An east-west avenue named for Henry and Eleanor Sidgwick, flanked by Newnham, Ridley Hall, Selwyn and the Sidgwick Site.
Sidgwick Avenue runs east to west between Grange Road and Queens' Road, and its line carries on north-east towards the centre under the name Silver Street. It is a narrow road, and proposals have been floated for turning it into a pedestrian route with room for cycle lanes.
Newnham College occupies most of the south side, with Ridley Hall, a theological college tied to the university, next door to the east. Across the road the Sidgwick Site covers a good part of the north side and holds the faculties of Law, History, Economics and Politics. Within it you will find Lady Mitchell Hall and the Marshall Library of Economics, along with the Museum of Classical Archaeology. Selwyn College has its main buildings to the west, and Gonville and Caius College has its Harvey Court buildings to the east of the Sidgwick Site. West Road runs just to the north.
The university says the avenue is named for Henry and Eleanor Sidgwick. Henry Sidgwick, a philosophy fellow at Trinity College, backed women's access to the university all his life. In 1871 he, Anne Clough and Eleanor Balfour oversaw the buying of a house for five women students. Newnham's first building here, now called Old Hall, followed in 1875, and Selwyn's Old Court rose opposite in 1882. Roman-period remains have also been found near Selwyn and Newnham.
Sources: Wikipedia: Sidgwick Avenue · Wikidata: Sidgwick Avenue (Q7508567)
