Midsummer Common
Midsummer Common is an area of common land in Cambridge, England. It lies northeast of the city centre on the south bank of the River Cam. The common borders the River Cam and houseboats are often moored on the common's bank.Photo: Wjh31, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: Common land in the city of Cambridge
- Also known as: “Midsummer Green”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Combined Boathouse and Jesus College.
Old Combined Boathouse
Photo: The wub, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Old Combined Boathouse is a Grade II listed historic building on the River Cam, Cambridge, England. Built in 1958, it serves as the boathouse for Girton, Sidney Sussex, Corpus Christi, and Wolfson college boat clubs.
Jesus College
University
Photo: Jesusgreen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 1,700 feet west of Midsummer Common.
Goldie Boathouse
Photo: The wub, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Goldie Boathouse is the fitness and administrative base of Cambridge University Boat Club, located on the River Cam in Cambridge, England. It was originally the University boathouse and was named after CUBC's President J.
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
Photo: Cmglee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Midsummer Common
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Cambridge District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.21052° or 52° 12′ 38″ northLongitude
0.13124° or 0° 7′ 53″ eastOpen location code
9F42646J+6FOpenStreetMap ID
way 143760226OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q6843033
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