Reality Checkpoint

Reality Checkpoint is the humorous nickname of a large cast-iron lamppost in the middle of , , , at the intersection of the park's diagonal paths.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: lamp post in Cambridge, UK
  • Also known as: “Lamp Standard”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Parker’s Piece and Emmanuel College.

Park
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Parker's Piece is a 25-acre flat and roughly square green common located near the centre of , , regarded by some as the birthplace of the rules of association football.

University
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is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I. is situated 860 feet northwest of Reality Checkpoint.

University
is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge and currently has around 950 students. Founded in 1800, it was the only college to be added to the university between 1596 and 1869, and is often described as the oldest of the new colleges and the newest of the old. is situated 1,200 feet southwest of Reality Checkpoint.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Highsett and Cambridge.

Neighborhood
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is a residential estate and a listed heritage site in , . The estate was designed by Eric Lyons of Eric Lyons & Partners. It was built in three phases between 1959 and 1964.

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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.

Locality
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, locally also known as Castle Mound, is in , , England. 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 and the First and Second Barons' Wars.

Reality Checkpoint

Latitude
52.2022° or 52° 12′ 8″ north
Longitude
0.1282° or 0° 7′ 42″ east
Open location code
9F42642H+V7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1780104614
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­street_lamp
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q130177
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Lithuanian—“Reality Checkpoint” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “现实检查站”
  • Chinese: “現實檢查站”
  • French: “Reality checkpoint”
  • Japanese: “リアリティ・チェックポイント”
  • Lithuanian: “Realybės taškas”

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Highlights include Parkside bus stops and Hobbs Pavilion.

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