The Old Addenbrooke's Site is a site owned by the

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in the south of central

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. It is located on the block formed by

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to the north,

Tennis Court Road Tennis Court Road is a historic street in central Cambridge, England. It runs parallel with Trumpington Street to the west and Regent Street, Cambridge, Regent Street to the east. At the northern end is a junction with Pembroke Street, Cambridge ...

to the east,

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to the south, and

Trumpington Street Trumpington Street is a major historic street in central Cambridge, England. At the north end it continues as King's Parade where King's College is located. To the south it continues as Trumpington Road (the A1134), an arterial route out ...

to the west.

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was founded in 1766 on Trumpington Street, but in 1976 it relocated to larger premises further out of the city to the southeast at the end of

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 Biome ...

, hence the name of this site now. The

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is located on the northern part of the site in Trumpington Street. The Sanger Building, housing part of the University of Cambridge Department of

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, is on the southern part of the site on Tennis Court Road. There are a number of other university buildings on the site, especially administrative university offices. To the east is

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and to the west at the northern end is the

Fitzwilliam Museum The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art and antiquities University museum, museum of the University of Cambridge. It is located on Trumpington Street opposite Fitzwilliam Street in central Cambridge. It was founded in 1816 under the will of Richard ...

. To the northeast is the Downing Site, another University of Cambridge site with departments and museums.

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