Gonville Place is a road (part of the A603) in southeast central

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.Gonville Place

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. It forms part of the city's inner ring road. At the southwest end is the junction of Regent Street and

Hills Road Hills Road is an arterial road (part of the A1307) in southeast Cambridge, England. It runs between Regent Street at the junction with Lensfield Road and Gonville Place (the A603) to the northwest and a roundabout by the Cambridge Bio ...

, where the road continues as

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. At the northeast end is the junction of Parkside and Mill Road, where the road continues as East Road, a dual carriageway. To the northwest is Parker's Piece, a large grassed area with footpaths. There are panoramic views of Parker's Piece from Gonville Place. The distinctive Parkside Pools indoor swimming pool building with a wavy roof was built 1998–99, with support from the United Kingdom National Lottery. There is a

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on the southeast side of the road opposite Parker's Piece. Behind the YMCA is

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, the

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of the

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, which has hosted

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since 1848. The

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Gonville Hotel is also located on the southeast side of Gonville Place, near the south corner of Parker's Piece. There was little development around Gonville Place until the 19th century. The most important building along it in the early 19th century was the Cambridge Town Gaol. However, by the late 19th century, the construction of large houses with landscaped gardens meant that the street became a fashionable residential area. Some of these houses were replaced during the 1960s and 1970s. The street now forms part of the busy ring road, with the associated traffic problems that brings, especially for the many cyclists in the city. A stage of the

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started from Gonville Place.

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