About City
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 50 miles (80 km) north of London. It is also at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen.
Cambridge is best known as the home of the University of Cambridge, one of the world's premier universities. The university includes the renowned Cavendish Laboratory, King's College Chapel, and the Cambridge University Library. The Cambridge skyline is dominated by the last two buildings, along with the chimney of Addenbrooke's Hospital in the far south of the city and St John's College Chapel tower in the north.
According to the 2001 United Kingdom census, the City's population was 108,863 (including 22,153 students), and the population of the urban area (which includes parts of South Cambridgeshire district) is estimated to be 130,000. Cambridge is surrounded by many smaller towns and villages.
Cambridge is now one of East Anglia's major settlements, along with Norwich, Ipswich and Peterborough. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the size of the city was greatly increased by several large council estates planned to hold London overspill. The biggest impact has been on the area north of the river, which is now home to the estates of Arbury, East Chesterton and King's Hedges, while there are many smaller estates to the south of the city.
Drawing on its links with the University, the Cambridge area today is sometimes referred to as Silicon Fen, due to the growth of high tech businesses and technology incubators that have sprung up in the series of science parks and other developments in and around the city. Such companies include Abcam, a global online antibody retailer, CSR, world leader in Bluetooth chips, Acorn Computers (now ARM) and Sinclair. Microsoft chose to locate its Microsoft Research UK offices in a University of Cambridge technology park, separate from the main Microsoft UK campus in Reading, Berkshire. Cambridge was also the home of Pye Limited famous in the last century for early wireless and TV sets. In later years Pye evolved into several other companies including Pye Telecommunications (now Sepura, famous for TETRA radio equipment). Another major business is Marshall Aerospace located on the eastern edge of the city. Such businesses and their early stage precursors are well networked within the Cambridge Network.
| Population | Cinemas | Theaters |
| 108 863 | 9 | 3 |
Interesting Places
- Trinity Hall
- King's College with northern chapel
- Trinity College - senate palace
- Cavendish Laboratory - famous eperimental physics laboratory
Clubs recommended by Study4u
Fez Club
The Fez Club Cambridge is now into its 10th year of road block parties. We?ve had some of the worlds most prolific DJs entertain our crowd and this year will be no different. Past guests include Zane Lowe, Erol Alkan, Andy C, Giles Peterson, Simian Mobile Disco, Jazzy Jeff, High Contrast, Goldie, Skream, Benga, to name a few.
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The Fountain Inn
Welcome to The Fountain Inn, Cambridge - The Fountain Inn has been a prominent Cambridge pub for many years, dating back to the nineteenth century. Since The Knight Pub Company takeover in August 2005, the pub has been refurbished to give it a more contemporary feel, and now offers live music at the weekends, free wifi internet, and a great relaxed and friendly environment.
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