinity College and St John’s College own significant land both in Cambridge and outside: Trinity is the landlord for the Cambridge Science Park, and also the port of Felixstowe; St John’s is the landlord of St John’s Innovation Centre next door to the Science Park, and many other buildings in the city centre.

Cambridge and its surrounds are sometimes referred to as Silicon Fen, an allusion to Silicon Valley, because of the density of high-tech businesses and technology incubators that have developed on science parks around the city. Many of these parks and buildings are owned or leased by university colleges, and the companies often have been spun out of the university.

To inform you about latest news most of the city, town or tourism websites offer a newsletter service and/or operate Facepage pages/Twitter accounts. Read more on City of Cambridge, Cambridge Tourism, University of Cambridge, Wikitravel Cambridge, Wikivoyage Cambridge and Wikipedia Cambridge. Learn more about the use of photos.




Recommended posts:

Share this post: (Please note data protection regulations before using buttons)

The Channel Island of Brecqhou

The Channel Island of Brecqhou

[caption id="attachment_153951" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Aerial view © Diegourdiales[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Brecqhou is one of the Channel Islands and part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey. It is located just west of Sark and has a surface area of approximately 200 acres (0.81 km2). Sark claims it as a tenement, and the Ministry of Justice, the department of the United Kingdom government with responsibility for the Channel Islands, considers Brecqhou part of Sark - but this is disputed by Brecqhou's current tenants. ...

[ read more ]

Cozumel in Mexico

Cozumel in Mexico

[caption id="attachment_209631" align="aligncenter" width="590"] San Miguel de Cozumel © Harpqueen[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Cozumel is an island and municipality in the Caribbean Sea off the eastern coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, opposite Playa del Carmen. It is separated from the mainland by Cozumel Channel and is close to the Yucatán Channel. The municipality is part of the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. The economy of Cozumel is based on tourism, with visitors able to benefit from the island's balnearios, scuba divi...

[ read more ]

Portrait: Juan Carlos I, King Emeritus of Spain

Portrait: Juan Carlos I, King Emeritus of Spain

[caption id="attachment_217436" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Abdictation of King Juan Carlos I © Ministry of the Presidency. Government of Spain[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Juan Carlos I (Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from November 1975 until his abdication in June 2014. In Spain, since his abdication, Juan Carlos has usually been referred to as the Rey Emérito ("King Emeritus"). Juan Carlos is the gra...

[ read more ]

Sagrada Família in Barcelona

Sagrada Família in Barcelona

[caption id="attachment_237756" align="aligncenter" width="590"] © Bernard Gagnon/cc-by-sa-3.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, shortened as the Sagrada Família, is an under construction church in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world. Designed by architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), his work on Sagrada Família is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. On 7 November 2010, Pope Benedict XVI consecrated t...

[ read more ]

Theme Week East Frisian Islands - Wangerooge

Theme Week East Frisian Islands - Wangerooge

[caption id="attachment_152926" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Beach Promenade © AxelHH[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Wangerooge is one of the 32 Frisian Islands in the North Sea located close to the coasts of the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark. It is also a municipality in the district of Friesland in Lower Saxony in Germany. Wangerooge is one of the East Frisian Islands. It is the easternmost and smallest of the inhabited islands in this group (according to some other measurements, Baltrum is the smallest) and the only one th...

[ read more ]

Copenhagen, much more than just the Little Mermaid

Copenhagen, much more than just the Little Mermaid

[caption id="attachment_146354" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Danish Parliament - Christiansborg Palace © tour-report.com[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Copenhagen (in Danish København) is the most visited northern European city, located on the largest Danish island of Zealand (Sjælland), home to Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid and Tivoli Gardens. Copenhagen is not only the capital of Denmark, but also the most diverse city in Scandinavia. A quarter of all Danes live in the greater Copenhagen area. With the huge bri...

[ read more ]

Theme Week Netherlands - Maastricht

Theme Week Netherlands - Maastricht

[caption id="attachment_161287" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Old Quarter © Mussklprozz[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Maastricht is a city in the Netherlands. It is located in the southern part of the Dutch province of Limburg, of which it is the capital. Maastricht is widely known as a city of history, culture, local folklore and education. The town is popular with tourists for shopping and recreation. Maastricht is a member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network. The city has a large growing international student populatio...

[ read more ]

The Russian warship Aurora

The Russian warship Aurora

[caption id="attachment_152988" align="aligncenter" width="590"] © Fisss/cc-by-sa-3.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Aurora is a 1900 Russian protected cruiser, currently preserved as a museum ship in St. Petersburg. Aurora was one of three Pallada-class cruisers, built in St. Petersburg for service in the Pacific Far East. All three ships of this class served during the Russo-Japanese War. The second ship, Pallada, was sunk by the Japanese at Port Arthur in 1904. The third ship, Diana, was interned in Saigon after the Battle of the...

[ read more ]

Diani Beach on the Indian Ocean

Diani Beach on the Indian Ocean

[caption id="attachment_151382" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Outrigger canoe © flickr.com - Giorgio Montersino/cc-by-sa-2.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Diani Beach is a major beach resort on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya (in eastern Africa). It is located 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Mombasa, in the nearby Kwale County. The beach is about 10 kilometres (6 mi) long, from the Kongo river to the north and Galu beach to the south (the southern point of reference is an old Baobab tree). It is adjacent to the town of Uk...

[ read more ]

Breda in the south of Holland

Breda in the south of Holland

[caption id="attachment_159784" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Great church seen from Grote Markt square © ClaudeJacques[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Breda is a municipality and a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. The name Breda derived from brede Aa ('wide Aa') and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. As a fortified city, the city was of strategic military and political significance. Although a direct Fiefdom of the Holy Roman Emperor, the city obtained a municipal charter; the acquisition of Breda, t...

[ read more ]

Return to TopReturn to Top
Wolfenbuettel Palace © Brunswyk
Wolfenbüttel – Ernst August Library and Jägermeister

Wolfenbüttel is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, located on the Oker river about 13 kilometres south of Brunswick. It...

Street view © Nikola Gruev
Plovdiv, one of the longest continuously inhabited cities in Europe

Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria with a population of 381,738. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces...

© boot.de
Sailing boats for beginners – advantages of smaller boats

You are not yet a seasoned sailor but want to experience the joys of sailing on your very own boat...

Schließen