The Haymakers
Pub
Chesterton
A Chesterton local with a fortnightly pub quiz.
Chesterton
The old village north of the Cam, absorbed by the city in 1912, with its own medieval tower.
Chesterton is a large suburb across the Cam from the colleges. People have lived here since at least the Bronze Age, and for centuries it stood outside Cambridge: in Anglo-Saxon times it was part of a larger settlement spanning the river, but it was left out of the early borough. It stayed a separate parish and then an urban district, and in three votes between 1897 and 1909 its electors refused to join the city. Then in 1912 the built-up southern third, village included, joined the borough. The suburb, with 18,620 residents at the 2021 census, covers the East and West Chesterton wards.
What's here
The village core has historic buildings. Chesterton Tower is a medieval dwelling, and St Andrew's Church is the church that gives the area its parish identity. The Green Dragon is among the pubs in the area.
Much of the housing is later, including a large housing-association estate in East Chesterton. Its rough limits are the river to the south, Castle Hill to the west and the Arbury and King's Hedges neighbourhoods to the north.
Getting around
The chief artery is Milton Road, which carries traffic between the city centre and the A14 to the north-east. Buses connect the suburb with the city centre, and with Milton and Addenbrooke's Hospital. Cambridge North station, sits at the fringe of East Chesterton; it opened in May 2017 after decades of campaigning, and offers rail travel without going into the centre. For the next neighbourhood east along the river, see Fen Ditton; for the hill to the west, see Castle.
Walks & Runs
5 routes around Cambridge
Guides
Bridges, chapels, commons and Mill Road
Itineraries
Suggested routes through the centre
Collections
Free, historic and lost Cambridge
Other areas
Places in Chesterton
Cambridge Museum of Technology
Museum
Chesterton
Steam engines and the industries of Cambridge in a Victorian sewage pumping station on the river.
A1309 Road
Street
Chesterton
A 6.5-mile route linking the two ends of the A10, running as Milton Road in the north and Trumpington Road in the south.
Chesterton Tower
Landmark
Chesterton
A complete fourteenth-century dwelling in Chesterton, built for the agents of an Italian abbey.
Elizabeth Way
Street
Chesterton
An inner ring-road route on the A1134, crossing the Cam by a concrete bridge opened in 1971.
Goldie Boathouse
Landmark
Chesterton
Cambridge's oldest surviving boathouse, built in 1882 and Grade II listed, home to Cambridge University Boat Club's gym and offices.
Old Combined Boathouse
Landmark
Chesterton
The first combined college boathouse in Cambridge, a Grade II listed building of 1958 on the River Cam.
St Andrew's Church, Chesterton
Church
Chesterton
The medieval parish church of Chesterton, with a 15th-century Doom painting and a plaque to a young daughter of Olaudah Equiano.
St Laurence's Church
Church
Chesterton
A brick-built Roman Catholic parish church of 1958 on Milton Road, serving north Cambridge.
Lakeside Café
Chesterton
Lakeside Café
Cafe
Chesterton
A weekday café inside the Bradfield Centre, open to the public.
The Engineer's House
Chesterton
The Engineer's House
Pub
Chesterton
A pumping-station engineer's house on the Cam that serves beer and pizza.
The Seven Stars
Chesterton
The Seven Stars
Pub
Chesterton
A listed early 19th-century pub on Newmarket Road serving Indian food.
Bicycle Ambulance
Chesterton
Bicycle Ambulance
Shop
Chesterton
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A workshop-led bike shop on Ditton Walk that began as a converted ambulance visiting workplaces.
Leper Chapel
Chesterton
Leper Chapel
Church
Chesterton
A Romanesque chapel of about 1125 on Newmarket Road, once part of a leper hospital and tied to the Stourbridge Fair.
Logan's Meadow
Chesterton
Logan's Meadow
Landmark
Chesterton
A small riverside pasture on the Cam, declared a local nature reserve in 2005.
Newmarket Road
Chesterton
Newmarket Road
Street
Chesterton
The A1134 and A1303 route east from the ring road, passing the Leper Chapel, the Abbey Stadium and the city cemetery.