Thornton Way

Thornton Way is an electrical substation in Girton, South Cambridgeshire District, England. Thornton Way is situated nearby to the grassland Howes Close Sports Ground, as well as near Anglia Ruskin University Pavilion.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Girton College and Churchill College.

Girton College

University

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Girton College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon as the first women's college at Cambridge. Girton College is situated 2,200 feet west of Thornton Way.

Churchill College

University

Photo: David Gruar, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Churchill College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. It has a primary focus on science, engineering and technology, but retains a strong interest in the arts and humanities. Churchill College is situated 1 mile south of Thornton Way.

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 1 mile southeast of Thornton Way.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eddington and Girton.

Eddington

Suburb

Photo: Keith Edkins, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

Girton

Village

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Girton is a village and civil parish of about 1,600 households, and 4,500 people, in Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 2 miles to the northwest of Cambridge, and is the home of Girton College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.

Orchard Park

Suburb

Photo: Colin Bell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Orchard Park, previously known as Arbury Park, is a district and civil parish of South Cambridgeshire, England, contiguous with the city of Cambridge. Previously agricultural land and the site of Premier Park, a huge estate for Premier Travel, which, amongst other things, was a main National Express operator with housing for its drivers.

Thornton Way

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Girton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.22746° or 52° 13′ 39″ north

Longitude

0.09334° or 0° 5′ 36″ east

Operator

UK Power Networks

Open location code

9F4263GV+X8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 172904926

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