Madingley

Worth seeing in and around Madingley

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Girton College

   Girton College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon as the first women's college at Cambridge.

   3 km · college of the University of Cambridge · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Cambridge Observatory

   Cambridge Observatory is an astronomical observatory at the University of Cambridge in the East of England. It was established in 1823 and is now part of the site of the Institute of Astronomy.

   3.9 km · astronomical observatory at the University of Cambridge in the East of England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial

   Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial is a World War II American military war grave cemetery, lying between the villages of Coton and Madingley, 7 km north-west of Cambridge, England. The cemetery, dedicated in 1956, contains 3,811 American war dead and covers 30.5 acres.

   1.3 km · cemetery in Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge

   The Institute of Astronomy is the largest of the three astronomy departments in the University of Cambridge, and one of the largest astronomy sites in the United Kingdom. Around 180 academics, postdocs, visitors and assistant staff work at the department.

   3.8 km · astronomy department of the University of Cambridge · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Institute of Continuing Education

   The University of Cambridge Professional and Continuing Education, formerly the Institute of Continuing Education is a department of the University of Cambridge that provides continuing education programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, ranging from undergraduate certificates to master's degrees. PACE is the world's oldest university department specialising in professional and continuing education, established in 1873.

   200 m · Institute within the University of Cambridge · Wikipedia
6. 06
   West Cambridge

   West Cambridge is a university site to the west of Cambridge city centre in England. As part of the West Cambridge Master Plan, several of the University of Cambridge's departments have relocated to the West Cambridge site from the centre of town due to overcrowding.

   3.8 km · area of Cambridge University · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Conduit Head

   Conduit Head is a 1910 house located off the Madingley Road on the western outskirts of Cambridge, England. Built in 1910, it was designed by Harry Redfern for Francis Darwin, and was built for Darwin's daughter Frances on the occasion of her marriage to F. M. Cornford.

   3.6 km · house in Cambridge, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Traveller's Rest Pit

   Traveller's Rest Pit is a 2.2-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the western outskirts of Cambridge. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

   3.5 km · geological site in Cambridge, England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Spring House

   Spring House, also known as Cornford House, is a Grade II listed building in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, designed by architects Colin St John Wilson and MJ Long. The house was commissioned by artist and writer Christopher Cornford and completed in 1965.

   3.5 km · house in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    White House

    The White House, Conduit Head Road is a Modernist house in west Cambridge, in Cambridgeshire, England, at the junction with Madingley Road. The first Modernist-style house in Cambridge and one of the earliest in Britain, it dates from 1930–31, and was designed by the New Zealand-born architect George Checkley for his own use.

    3.5 km · house in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Madingley

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London Stansted (STN), 40 km · London Luton (LTN), 48 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 91 km

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  50 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · £6–8
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