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Cambridge (/ ˈ k eɪ m b r ɪ dʒ / ⓘ KAYM-brij) [5] is a city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England.It is the county town of Cambridgeshire and is located on the River Cam, 55 miles (89 km) north of London.
The West Cambridge site is undergoing a major expansion and will host new buildings and fields for university sports. [64] Since 1990, Cambridge Judge Business School, on Trumpington Street, provides management education courses and is consistently ranked among the top 20 business schools in the world by Financial Times. [65]
Cambridge City Council is the local authority for Cambridge, a non-metropolitan district with city status in Cambridgeshire, England. The council has been under Labour majority control since 2014. It meets at Cambridge Guildhall. The council is a member of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority.
Cambridge is home to the Kettle's Yard gallery and the artist-run Aid and Abet project space. Nine miles west of Cambridge next to the village of Bourn is Wysing Arts Centre. [36] Wisbech has been home to the Wisbech Gallery, South Brink since 2023. Cambridge Open Studios is the region's large arts organisation with over 500 members.
Cambridge & County Folk Museum first opened in 1936, following a 1933 exhibition organised by the Cambridgeshire Federation of Women's Institutes, entitled 'A Festival of Olden Times, held in Cambridge's Guildhall. [6] Queen Mary visited the museum in 1938 and donated two exhibits, a miniature table and a tea caddy, the following year. [7]
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In 1920 she established, and until 1957 ran, the 14th Cambridge Land Ranger company. [13] Between 1942 and 1953 she was the first camp advisor for Cambridge county Guides. [14] [15] In 1943 she founded Cambridge City Trefoil Guild. [16] Jarman was awarded the Beaver Award, one of Guiding's highest awards, in 1957 [17] and the Medal of Merit. [18]
The Cavendish Laboratory is the Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge, and is part of the School of Physical Sciences.The laboratory was opened in 1874 on the New Museums Site as a laboratory for experimental physics and is named after the British chemist and physicist Henry Cavendish.