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Museum
Fitzwilliam Museum
The university's art and antiquities museum on Trumpington Street, founded under the will of Viscount FitzWilliam in 1816.
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Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
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Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
University museum of archaeology and ethnography on the Downing Site, with its public entrance on Downing Street.
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Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
Geology museum on the Downing Site; the oldest of the eight University of Cambridge Museums.
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Museum of Zoology
University zoology museum in the David Attenborough Building on the New Museums Site.
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Whipple Museum of the History of Science
Museum of scientific instruments in the former Perse School on Free School Lane, founded in 1944.
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The Polar Museum
Museum at the Scott Polar Research Institute on Lensfield Road, devoted to the polar regions.
Garden
Cambridge University Botanic Garden
University botanic garden between Trumpington Road, Bateman Street and Hills Road, linked to the Department of Plant Sciences.
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College
Downing College
College founded in 1800; the only college added to the university between 1596 and 1869.
College
Peterhouse
College founded in 1284 by Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely, on Trumpington Street.
Monument
Hobson's Conduit
Hexagonal monument on Lensfield Road to Thomas Hobson, whose channel of 1610 to 1614 brought fresh water into the city.
Church
Church of St Mary the Less
Church of England parish church, known as Little St Mary's, on Trumpington Street beside Peterhouse.
Meadow
Coe Fen
Semi-rural meadowland east of the Cam in the south of the city, at the back of Peterhouse.
Meadow
Sheep's Green
Meadow and local nature reserve beside the Cam, part of the green corridor running into the city.
College
Newnham College
Women's constituent college of the University of Cambridge, off Sidgwick Avenue.
Meadow
Grantchester Meadows
Open meadows on the west bank of the Cam between Newnham Croft and Grantchester village.
Village
Grantchester
Village on the River Cam about three kilometres south of the city centre.
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Mill Road and the East
Independent shops and restaurants on Mill Road, with the commons and the river to the north-east
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16 sights · 23 places to eat
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 (area photo): Kim Fyson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Fitzwilliam Museum: Andrew Dunn (Solipsist), CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences: Ruth Sharville, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Museum of Zoology: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- The Polar Museum: GualdimG, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden: temporalata, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Downing College: Raffy a franco, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Peterhouse: Azeira at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Hobson's Conduit: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Church of St Mary the Less: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Coe Fen: JackyR, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sheep's Green: Mr Ignavy, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Newnham College: Azeira at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Grantchester Meadows: R Boed from The Netherlands, CC BY 2.0, source
- Grantchester: David Purchase, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Mill Road and the East: John Sutton, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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