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Welcome to your interactive destination guide to the magnificent city of Cambridge, UK
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| "I have just stumbled (no pun intended) across the Shape Walks on your website. What a fantastic resource! Well presented, easy to understand, clear information, invitingly displayed - in fact a model of good information, well delivered. I shall certainly strap on my walking shoes and head out around Cambridge to see all these wonderful locations" - email to Shape East |
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Printing Our SuperPrint buttons print our pages at high quality. It takes a bit longer to load, but be patient, we think its worth it! All our pages are designed for printing in landscape format. Images Our photographs are high resolution. Click on the images to explore details of buildings almost invisible to the naked eye. See Cambridge in close-up!. Access Information Shape Walks aims to give accurate information about opening times, charges and access, but these can change without warning. Check our Access Information pages |
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Two new walks launched in Architecture Week 2006 Change in the City Cambridge Past and Present |
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| Contemporary Architecture | ||
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See most of the major buildings built by the Colleges and University since 1990. Includes work by many internationally renowned architects as well as some outstanding buildings by architects practising in Cambridge. | |
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| Historic Highlights | ||
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"Must see" sights for visitors and a few extras! Do you know which is Cambridge's oldest college court? Where Pepys' diaries are displayed? Where you can get the best views over the city? | |
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| Green Spaces | ||
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Cambridge is a city of gardens, parks and ancient commons. This walk takes you through most of the major public open spaces in Cambridge, and introduces you to some of the less frequently visited college gardens. | |
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| Victorian | ||
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Cambridge had a building boom in the C19, with a great proliferation of university buildings and many miles of new terraced housing. This walk includes a pumping station, a workhouse, a cemetery and an Arts and Crafts church, and tells you why Cambridge grew so rapidly during Queen Victoria’s reign. | |
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| Clocks and Sundials | ||
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Cambridge has an abundance of clocks and sundials, some old, some new. This walk will take you to unexpected places and is a bit of a treasure hunt! | |
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| Tudor Cambridge | ||
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This walk describes life in Tudor Cambridge, introducing everyday themes such as religion, medieval fairs, books and printing, and domestic architecture. It takes you to all the famous buildings associated with the Tudors, including early examples of the Renaissance style. There are four fascinating Tudor maps to explore in detail. | |
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Shape Walks are funded by Shape East. They were devised, designed, researched, photographed and developed by Stride Design in association with the University of Cambridge Department of Architecture. Map based on University of Cambridge Official Map by permission of Cambridge University Press.