Hills Road, Cambridge
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This article is about the street. For the Sixth Form College commonly known as "Hills Road", see Hills Road Sixth Form College
Hills Road is an arterial road (part of the A1307) in southeast Cambridge
, England
. It runs between Regent Street
at the junction with Lensfield Road
and Gonville Place
(the A603) to the northwest and a roundabout
by Addenbrooke's Hospital
, continuing as Babraham Road (also part of the A1307) to the southeast.
On the corner with Lensfield Road is Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church
. To the west of the road is the Cambridge University Botanic Garden
. At this point, Station Road
leads to Cambridge railway station
to the east. Near the southeast end to the west, just north of the junction with Long Road, is The Perse School
, an independent school. The large new Addenbrooke's Hospital
campus is to the southwest of the roundabout at the southeastern end, at the edge of the city. The original hospital was located on the Old Addenbrooke's Site
on Trumpington Street
in central Cambridge.
Also on Hills Road are:
Hills Road Sixth Form College
Hills Road Sixth Form College is a state funded co-educational sixth form college in Cambridge, England, providing full-time AS and A-level courses for approximately 1,800 sixth form students from the surrounding area and a wide variety of courses to around 4,000 part-time students of all ages in...
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It runs between Regent Street
Regent Street, Cambridge
Regent Street is an arterial street in southeast central Cambridge, England. It runs between St Andrew's Street, at the junction with Park Terrace, to the northwest and Hills Road at the junction with the A603 to the southeast. Regent Terrace runs in parallel immediately to the northeast...
at the junction with Lensfield Road
Lensfield Road
Lensfield Road is a road in southeast central Cambridge, England. It runs between the junction of Trumpington Street and Trumpington Road to the west and the junction of Regent Street and Hills Road to the west...
and Gonville Place
Gonville Place
Gonville Place is a road in southeast central Cambridge, England. It forms part of the city's inner ring road. At the southwest end is the junction of Regent Street and Hills Road, where the road continues as Lensfield Road...
(the A603) to the northwest and a roundabout
Roundabout
A roundabout is the name for a road junction in which traffic moves in one direction around a central island. The word dates from the early 20th century. Roundabouts are common in many countries around the world...
by Addenbrooke's Hospital
Addenbrooke's Hospital
Addenbrooke's Hospital is an internationally renowned teaching hospital in Cambridge, England, with strong links to the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1766 on Trumpington Street with £4,500 from the will of Dr John Addenbrooke, a fellow of St Catharine's College...
, continuing as Babraham Road (also part of the A1307) to the southeast.
On the corner with Lensfield Road is Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church
Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church
Our Lady and the English Martyrs is a Catholic parish church located at the junction of Hills Road and Lensfield Road in south east Cambridge, England...
. To the west of the road is the Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Cambridge University Botanic Garden
The Cambridge University Botanic Garden is a botanical garden located in Cambridge, England. It lies between Trumpington Road to the west and Hills Road to the east, close to Cambridge railway station. The garden covers an area of 16 hectares...
. At this point, Station Road
Station Road, Cambridge
Station Road is a road in southeast Cambridge, England. It leads west from a junction with traffic lights on Hills Road to the Cambridge railway station. At the western end of Station Road on the opposite side of Hills Road is the Cambridge University Botanic Garden.- Buildings :The station and a...
leads to Cambridge railway station
Cambridge railway station
Cambridge railway station is a railway station serving the city of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located at the end of Station Road, off Hills Road, 1 mile south-east of the city centre...
to the east. Near the southeast end to the west, just north of the junction with Long Road, is The Perse School
The Perse School
The Perse Upper School is an independent secondary co-educational day school in Cambridge, England. The school was founded in 1615 by Dr Stephen Perse, a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and has existed on several different sites in the city before its present home on Hills...
, an independent school. The large new Addenbrooke's Hospital
Addenbrooke's Hospital
Addenbrooke's Hospital is an internationally renowned teaching hospital in Cambridge, England, with strong links to the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1766 on Trumpington Street with £4,500 from the will of Dr John Addenbrooke, a fellow of St Catharine's College...
campus is to the southwest of the roundabout at the southeastern end, at the edge of the city. The original hospital was located on the Old Addenbrooke's Site
Old Addenbrooke's Site
The Old Addenbrooke's Site is a site owned by the University of Cambridge in the south of central Cambridge, England. It is located on the block formed by Fitzwilliam Street to the north, Tennis Court Road to the east, Lensfield Road to the south, and Trumpington Street to the west.Addenbrooke's...
on Trumpington Street
Trumpington Street
Trumpington Street is a major historic street in central Cambridge, England. At the north end it continues as King's Parade where King's College is located...
in central Cambridge.
Also on Hills Road are:
- Cambridge Bio-Medical CampusCambridge Bio-Medical CampusCambridge Bio-Medical Campus, located at the southwest end of Hills Road on the southern edge of Cambridge, England, is one of the largest centres of health science and medical research in Europe...
- Hills Road Sixth Form CollegeHills Road Sixth Form CollegeHills Road Sixth Form College is a state funded co-educational sixth form college in Cambridge, England, providing full-time AS and A-level courses for approximately 1,800 sixth form students from the surrounding area and a wide variety of courses to around 4,000 part-time students of all ages in...
- Homerton CollegeHomerton College, CambridgeHomerton College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England.With around 1,200 students, Homerton has more students than any other Cambridge college, although less than half of these live in the college. The college has a long and complex history dating back to the...
, one of the University of CambridgeUniversity of CambridgeThe University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
colleges - MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge
- St John the Evangelist churchSt John the Evangelist church, CambridgeSt John the Evangelist's Church is a Church of England church in Cambridge, located on the junction of Hills Road and Blinco Grove. It is a parish-focused church, with a style of worship that is open to people from a wide variety of traditions....
- Wolfson Brain Imaging CentreWolfson Brain Imaging CentreThe Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre is a leading UK Biomedical Imaging Centre, located at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, England, on the Cambridge Bio-Medical Campus at the southwestern end of Hills Road. It is a division of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences of the University of...