Jesus Green
Jesus Green is a park in the north of central Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, north of Jesus College. Jesus Ditch runs along the southern edge Jesus Green.Photo: Cmglee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jesus College and Trinity College.
Jesus College
University
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Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Jesus College was established in 1496 on the site of the twelfth-century Benedictine nunnery of St Mary and St Radegund by John Alcock, then Bishop of Ely. Jesus College is situated 790 feet south of Jesus Green.
Trinity College
University
Photo: Solipsist, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trinity College 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. Trinity College is situated 2,500 feet southwest of Jesus Green.
Pepys Library
Library
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The Pepys Library of Magdalene College, Cambridge, is the personal library collected by Samuel Pepys which he bequeathed to the college following his death in 1703. Pepys Library is situated 1,400 feet west of Jesus Green.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cambridge Castle and 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.
Cambridge
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Cambridge is a university city in Cambridgeshire in England. 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.
Highsett
Neighborhood
Photo: Dr Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Highsett is a residential estate and a listed heritage site in Cambridge, England. The estate was designed by Eric Lyons of Eric Lyons & Partners. It was built in three phases between 1959 and 1964.
Jesus Green
- Type: Park
- Description: park in the north of central Cambridge, England
- Categories: urban park, common land, and recreation area
- Location: Cambridge District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.21167° or 52° 12′ 42″ northLongitude
0.12281° or 0° 7′ 22″ eastOpen location code
9F42646F+M4OpenStreetMap ID
way 143760224OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q6188164
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Italian—“Jesus Green” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “耶穌綠地”
- Italian: “Jesus Green”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jesus Green Swimming Pool and North Court, Jesus College.
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