Tennis Court Road
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Tennis Court Road is a street in central Cambridge
, England
. It runs parallel with Trumpington Street
to the west and Regent Street
to the east. At the northern end is a junction with Pembroke Street
to the west and Downing Street
to the east. To the south as a T-junction with Lensfield Road
(the A603). Fitzwilliam Street leads off the road to the west towards the Fitzwilliam Museum
.
Pembroke College
is to the west at the northern end and Downing College
is to the east at the southern end of the road.
To the east at the northern end is the Downing Site
, a major site for departments of the University of Cambridge
. On the northeastern end of the road on this site is one of the University museums, the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
.
Also on the road are:
Leading off the road to the east is the cul-de-sac
Tennis Court Terrace. Peterhouse
owns terraced house
s in this street.
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 parallel with 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...
to the west and 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...
to the east. At the northern end is a junction with Pembroke Street
Pembroke Street, Cambridge
Pembroke Street is a street in central Cambridge, England. It runs between Downing Street and Tennis Court Road at the eastern end and a junction with Trumpington Street at the western end...
to the west and Downing Street
Downing Street, Cambridge
Downing Street is a street in central Cambridge, England. It runs between Pembroke Street and Tennis Court Road at the western end and a T-junction with St Andrew's Street at the eastern end. Corn Exchange Street and St Tibbs Row lead off to the north...
to the east. To the south as a T-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...
(the A603). Fitzwilliam Street leads off the road to the west towards the Fitzwilliam Museum
Fitzwilliam Museum
The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge, located on Trumpington Street opposite Fitzwilliam Street in central Cambridge, England. It receives around 300,000 visitors annually. Admission is free....
.
Pembroke College
Pembroke College, Cambridge
Pembroke College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college has over seven hundred students and fellows, and is the third oldest college of the university. Physically, it is one of the university's larger colleges, with buildings from almost every century since its...
is to the west at the northern end and Downing College
Downing College, Cambridge
Downing College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1800 and currently has around 650 students.- History :...
is to the east at the southern end of the road.
To the east at the northern end is the Downing Site
Downing Site
The Downing Site is a major site of the University of Cambridge, located in the centre of the city of Cambridge, England, on Downing Street and Tennis Court Road, adjacent to Downing College. The Downing Site is the larger and newer of two city-centre science sites of the university...
, a major site for departments of the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The 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...
. On the northeastern end of the road on this site is one of the University museums, the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge
The MAA : Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge houses the University's collections of local antiquities, together with archaeological and ethnographic artefacts from around the world...
.
Also on the road are:
- The Hopkins Building (University of Cambridge Department of BiochemistryBiochemistryBiochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
, built 1924) - The University of Cambridge Department of PathologyPathologyPathology is the precise study and diagnosis of disease. The word pathology is from Ancient Greek , pathos, "feeling, suffering"; and , -logia, "the study of". Pathologization, to pathologize, refers to the process of defining a condition or behavior as pathological, e.g. pathological gambling....
(built 1927) - The Judge Institute (built 1991–95)
- The Gurdon Institute (built 2004)
- The Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell ResearchWellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell ResearchThe Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research at the University of Cambridge is a research centre on the nature and potential medical uses of stem cells. It is located on Tennis Court Road in Central Cambridge....
Leading off the road to the east is the cul-de-sac
Cul-de-sac
A cul-de-sac is a word of French origin referring to a dead end, close, no through road or court meaning dead-end street with only one inlet/outlet...
Tennis Court Terrace. Peterhouse
Peterhouse, Cambridge
Peterhouse is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. It is the oldest college of the University, having been founded in 1284 by Hugo de Balsham, Bishop of Ely...
owns terraced house
Terraced house
In architecture and city planning, a terrace house, terrace, row house, linked house or townhouse is a style of medium-density housing that originated in Great Britain in the late 17th century, where a row of identical or mirror-image houses share side walls...
s in this street.