Traveller’s Rest Pit
Traveller's Rest Pit is a 2.2-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the western outskirts of Cambridge. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Protected area
- Description: geological site in Cambridge, England
- Also known as: “Traveller’s Rest Pit SSSI”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Churchill College and Girton College.
Churchill College
University
Photo: David Gruar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Churchill College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. It has a primary focus on science, engineering and technology, but retains a strong interest in the arts and humanities. Churchill College is situated 2,600 feet southeast of Traveller’s Rest Pit.
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. Girton College is situated 4,100 feet northwest of Traveller’s Rest Pit.
Fitzwilliam College
University
Photo: SS1981, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fitzwilliam College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college has origins from 1869, with the foundation of the Non-Collegiate Students Board, a venture intended to offer academically excellent students of all backgrounds a chance to study at the university. Fitzwilliam College is situated 3,500 feet east of Traveller’s Rest Pit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eddington and Cambridge Castle.
Eddington
Suburb
Photo: Keith Edkins, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The North West Cambridge Development is a University of Cambridge site to the north west of Cambridge city centre in England. The development is meant to alleviate overcrowding and rising land prices in Cambridge.
Cambridge Castle
Locality
Cambridge Castle, locally also known as Castle Mound, is in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, 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.
Coton
Village
Photo: Cmglee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Coton is a small village and civil parish about three miles west of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, England and about the same distance east of the Prime Meridian.
Traveller’s Rest Pit
Latitude
52.21844° or 52° 13′ 6″ northLongitude
0.09113° or 0° 5′ 28″ eastOpen location code
9F42639R+9FOpenStreetMap ID
way 1265672918Wikidata ID
Q7836050
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