Girton
Girton is a village and civil parish of about 1,600 households, and 4,500 people, in Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 2 miles to the northwest of Cambridge, and is the home of Girton College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 3,980 residents
- Description: village in Cambridgeshire, England
- Also known as: “Girton, Cambridgeshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Andrew and Girton College.
Girton College
University
Photo: Adam Cuerden, Public domain.
Girton College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon as the first women's college at Cambridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Histon and Impington.
Histon
Village
Photo: Martyn Johnson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Histon is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is immediately north of Cambridge – and is separated from the city – by the A14 road which runs east–west.
Impington
Village
Impington is a village and civil parish about 3 miles north of Cambridge city centre, in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England.
Oakington
Village
Girton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Girton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.24117° or 52° 14′ 28″ northLongitude
0.08264° or 0° 4′ 58″ eastPopulation
3,980Elevation
72 feet (22 metres)Open location code
9F4263RM+F3OpenStreetMap ID
node 26664196OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2648627Wikidata ID
Q1527123
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Girton” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غيرتون”
- Basque: “Girton (Cambridgeshire)”
- Basque: “Girton”
- Bengali: “গার্টন”
- Catalan: “Girton”
- Cebuano: “Girton”
- Chinese: “Girton”
- Chinese: “嘉頓”
- Chinese: “葛尔顿”
- Dutch: “Girton”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جيرتون”
- Esperanto: “Girton (Cambridgeshire)”
- Esperanto: “Girton”
- French: “Girton”
- German: “Girton”
- Gujarati: “ગિર્ટન”
- Irish: “Girton”
- Italian: “Girton”
- Japanese: “ガ―トン”
- Kannada: “ಗಿರ್ಟನ್”
- Korean: “거튼”
- Ladin: “Girton”
- Lithuanian: “Girtonas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Girton (Cambridgeshire)”
- Persian: “گیرتون، کمبریجشر”
- Polish: “Girton”
- Portuguese: “Girton”
- Russian: “Гиртон”
- Spanish: “Girton”
- Swedish: “Girton, Cambridgeshire”
- Swedish: “Girton”
- Tamil: “கிர்ட்டோன்”
- Telugu: “గిర్టన్”
- Turkish: “Girton, Cambridgeshire”
- Urdu: “گرٹن”
- Welsh: “Girton, Swydd Gaergrawnt”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Girton Parish Centre and Girton Recreational Ground.
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