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The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. It lies approximately 50 miles (80 km) north-northeast of London and is surrounded by a number of smaller towns and villages. It is also at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen and is one of the major constituent parts of the Oxford-Cambridge Arc. more...

National name: Cambridge
Country :
England
Region:
East of England
Admin:
County Cambridgeshire
Population : 2,912 /sq.km
Ethnicity: 89.4% White, 3.8% S.Asian, 1.3% Afro-Carib., 2.1% Chinese
MP: David Howarth, Andrew Lansley
Orientation :
Cambridge is located Northeast of London along the Cam River.

History of Cambridge

Settlements have existed around the area since before the Roman Empire. The earliest clear evidence of occupation, a collection of hunting weapons, is from the Late Bronze Age, starting around 1000 BC. There is further archaeological evidence through the Iron Age, a Belgic tribe having settled on Castle Hill in the 1st century BC. The first major development of the area began with the Roman invasion of Britain in about AD 40. Castle Hill made Cambridge a useful place for a military outpost from which to defend the River Cam. It was also the crossing point for the Via Devana which linked Colchester in Essex with the garrisons at Lincoln and the north. This Roman settlement may have been called Durolipons. more...

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Facts for Travellers

Visa: Passport valid for whole period of the visit to the UK required by all except...more
ONS code: 12UB
Admin. : HQ Cambridge
Time zone: GMT
Electricity: 240 volts AC, 50Hz; square three-pin plugs are standard
Country code: 44
Area Code: 1223

Government of Cambridge

Government of Cambridge

Geography and Climate of Cambridge

Cambridge is 52 deg 12 North and 0 deg 07 East. This means that it is nearly on the Greenwich meridian. England has a temperate maritime climate, because of its distance from the equator and its closeness to the Atlantic Ocean. We are lucky to have the Gulf Stream, a warm ocean current which starts from the Caribbean, and sweeps across the Atlantic and up the west coasts of Ireland and Scotland. It is interesting to compare Cambridge's climate to those of other places on the same latitude (or distance from the equator). The following data comes from www.worldclimate.com. They are coloured according to whether they are on the eastern or western seaboard, or mid-continent, or southern hemisphere. more...

Sports in Cambridge

Cambridge is home to Cambridge United F.C., who played in the Football League at the Abbey Stadium from 1970 to 2005, when they were relegated to Conference National. When relegation became inevitable the club was placed in administration with substantial debts, but it emerged from administration in time for the 2005/6 season. Non-league Cambridge City F.C. play at Milton Road in Chesterton. The town is also known for the University sporting events against Oxford, especially the rugby union varsity match and the Boat Race. These are followed by people across the globe, many of whom have no connection to the institutions themselves.

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