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Victoria Road is a residential
road A road is a thoroughfare used primarily for movement of traffic. Roads differ from streets, whose primary use is local access. They also differ from stroads, which combine the features of streets and roads. Most modern roads are paved. Th ...
in the north of
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,
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. The road is designated the A1134. At the western end, the road links with Histon Road (B1049, leading north out of Cambridge towards the large village of
Histon Histon is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is immediately north of Cambridge – and is separated from the city – by the A14 road (England), A14 road which runs eas ...
, on the other side of the A14), Huntingdon Road ( A1307, leading northwest out of the city to link with the
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), Mount Pleasant, and Castle Street.In 1950, there were plans to improve this junction, but they never came to fruition. At the eastern end it links with Chesterton Road ( A1303) and also links to Milton Road, the A1134, then A1309, northeast out of the city, also linking with the A14. St Luke's Church is on the north side of road.St Luke's Church website
churchatcastle.org. St Luke's is a Victorian building. The church community has been enlarged by combining the
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and the
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congregations as a Local Ecumenical Partnership. The building has been renovated extensively during the last 15 years and includes four rooms available for use by the local community as well as the church itself.


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List of places named after Victoria of the United Kingdom Many places which were once in the former British Empire were named after the British monarch who reigned over it for the greater part of its most dominant period, Queen Victoria. As such, Victoria is one of the most commemorated individuals in ...


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Sun over Victoria Road
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