UNIVERSITY AND TOWN

 

 

The River Cam, a tributary of the River Great Ouse, runs through Cambridge Punting on the Cam is a famous Cambridge pastime Old Schools, housing the University Offices, is nestled among the old colleges The Fitzwilliam Museum houses an amazing collection of art and antiquities
Church of St Mary the Great, with Market Square in the foreground The Eagle pub, where Watson and Crick announced that they had discovered the 'secret of life' Sanger Institute in Hinxton, where much of the Human Genome was sequenced Imperial War Museum at Duxford, exhibiting planes and tanks in six hangars



TRINITY COLLEGE

 

The Great Gate, with a statue of Henry VIII holding a table leg The Great Court is the largest quadrangle in any Oxbridge college Nevile's Court, bounded on one side by Wren's Library Statue of Isaac Newton in the chapel



king's college

 

King's College Chapel, viewed from the backs, with Clare College on the left The front of the college on King's Parade The Front Court and the Chapel The Front Court, hidden from King's Parade by a neo-Gothic screen



ST JOHN'S COLLEGE

 

The New Court, built in the 19th century The gate of the New Court The Bridge of Sighs, which bears little resemblance to its Venetian namesake Covered passage in the New Court



OTHER COLLEGES

 

Christ's: Charles Darwin studied here Christ's: The mulberry tree under which Milton wrote his poetry Corpus Christi: This college owns the Eagle pub Emmanuel: John Harvard, who founded Harvard University, studied here
Gonville and Caius: It has a double name because it was founded twice. 'Caius' is pronounced 'keys' Homerton: This college has more students than any other Cambridge college Peterhouse: Founded in 1284, it is the oldest and smallest college in Cambridge Queen's: Punting under the Mathematical Bridge
Ridley Hall: An Anglican theological training college Robinson: The newest college in Cambridge, founded in 1977 Selwyn: The impressive chapel dominates the Old Court Selwyn: The chapel is in the Tudor Gothic style