Grantchester

Cambridge is a university city in in . 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.
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  • Type: Village with 590 residents
  • Description: village in Cambridgeshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Grantchester, Cambridgeshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Orchard and Lacies Farmhouse.

Café
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is a tea room and garden in the English village of Grantchester, near , serving morning coffee, lunches and afternoon teas. Since opening in 1897, it has been a popular retreat for Cambridge students, teachers and tourists, as well as locals, with many famous names among its patrons.

Building
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is a building.

River
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is a river.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Trumpington and Skaters’ Meadow.

Suburb
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is a village in , England, mostly located in , with a small southern area of the village extending into the South Cambridgeshire district.

Locality
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Skaters' Meadow is a 2-hectare nature reserve in Newnham Croft, , UK. It is owned by Cambridge Past, Present & Future and leased for management by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

Suburb
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is a suburb and electoral ward in , England. As of the 2021 UK census, the ward had a population of 11,374.

Grantchester

Latitude
52.17936° or 52° 10′ 46″ north
Longitude
0.09327° or 0° 5′ 36″ east
Population
590
Elevation
69 feet (21 metres)
Open location code
9F4253HV+P8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 23721489
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
10103877
Wiki­data ID
Q2511632
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Grantchester” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غرنتتشستر”
  • Basque: “Grantchester”
  • Bulgarian: “Грантчестер”
  • Cebuano: “Grantchester”
  • Chinese: “Grantchester”
  • Czech: “Grantchester”
  • Dutch: “Grantchester”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جرنتتشستر”
  • Esperanto: “Grantchester”
  • French: “Grantchester”
  • Irish: “Grantchester”
  • Italian: “Grantchester”
  • Japanese: “グランチェスター”
  • Ladin: “Grantchester”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Grantchester (Cambridgeshire)”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Grantasæte”
  • Persian: “گرنتچستر”
  • Polish: “Grantchester”
  • Russian: “Гранчестер”
  • Slovak: “Grantchester”
  • Spanish: “Grantchester”
  • Swedish: “Grantchester”
  • Turkish: “Grantchester”
  • Ukrainian: “Грантчестер”
  • Urdu: “گرانٹ چیسٹر”
  • Welsh: “Grantchester”
  • “Grantchester”

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Notable Places Nearby

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