How Cambridge looks like by night?
I would like to show you some pictures taken at night in Cambridge – the city, where I have been living for nearly 5 years.
- Cambridge punting – Scudamore company flat-bottom boats are seen from Bridge Street.
Pic. 1 Cambridge flat-bottomed boat parking near Bridge Street.
Scudamore company is the largest punting association in Cambridge, counting nearly 110 years. This punt follows up on the Venetian gondola. The typical cost per person is between 12 and 15 £. Because I was a tour guide on punting I will prepare another article about the sites, which we can see when sitting on the boat.
Essential links:
– Cambridge – Scudamore punting
– Cambridge punting tours - The Round Church – The Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Pic. 2 The Round Church in Cambridge – Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
This is the Anglican church built in the XIIth century. Currently, the grade I listed is building. The building was inspired by the rotunda, known as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
More details:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre,_Cambridge - St. Johns College Chapel – built in the XIX century to replace a smaller one, built in medieval times.
Pic. 3 St. Johns College Chapel.
The St. Johns College chapel is famous for its choirs. Usually, the choirs sing traditional religious music at the holy masses and daily services. This tradition reaches the XVII century.
Essential links:
– https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/chapel-choir - St. Johns College – is a part of the University of Cambridge, founded by Tudors in the XVI century.
Pic. 4 St John Chapel front entrance (The Great Gate).
The complex stands on the former Hospital of St. Johns the Evangelist. The picture above shows the Great Gate, adorned with the arms of Lady Margaret Beaufort, who was the foundress.
Essential links:
– https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John%27s_College,_Cambridge - Trinity Street – the street connecting St. Johns Street, King’s Parade, and Trumpington Street.
Pic. 5 Trinity Street.
The name of this street comes from Trinity College, located on the west side.
Essential links:
– 20 historic images of Trinity Street in Cambridge,
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_Street,_Cambridge - Green Street – famous for shops and restaurants
Pic. 6 Green Street in central Cambridge.
More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Street,_Cambridge
- Rose Crescent Lane– another shopping lane
Pic. 7-9 Rose Crescent lane in central Cambridge.
More info:
– https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/history/23-pictures-rose-crescent-over-13843379 - Michaelhouse Centre – a former college, belonging to the University of Cambridge, that recently has been deeply refurbished and turned into the st. Michael’s Church with architecture is visible until the present day.
Pic. 10 Michael House in Cambridge, stained glasses in the window.
Recent remodeling took place in the early 2000s, adapting the existing parish church into something like the community center.
Essential links:
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michaelhouse,_Cambridge
– http://www.gsm.cam.ac.uk/michaelhouse/
– http://www.michaelhousecafe.co.uk/ - Gonville & Caius College University of Cambridge – located on the opposite side of the Michaelhouse (Pic. 11).
Pic. 11 Gonville & Caius College in Cambridge.
Pic. 12 Entrance to the Gaius Court from the Senate House Passage.
Pic. 13-14 Gonville and Gaius College library – view from the Trinity Lan.
Pic. 15-16 Inside of the Gonville Gaius College library – view from the Senate House Passage.
This fourth-oldest college at the University of Cambridge is known by one of the notable scientists, who used to work there – Stephen Hawking, an author of the “Brief history of time”. This scientist died in 2018.
Essential links:
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonville_and_Caius_College,_Cambridge,
– https://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/ - The University of Cambridge Senate House – a place of the degree ceremonies.
Pic. 17 The Senate House University of Cambridge.
The building was designed with a neo-classical style. It’s a grade I class building.
Essential links:
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_House,_Cambridge
– https://www.cambridgestudents.cam.ac.uk/your-course/graduation-and-what-next/degree-ceremonies/ceremony
– https://www.visitcambridge.org/things-to-do/senate-house-p507101 - King’s College Chapel – belongs to King’s College, which is a fundamental college of the University of Cambridge, founded by Henry VI in XV century.
Pic. 18-21 – King’s College Chapel in Cambridge.
This is perfect and one of the greatest examples of Gothic English architecture at once. The building is known for being the largest fan vault in the world.
Essential links:
– https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/kings-college-chapel
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_College_Chapel,_Cambridge - King’s College porters lodge – the main entrance to the college.
