England
Cambridgeshire
Cambridge District

Highsett

Highsett 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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Photo: Dr Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: Grade II listed residential building complex in Cambridge, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Highsett And Front Retaining Wall”
Photo: Dr Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Dr Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Dr Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Dr Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Dr Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Andrew’s College, Cambridge and Cambridge Railway Station.

College
St Andrew's College is a mixed private school and sixth form college located over two sites in , , England. The school was established in 1976 and was the first independent sixth form college in Cambridge.

Railway station
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is the principal station serving the city of , England. Situated at the end of Station Road, it is 1 mile south-east of the city centre.

Museum
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is the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge. It is located on Trumpington Street opposite Fitzwilliam Street in central .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cambridge and Newnham.

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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.

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.

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.

Highsett

Latitude
52.19627° or 52° 11′ 47″ north
Longitude
0.13181° or 0° 7′ 55″ east
Open location code
9F4254WJ+GP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 134746675
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Wiki­data ID
Q24705038
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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Highsett”. Photo: Dr Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.