Merton Cottage

Merton Cottage is an university building in Cambridge District, Cambridgeshire, England which is located on Queen’s Road. Merton Cottage is situated nearby to the university building Merton House, as well as near Scholars‘ Garden.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Trinity College and Lucy Cavendish College.

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 1,200 feet southeast of Merton Cottage.

Lucy Cavendish College

University

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Lucy Cavendish College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was established in 1965 as a women's college and since 2021 has admitted both women and men. Lucy Cavendish College is situated 840 feet northwest of Merton Cottage.

King’s College

University

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King's College, formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the city. King’s College is situated 2,100 feet south of Merton Cottage.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cambridge Castle and Cambridge.

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.

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.