Pic. 22 King’s College Porter’s lodge.
King’s College has its own choir, founded in the XVI century. Today this is one of the most traditional choirs in England, having its own recordings and global performances.
Essential links:
– https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_College,_Cambridge - St Benet’s Church – the oldest church in Cambridgeshire.
Pic. 23 St. Benet’s Church in Cambridge.
This is also the oldest building in Cambridge, built likely before the mid-XI century, prominent because of a characteristical Anglo-Saxon type of tower.
Essential links:
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Bene%27t%27s_Church
– https://stbenetschurch.org/ - Corn Exchange – the biggest concert venue in Cambridge.
Pic. 24 The Corn Exchange in central Cambridge.
The capacity of this concert venue reaches almost 1700 places. Sometimes it is used also as the examination hall for students at the University of Cambridge.
Essential links:
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Corn_Exchange
– https://www.cambridgelive.org.uk/cornex - Corn Exchange Street – runs just behind the Corn Exchange concert hall.
Pic. 25 Corn Exchange Street in Cambridge.
Formerly Slaughter Lane, nowadays Corn Exchange Street marks the line of King’s Ditch existing in the XVI century.
More info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_Exchange_Street - Sidney Street Lloyds Bank – well-preserved Victorian-style building.
Pic. 26 Lloyds Bank at the Sidney Street in Central Cambridge.
Pic. 27 Sidney Street – view towards Market Street.
Previously this building was the seat of the Foster’s Bank, that name still appears above the main entrance.
- Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge.
Pic. 28-30 Main court and car park at the Museum of Archeology in Cambridge.
- Museum of Zoology at the University of Cambridge – it’s a part of the research ward of the Department of Zoology.
Pic. 31 The main entrance to the Museum of Zoology in Cambridge.
The museum owes the collections mainly from the XIX century, from the time of modern biology development.
Essential links:
–https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_University_Museum_of_Zoology
– https://www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk/ - Downing Street – one of the main streets in central Cambridge.
Pic. 32-33 Downing Street in Cambridge.
The name comes from Downing Site, consisting of several museums of the University of Cambridge. In medieval times, there was a boggy area, which has been turned into Downing College.
More details:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downing_Street,_Cambridge - Pembroke College – the third-oldest constituent college of the University of Cambridge.
Pic. 34 Pembroke College in Cambridge.
The most representative part of Pembrooke College is the Old Court, which includes all components of the complex.
Essential links:
– https://www.pem.cam.ac.uk/
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pembroke_College,_Cambridge - Pembroke Street is the continuation of Downing Street, leading to a junction with Trumpington Street.
Pic. 35 Pembroke Street in Cambridge.
- The Pitt Building is the headquarter of Cambridge University Press.
Pic. 36-37 The Pitt Building at Trumpington Street in Cambridge.
Cambridge University Press is the oldest publishing house in the World, established in the XVI century.
Essential links:
– https://www.cambridge.org/pittbuilding
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_University_Press
– https://www.cambridge.org/ - St Botolph’s Church – another grade I listed building in central Cambridge.
Pic. 38-39 St Botolph’s Church in Cambridge.
The church is remarkable because of its beautiful tower built from flint, rubble, and Barnack stone.
Essential links:
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Botolph%27s_Church,_Cambridge
– https://www.stbotolphcam.org/ - Ede & Ravenscroft at the Silver Street
Pic. 40-41 Ede & Ravenscroft at the Silver Street in Cambridge.
Silver Street links Trumpington Street with the Mill Lane Site through the Silver Street Bridge.
More info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Street,_Cambridge - Corpus Christi College is only one college established by Cambridge townsfolk.
Pic. 42-43. The Corpus Christi College at the University of Cambridge.
This is one of the biggest colleges in Cambridge, including several outlying properties and a series of terraced houses.
Essential links:
– https://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Christi_College,_Cambridge - Cambridge Guildhall – the place, where the Tourist Information Centre is based.
Pic. 44 Cambridge Guildhall before Christmas.
The building is used both for Council, civic happenings, and the University of Cambridge. It’s a Grade II listed object.
