Old Schools

The Old Schools is a complex of buildings in central Cambridge, England, which is owned by the University of Cambridge and houses the university offices.

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Type: University
Description: section of the University of Cambridge
Also known as: “The Old Schools”
Address: Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1TN

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Trinity College and Gonville and Caius 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 730 feet northwest of Old Schools.

Gonville and Caius College

University

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Gonville and Caius College, commonly known as Caius, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1348 by Edmund Gonville, it is the fourth-oldest of the University of Cambridge's 31 colleges and one of the wealthiest.

King’s College Chapel

Church

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King's College Chapel is the chapel of King's College in the University of Cambridge. It is considered one of the finest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture and features the world's largest fan vault.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cambridge and Newnham.

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.

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.

Highsett

Neighborhood

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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.

Old Schools

Categories: university building and education
Location: Cambridge District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.20533° or 52° 12′ 19″ north

Longitude

0.11692° or 0° 7′ 1″ east

Operator

University of Cambridge

Open location code

9F426448+4Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 165751428

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=university

Wikidata ID

Q7084938

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