Castle Brae

Castle Brae is an university building in , , . Castle Brae is situated nearby to the university , as well as near the archaeological site .
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  • Type: University building
  • Description: building in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Castlebrae”
  • Address: Cambridge, CB4 3AA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cambridge Castle and Trinity College.

Archaeological site
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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.

University
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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. is situated 1,800 feet south of Castle Brae.

Library
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The of Magdalene College, Cambridge, is the personal collected by Samuel Pepys which he bequeathed to the college following his death in 1703. is situated 540 feet southeast of Castle Brae.

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.

Suburb
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The North West Cambridge Development is a University of Cambridge site to the north west of city centre in . The development is meant to alleviate overcrowding and rising land prices in Cambridge.

Castle Brae

Latitude
52.21184° or 52° 12′ 43″ north
Longitude
0.11527° or 0° 6′ 55″ east
Operator
Clare College (University of Cambridge)
Open location code
9F426468+P4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 137995633
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Wiki­data ID
Q26405698
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