Sidney Sussex Library

Sidney Sussex Library is a library in Cambridge District, Cambridgeshire, England. Sidney Sussex Library is situated nearby to the university Sidney Sussex College, as well as near Master’s Garden.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sidney Sussex College and Trinity College.

Sidney Sussex College

University

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Sidney Sussex College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England. The College was founded in 1596 under the terms of the will of Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex, wife of Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, and named after its foundress.

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 1,400 feet west of Sidney Sussex Library.

Jesus College

University

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Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Jesus College 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. Jesus College is situated 990 feet northeast of Sidney Sussex Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cambridge and Highsett.

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.

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.

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.

Sidney Sussex Library

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

52.20735° or 52° 12′ 26″ north

Longitude

0.1211° or 0° 7′ 16″ east

Levels

Operator

Sidney Sussex College (University of Cambridge)

Open location code

9F42644C+WC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 59294560

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=library

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

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