Christ’s Pieces

Christ's Pieces or Christ's Piece is a Victorian park in the east of central Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, with flower beds, ornamental trees and a memorial garden to Diana, Princess of Wales.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Emmanuel College and Trinity College.

Emmanuel College

University

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Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I. Emmanuel College is situated 860 feet south of Christ’s Pieces.

Trinity College

University

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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 2,300 feet west of Christ’s Pieces.

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 1,300 feet north of Christ’s Pieces.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cambridge and Cambridge Castle.

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.

Cambridge Castle

Locality

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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.

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.

Christ’s Pieces

Type: Park
Description: Park in Cambridge, England
Categories: urban park and recreation area
Location: Cambridge District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.20607° or 52° 12′ 22″ north

Longitude

0.12526° or 0° 7′ 31″ east

Open location code

9F42644G+C4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 147488008

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

Wikidata ID

Q5108645

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Notable Places Nearby

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