Trumpington Street, Cambridge — Peterhouse, Pembroke, Corpus and the Fitzwilliam

Trumpington Street

Four colleges, the Fitzwilliam Museum and two little water channels running down the gutters.

From King's Parade To Lensfield Road / Trumpington Road City Centre 13 places listed

Trumpington Street is the southern part of the city's central spine. At its north end it carries on from King's Parade; at its south end, at the Lensfield Road junction, it becomes Trumpington Road, the main route out of the city to the south. Until the nineteenth century it marked the limit of development in this direction.

Colleges and a museum

Four colleges stand on the street: St Catharine's, Corpus Christi, Pembroke and Peterhouse. At the north end the corner of Corpus faces King's Parade, where the Corpus Clock was installed in 2008. Pembroke also fronts Pembroke Street. Next to Peterhouse, on the corner of Little St Mary's Lane, is Little St Mary's parish church. Further south is the Fitzwilliam Museum, the university's main museum, and at the far end the main site of the Engineering Department.

Hospitals and water

The street has a long medical history. In 1361 a leper hospital for St Anthony and St Eligius was set up at Spittle End, and in 1766 Addenbrooke's Hospital opened on the street. Addenbrooke's later moved to larger premises outside the centre, and its old site is now home to the Cambridge Judge Business School.

Trumpington Street also carries a branch of Hobson's Conduit, the water-supply scheme that was brought into the city centre in the seventeenth century. On this street the two channels are known as the Pem, on the east side, and the Pot, on the west. The city council's drainage engineer controls the sluices and normally lets water flow between April and September. The channels feed into Peterhouse and Pembroke.

Sources: Wikipedia: Trumpington Street · Wikidata: Trumpington Street (Q7847831)

Trumpington Street

Colleges and a museum

Hospitals and water

On this street (Trumpington Street)

Landmarks

The Bull Hotel

William Stone Building

Colleges

Corpus Christi College

Pembroke College

Peterhouse

St Catharine's College

Museums

Fitzwilliam Museum

Restaurants

North Star Restaurant

Cafes

Fitzbillies

Pages Coffee House

Other streets