Lion Yard
The Lion Yard shopping centre is a covered shopping centre in the city centre of Cambridge, England. Construction work on the centre, which is bounded by St Andrew's Street, Corn Exchange Street, and Petty Cury, commenced in 1970 and the development contained a library, multi-storey car park and magistrates' court.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Street
- Description: Shopping center in Cambridge
- Also known as: “lion yard”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Trinity College and Corpus Christi College.
Trinity College
University
Photo: Solipsist, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at Oxford or Cambridge. Trinity College is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Lion Yard.
Corpus Christi College
University
Photo: David Gruar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Corpus Christi College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. From the late 14th century to the early 19th century it was also commonly known as Bene't College. Corpus Christi College is situated 710 feet southwest of Lion Yard.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cambridge and Cambridge Castle.
Cambridge
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Cambridge is a university city in Cambridgeshire in England. It is a city of crocuses and daffodils on the Backs, of green open spaces and cattle grazing only 500 yards from the market square.
Cambridge Castle
Locality
Cambridge Castle, locally also known as Castle Mound, is located in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. Originally built after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 to control the strategically important route to the north of England, it played a role in the conflicts of the Anarchy, the First and Second Barons' Wars.
Highsett
Neighborhood
Photo: Dr Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Highsett is a residential estate and a listed heritage site in Cambridge, England. The estate was designed by Eric Lyons of Eric Lyons & Partners. It was built in three phases between 1959 and 1964.
Lion Yard
- Categories: shop and transportation
- Location: Cambridge District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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