HOTELS IN CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM - TRAVEL & LEISURE GUIDE

Anglesey Abbey
Anglesey Abbey is a Jacobean-style country house set in a formal and informal gardens with a working watermill. The abbey is a vision of the golden age of country house living. It was created by Lord Fairhaven and his brother from 1926 to 1966 and has around 98 acres of landscaped and wildlife gardens, plus a working 18th century watermill. The abbey is home to amazing furniture, books, works of art and a collection of French and English clocks. The outside of the abbey is decorated in 12th century gargoyles and over 100 pieces of classical sculpture in the formal gardens.

Fitzwilliam Museum

The most famous museum in Cambridge is the Fitzwilliam Museum in Trumpington Street, the museum is housed in a neo-classical building that was designed by architect, George Basevi. The main collection that the museum boasted was left by the seventh Viscount Fitzwilliam after he died in 1816. The museum is host to a amazing collection of English pottery and china, Greek, Roman and Egyptian antiquities, and illuminated manuscripts. The fine gallery has works by Hogarth, Gainsborough and Turner as well as the Impressionists and Dutch Masters of the Baroque including Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Rubens and Frans Hals. Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory The Mullard radio astronomy observatory is one of the largest observatories of its kind in the world.

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It uses an array of telescopes that are linked as a interferometer to produce a radio telescope that has a diameter of several kilometres. The closest observatory that is similar to the specification is in the Netherlands.
 

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Newmarket Racecourse The Newmarket race course is the mecca of English house racing and is 10 miles northeast of Cambridge. It is the largest cluster of training yards in the country and many key horse racing organisations. Racing in Newmarket dates back to 1174, there are more than 2,500 horses with most stables located in the centre of the town. The Newmarket racecourse consists of two courses, the Rowley Mile course and the July Course.  Both courses are galloping tracks and are used for flat racing. The Rowley Mile is used for racing in the Spring and Autumn, while the July Course is used in Summer.

These attractions are ideal for people visiting the area of Cambridge or who are looking to rent property in Cambridge.

Punt wars, Romans, Pieces and splitting the atom. All words associated with Cambridge's past and present. There is a rich history here that draws visitors from around the world to England's leafy cobbled seat of learning.
 

The area was first settled way back in 70AD by the Romans and after they departed by the Saxons. Curiously enough some locals still refer to the River Cam as the Granta, the name the Romans used in the distant past. Some habits die hard! They also refer to (some) open spaces as Pieces in Cambridge. You will find Parker's Piece and Christ's Pieces dotted around the city and plenty of other green open spaces in which to wander. For a view down onto the spires of Cambridge and surrounding villages such as Grantchester and Knapwell take a walk into the Gog Magog hills (only 300ft high) just north of the city where you will find Roman roads and an Iron Age fort. Most people will know the city for its world famous university and its part in the annual boat race against Oxford.

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Dig a little deeper into the past and you will find an impressive list of names that have studied in the hallowed halls of its universities and colleges. How does Newton, Bacon, Tennyson, Byron and Rutherford sound? Rutherford first split the atom here in the Cavendish Laboratory, part of the extensive research facilities at the university, thus starting the science of nuclear physics. Newton worked on his Laws of Motion at Trinity College. The city is also a high tech centre known as the Silicon Fen so it's keeping up with the times.
 

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The first college to be founded in Cambridge was Peterhouse in 1284. It still stands today with some of the original masonry intact despite numerous renovations. Discipline was apparently slack in the early days of the college and the rowdy behaviour of some of the students led to a 'town and gown' conflict that continued on through to the 18th century. We all know that students can be a rowdy lot but 500 years to settle a conflict? Maybe they were slow learners. How does a relaxing punt down the Cam on a lazy summers day sound? Well you may need to watch out because so called Punt Wars have broken out in the last couple of years over this lucrative business. So lucrative that at times it is possible to cross the river by walking across the punts.

Trouble has been flaring as rival company's battle it out for their share of the market. The Cam Conservators are responsible for protecting the Cam but are unable to restrict the numbers of licences issued due to local statutes so this situation may be set to continue. Let's hope it doesn't rumble on for the next 500 years. Punters beware.

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