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Street
Mill Road
Long street of independent businesses running south-east from Parker's Piece and across the railway line.
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Mill Road and the East: things to do
Places worth your time in Mill Road and the East
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Things to do in Mill Road and the East
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Cemetery
Mill Road Cemetery
Grade II listed former burial ground off Mill Road in Petersfield, protected since 2001.
Mosque
Cambridge Central Mosque
The city's first purpose-built mosque, on Mill Road, opened to the public on 24 April 2019.
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Museum
Cambridge Museum of Technology
Industrial heritage museum in an 1894 sewage pumping station beside the Cam; the building is a scheduled monument.
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Chapel
Leper Chapel of St Mary Magdalene
Chapel off Newmarket Road dating from about 1125, near Barnwell Junction.
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Common
Midsummer Common
Area of common land on the south bank of the Cam, north-east of the city centre.
Common
Stourbridge Common
Common beside the Cam where Stourbridge Fair, at its peak the largest in Europe, was held.
Park
Christ's Pieces
Victorian park with flower beds, ornamental trees and a memorial garden to Diana, Princess of Wales.
Park
Parker's Piece
Square common of about 25 acres near the centre, where the Cambridge University football rules were first used.
Park
Jesus Green
Park north of Jesus College with the River Cam along its northern edge.
Swimming pool
Jesus Green Lido
Outdoor swimming pool on Jesus Green; the city council's page gives the season and times.
Station
Cambridge railway station
Main railway station, about a mile south-east of the city centre at the end of Station Road.
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Colleges and the Backs
King's, Trinity, St John's and Queens' beside the River Cam, with the Backs, Magdalene Street and Castle Hill
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King's Parade and Market Square
King's Parade, Market Square and Trinity Street in the historic heart of the city
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Museums, Botanic Garden and the South
The Fitzwilliam, the Downing Street museums, the Botanic Garden and the meadows towards Grantchester
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- Mill Road and the East (area photo): John Sutton, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Mill Road: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Mill Road Cemetery: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Cambridge Central Mosque: cmglee, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cambridge Museum of Technology: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Leper Chapel of St Mary Magdalene: Andrew Dunn (Solipsist), CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Midsummer Common: Peter S, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Stourbridge Common: Silas S. Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Christ's Pieces: Mincebert, Public domain, source
- Parker's Piece: David P Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Jesus Green: Cmglee, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jesus Green Lido: Marvinthefish, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cambridge railway station: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Colleges and the Backs: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- King's Parade and Market Square: John Sutton, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Museums, Botanic Garden and the South: Kim Fyson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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