Bright’s Building

Bright’s Building is an university building in , , . Bright’s Building is situated nearby to , as well as near the church .
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  • Type: University building
  • Description: Heritage-listed building in Magdalene College, Cambridge
  • Also known as: “Bright’s Building, Magdalene College”, “Ramsay Hall”, and “Ramsay Hall (Bright’s Building)”
  • Address: Cambridge

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pepys Library and Trinity College.

Library
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The of Magdalene College, Cambridge, is the personal library collected by Samuel Pepys which he bequeathed to the college following his death in 1703.

University
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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. is situated 1,300 feet south of Bright’s Building.

University
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is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. was established in 1496 on the site of the twelfth-century Benedictine nunnery of St Mary and St Radegund by John Alcock, then Bishop of Ely. is situated 1,500 feet east of Bright’s Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cambridge and Newnham.

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is a university city in in . 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.

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

Neighborhood
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is a residential estate and a listed heritage site in , . The estate was designed by Eric Lyons of Eric Lyons & Partners. It was built in three phases between 1959 and 1964.

Bright’s Building

Latitude
52.21038° or 52° 12′ 37″ north
Longitude
0.11687° or 0° 7′ 1″ east
Operator
Magdalene College (University of Cambridge)
Open location code
9F426468+5P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23694402
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Wiki­data ID
Q26418508
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Highlights include Magdalene College Chapel and Quayside.

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