The Mound

The Mound is a garden in Cambridge District, Cambridgeshire, England. The Mound is situated nearby to the university building Clough Hall, as well as near Newnham College (University of Cambridge).

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Selwyn College and Wolfson College.

Selwyn College

University

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Selwyn College, Cambridge is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1882 by the Selwyn Memorial Committee in memory of George Augustus Selwyn, the first Bishop of New Zealand, and subsequently Bishop of Lichfield. Selwyn College is situated 650 feet north of The Mound.

Wolfson College

University

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Wolfson College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The majority of students at the college are postgraduates. The college also admits "mature" undergraduates, with around 15% of students studying undergraduate degree courses at the university. Wolfson College is situated 1,300 feet southwest of The Mound.

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 3,200 feet northeast of The Mound.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newnham and Cambridge.

Newnham

Suburb

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Newnham is a suburb and electoral ward in Cambridge, England. As of the 2021 UK census, the ward had a population of 11,374.

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.

Skaters’ Meadow

Locality

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Skaters' Meadow is a 2-hectare nature reserve in Newnham Croft, Cambridge, UK. It is owned by Cambridge Past, Present & Future and leased for management by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

The Mound

Type: Garden
Category: recreation area
Location: Cambridge District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.19979° or 52° 11′ 59″ north

Longitude

0.1062° or 0° 6′ 22″ east

Open location code

9F4254X4+WF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 160958909

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=garden

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