Huntingdon Road is a major
arterial road
An arterial road or arterial thoroughfare is a high-capacity urban road that sits below freeways/motorways on the road hierarchy in terms of traffic flow and speed. The primary function of an arterial road is to deliver traffic from collector ro ...
linking central
Cambridge
Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cambridge bec ...
,
England
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with Junction 14 of the
M11 motorway
The M11 is a motorway that runs north from the North Circular Road (A406) in South Woodford to the A14, northwest of Cambridge, England. Originally proposed as a trunk road as early as 1915, various plans were considered throughout the 1960s ...
and the
A14 northwest from the city centre. The road is designated the
A1307, follows the route of the Roman
Via Devana
Via Devana is the name given to a Roman Road in England that ran from Colchester in the south-east, through Cambridge in the interior, and on to Chester in the north-west. These were important Roman military centres and it is conjectured that the ...
, and is named after the town of
Huntingdon
Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was given its town charter by King John in 1205. It was the county town of the historic county of Huntingdonshire. Oliver Cromwell was born there ...
, northwest of Cambridge.
At the southeastern end, the road links with
Histon Road (B1049),
Victoria Road (
A1134) and Mount Pleasant. It continues as
Castle Street, then
Magdalene Street
Magdalene Street is a street in the north of central Cambridge, England. It runs between Castle Street, by Castle Hill, at the junction with Northampton Street and Chesterton Lane, then Chesterton Road (the A1303), to the northwest and ...
over the
River Cam
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and
Bridge Street, into the centre of the city.
The
University of Cambridge
, mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts.
Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge.
, established =
, other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...
colleges
Fitzwilliam College
Fitzwilliam College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.
The college traces its origins back to 1869 and the foundation of the Non-Collegiate Students Board, a venture intended to offer academically excellent students of all ...
(front entrance on
Storey's Way
Storey's Way is a mainly residential road, approximately 650 metres to the west of the city centre in Cambridge, England. It falls within the Castle Electoral Ward of Cambridge City Council, and feeds on to the major arterial roads Huntingdon ...
, south off Huntingdon Road),
Girton College
Girton College is one of the Colleges of the University of Cambridge, 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. The college was established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon as the first women's college in Cambridge. In 1 ...
, and
Murray Edwards College
Murray Edwards College is a women-only constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1954 as New Hall. In 2008, following a donation of £30 million by alumna Ros Edwards and her husband Steve, it was renamed Murray Edwar ...
(formerly
New Hall), are located off the road. Girton College is some distance from central Cambridge as a former women's college, just south of the village of
Girton.
Also on the road are:
*
Ascension Parish Burial Ground
The Ascension Parish Burial Ground, formerly known as the burial ground for the parish of St Giles and St Peter's, is a cemetery off Huntingdon Road in Cambridge, England. Many notable University of Cambridge academics are buried there, includi ...
, where many Cambridge academics are buried
* Cambridge Seed Testing Station
* Cambridge Genetics Station
*
Trinity Hall Sports Ground
* The
National Institute of Agricultural Botany
The National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) is a plant science research company based in Cambridge, UK.
The NIAB group
The NIAB group consists of:
* NIAB
* NIAB EMR - a horticultural and agricultural research institute at East M ...
(NIAB)
* Number 173 Huntingdon Road is 'the Kaptiza House', build by
Pyotr Kapitsa
Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa or Peter Kapitza (Russian: Пётр Леонидович Капица, Romanian: Petre Capița ( – 8 April 1984) was a leading Soviet physicist and Nobel laureate, best known for his work in low-temperature physics ...
, the
Soviet
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physicist
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Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate caus ...
and
Nobel laureate
The Kapitza House
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* The northern access to Eddington, a new settlement under construction by the University
Gallery
Image:2003 0607 170338AA.jpg, Main hall of Fitzwilliam College
Fitzwilliam College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.
The college traces its origins back to 1869 and the foundation of the Non-Collegiate Students Board, a venture intended to offer academically excellent students of all ...
at the southeast end of Huntingdon Road.
Image:2003_0131_170451AA.jpg, Fitzwilliam College sign on Huntingdon Road (removed to make way for building works, May 2008).
Image:KaetsuCentreCambridge.jpg, Kaetsu Centre of Murray Edwards College
Murray Edwards College is a women-only constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1954 as New Hall. In 2008, following a donation of £30 million by alumna Ros Edwards and her husband Steve, it was renamed Murray Edwar ...
, on the Huntingdon Road, also at the southeast end.
See also
* Huntingdon
Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was given its town charter by King John in 1205. It was the county town of the historic county of Huntingdonshire. Oliver Cromwell was born there ...
, a market town in Cambridgeshire, northwest of Cambridge
* Howes, a former hamlet on Huntingdon Road
* Emma Darwin
Emma Darwin (; 2 May 1808 – 2 October 1896) was an English woman who was the wife and first cousin of Charles Darwin. They were married on 29 January 1839 and were the parents of ten children, seven of whom survived to adulthood.
Early lif ...
, (1808-1896), widow of Charles Darwin, wintered at 'The Grove' on Huntingdon Road from 1882
* Francis Darwin
Sir Francis "Frank" Darwin (16 August 1848 – 19 September 1925) was a British botanist. He was the third son of the naturalist and scientist Charles Darwin.
Biography
Francis Darwin was born in Down House, Downe, Kent in 1848. He was the ...
, (1848-1925), lived at 'Wychfield' on Huntingdon Road
* Horace Darwin
Sir Horace Darwin, (13 May 1851 – 22 September 1928), was an English engineer specializing in the design and manufacture of precision scientific instruments. He was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
Personal life and education
Dar ...
, (1851-1928), lived at 'The Orchard' on Huntingdon Road
References
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Streets in Cambridge
Transport in Cambridge
Roads in Cambridgeshire
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Girton College, Cambridge
Murray Edwards College, Cambridge
Trinity Hall, Cambridge