Essential links:
– https://www.cambridgelive.org.uk/guildhall
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Guildhall - Cambridge Market Square – so-called Market Hill.
Pic. 45 The Marketplace in Cambridge, Great St Mary’s Church beyond.
The market square operates here since the Saxon times. This is the daily outdoor market with a multitude of stalls.
Essential links:
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_Hill,_Cambridge
– https://www.visitcambridge.org/shopping/cambridge-market-p528371 - Trinity College – it’s the largest college in the Uk by the number of undergraduates.
Pic. 46 The main entrance to Trinity College in Cambridge.
There are a lot of notable persons associated with Trinity College. 34 of them have won Nobel Prizes. One of the alumni was Isaac Newton and James Clerk Maxwell.
Essential links:
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_College,_Cambridge
– https://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/ - Clare College – initially it was the University of Cambridge hall.
Pic. 47 Clare College in Cambridge.
The most remarkable part of the college is the Old Court, which is the Grade I listed building. The Old Court can be seen from the river Cam.
Essential links:
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_College,_Cambridge
– http://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/Home/ - Trinity Lane – is a street in central Cambridge, leading to Trinity College and Clare College.
Pic. 48 Cambridge – Trinity Lane.
- Great St. Mary’s Church – known for the Stephen Hawking Funeral in 2018.
Pic. 49 Great St Mary’s Church in central Cambridge (December 2016).
This is the university church of the University of Cambridge.
Essential links:
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_Mary_the_Great,_Cambridge
– http://www.gsm.cam.ac.uk/ - King’s Parade – one of the main streets in central Cambridge.
Pic. 50 Cambridge – King’s Parade street.
This area is known also as Senate House Hill, including the vicinity of King’s College, Senate House, and Great St. Mary’s Church.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Parade - St Catharine College – was founded in the XV century by Katharine Hall.
Pic. 51-52 St Catharine College in Cambridge.
Unlike other colleges in Cambridge, this one has an open court on the front instead of a closed quadrangle.
Essential links:
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Catharine%27s_College,_Cambridge
– https://www.caths.cam.ac.uk/ - Petty Cury – pedestrianized shopping lane in central Cambridge.
Pic. 53 Petty Cury in Central Cambridge.
More info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petty_Cury - Christ College – is known by the most famous alumni like Charles Darwin and John Milton.
Pic. 54 Christ College – The Great Gate, which is the entrance to the First Court.
This is one of the 5 colleges in Oxford and Cambridge, which has its own swimming pool.
Essential links:
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ%27s_College,_Cambridge
– https://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/ - Parker’s Piece – the most representative park in Cambridge.
Pic. 55 The Parker’s Piece in central Cambridge with temporary funfair (December 2016).
Parker’s Piece is a roughly square-shaped green common in the centre of Cambridge. Its role is also the regional bus station (National Express bus stop at Parkside).
Essential links:
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker%27s_Piece
– https://www.visitcambridge.org/things-to-do/parkers-piece-p507471 - Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church (OLEM) – the church with the highest spire in Cambridge.
Pic. 56,57 – The OLEM Church in Cambridge.
This is a Gothic Revival church built in the late XIX century and is known as one of the largest catholic churches in the UK. Because I am Polish, this church is important as the Polish parish has been found in 1948 by post-war Polish immigrants.
Essential links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_and_the_English_Martyrs_Church
– https://olem.org.uk/
– http://www.parafia-cambridge.co.uk/ - Cambridge University Botanic Garden – 16 hectares garden with a lot of various plants.
Pic. 58 Cambridge University Botanic Garden.
The Cambridge Botanic Garden holds over 8000 plant species from around the world. It was created in the XIX century.
Essential links:
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_University_Botanic_Garden
– https://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/ - The Anchor Pub – a place, where the Pink Floyd band was formed.
59. Cambridge – The Anchor pub.
More info:
https://www.anchorcambridge.com/ - Silver Street Bridge – with a good view from Scudamore’s Punting Station.
Pic. 60 The Silver Street Bridge in Cambridge.
It looks like I have finished my short tour around the most interesting spots in Cambridge. I will develop some topics in the future and broaden your knowledge about this remarkable city. I won’t use the link to Wikipedia like now, I promise 😉
Mariusz Krukar
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