Ascension Rectory

Ascension Rectory is an university building in Cambridge District, Cambridgeshire, England which is located on Huntingdon Road. Ascension Rectory is situated nearby to the house Evangelical Lutheran Church of England, as well as near Murray Edwards College Library.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Murray Edwards College and St Edmund’s College.

Murray Edwards College

University

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Murray Edwards College is a women-focused constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1954 as New Hall and renamed in 2008. The name honours a gift of £30 million by alumna Ros Edwards and her husband Steve, and the first president and woman vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Dame Rosemary Murray. Murray Edwards College is situated 410 feet west of Ascension Rectory.

St Edmund’s College

University

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St Edmund's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England. Founded in 1896, it is the second-oldest of the three Cambridge colleges oriented to mature students, which accept only students reading for postgraduate degrees or for undergraduate degrees if aged 21 years or older. St Edmund’s College is situated 500 feet south of Ascension Rectory.

Fitzwilliam College

University

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Fitzwilliam College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college has origins from 1869, with the foundation of the Non-Collegiate Students Board, a venture intended to offer academically excellent students of all backgrounds a chance to study at the university. Fitzwilliam College is situated 900 feet west of Ascension Rectory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eddington and Cambridge.

Eddington

Suburb

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

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.