Barton Road is a major
arterial road
An arterial road or arterial thoroughfare is a high-capacity urban road that sits below highway
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linking central
Cambridge
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, England with Junction 12 of the
M11 motorway
The M11 is a motorway that runs north from the A406 road, North Circular Road (A406) in South Woodford to the A14 road (Great Britain), A14, northwest of Cambridge, England. Originally proposed as a trunk road as early as 1915, various plans ...
to the southwest.
Route
The road is designated the
A603. At the eastern end the A603 road continues turning northeast as
Newnham Road, while Barton Road continues as a minor access road to the car park for
Sheep's Green. At the southwestern end, the road crosses the M11 and becomes
Cambridge Road, linking with the village of
Barton.
Environment
Within Cambridge,
Wolfson College, one of the
University of Cambridge
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colleges, is located on the north side of the road, to the west of the junction with
Grange Road. To the north is the ward of
Newnham and to the south is
Newnham Croft.
St Mark's Church is located on Barton Road, a brick church designed by R. Philip Day and built 1902–03.
Barton Road: St Mark's ChurchCambridge 2000
To the south opposite Wolfson College is Grantchester Road, leading to the village of Grantchester
Grantchester () is a village and civil parish on the River Cam or Granta (river), Granta in South Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about south of Cambridge.
Name
The village of Grantchester is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as ''Granteset ...
. Off this road just to the south of Barton Road are the Cambridge Rugby Football Ground ( West Renault Park, home ground of Cambridge Rugby Union Football Club), Trinity New Field, Pembroke College Sports Ground, and behind that St Catharine's College Sports Ground. Gonville & Caius College's sports ground is at the Eastern end of Barton Road.
References
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Streets in Cambridge
Transport in Cambridge
Roads in Cambridgeshire
Wolfson College, Cambridge