Saint John’s Punt Pool

Saint John’s Punt Pool is a pond in Cambridge District, Cambridgeshire, England. Saint John’s Punt Pool is situated nearby to the university building Cripps Building At St John’s College, as well as near Magdalene College (University of Cambridge).

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Trinity College and Pepys Library.

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 970 feet south of Saint John’s Punt Pool.

Pepys Library

Library

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The Pepys Library of Magdalene College, Cambridge, is the personal library collected by Samuel Pepys which he bequeathed to the college following his death in 1703. Pepys Library is situated 580 feet northeast of Saint John’s Punt Pool.

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. Gonville and Caius College is situated 1,400 feet south of Saint John’s Punt Pool.

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.