GRANTCHESTER Visiting the village of Grantchester where to go and what to see
We visit Grantchester to take a look at one of the MOST picturesque villages in England, situated just outside of Cambridge.
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Places to see in ( Cambridge - UK ) Grantchester
Places to see in ( Cambridge - UK ) Grantchester
Grantchester is a village on the River Cam or Granta in South Cambridgeshire, England. Grantchester lies about two miles (3 km) south of Cambridge. The village of Grantchester is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as Grantesete and Grauntsethe.
Grantchester is said to have the world's highest concentration of Nobel Prize winners, most of these presumably being current or retired academics from the nearby University of Cambridge. Students and tourists often travel from Cambridge by punt to picnic in the meadows or take tea at The Orchard. In 1897, a group of Cambridge students persuaded the owner of Orchard House to serve them tea in its apple orchard, and this became a regular practice.
Lodgers at Orchard House included the Edwardian poet Rupert Brooke, who later moved next door to the Old Vicarage. In 1912, while in Berlin, he wrote a poem of homesickness entitled The Old Vicarage, Grantchester. The house is currently the home of the Cambridge scientist Mary Archer and her husband, Jeffrey Archer. Grantchester has been the home since 1969 of the sculptor Helaine Blumenfeld OBE.
Every year on Boxing Day (26 December), Grantchester holds an inter-village barrel race which is around 40 minutes long and ends with a hog roast at the Rupert Brooke pub. This tradition dates back to the 1960s.
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Cambridge UK, Parkers Piece to Grantchester
Cambridge UK, July 2010
Walk from Parker's Piece via Newnham to Grantchester
Cambridgeshire Country Walk - Cambridge to Grantchester via the River Cam return
Our video is a guided walk in Cambridgeshire from Cambridge to Grantchester return following the River Cam. This is a relaxing and pleasant walk and we observe many people punting and boating on the River Cam as we follow the rivers footpath on a warm and sunny day in October.
Sights and Sounds of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Enjoy the sights and sounds of Cambridge, United Kingdom. There's no need to put some cheesy soundtrack over the video when you can hear the chitter chatter of tourists and locals, the chiming of church bells, and the sounds of nature.
Lavenham & GrantChester, England
The crooked Houses of Lavenham, England (2 Hours North of London).
Plus the Thatched Roofed Houses of Grantchester, England
( --just outside Cambridge).
Cambridge Then & Now
A collection of old photographs of Cambridge and how the locations look now.
Time Out Country Walks, Book 1, Walk 26, Great Shelford to Cambridge. 26/5/12.
This book 1 walk of around 12.7 miles (though I suspect a bit more when the Cambridge 'tour' is added) is unusual in the sense that it requires 'permission' to do; well, at least the more scenic version does. So, as permission was granted today, and the weather fantastic, I took the opportunity to do the walk.
The walk is possible without 'permission', but this entails a fair bit of road walking early on, and there's enough of that later in the walk anyway, so it's a much better walk if the permission is sought. Soon after leaving Shelford station, the walker passes the village church and is then crossing the private university fields and alongside The River Cam.
This leads out to Hauxton Church, with a further bit of road walking prior to crossing fields into Haslingfield for lunch.
Thereafter, the walk follows a quiet 'B' road before passing 'The Travelling Telescope' and crossing more fields into Grantchester. Here, the walk becomes busier, and more touristy as it passes through the orchard of a very famous tea stop and then follows the banks of The Cam into the city. Then, particularly on a sunny day like today, there's more throngs in the city itself prior to returning to the station for the journey home.
The best part of this walk, in my opinion, is the morning section as urban walking and crowds are not my cup-of-tea. Otherwise, if done on a week day, out of term, the section from Grantchester could also be nice. Either ways, getting the permission to cross the private track is definitely worthwhile!
Grantchester, England
July 29, 2010
[Car Cam] Grantchester to Cambridge (Part 2)
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The Questioning City (1963)
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WS student silhouetted against Kings and Clare. Title BG Roof tops of Cambridge,High St. Trinity Court, River and countryside. LS man fishing, Shepreth Village. Man on horse past Cottage and trees. Horseman passes village church and cottages. Village scenes of cottages, ponds and windmill, and policeman on bike. Sign Dog and Duck Inn, Linton. Duck and chicks. Kids fishing in mill pond, Shepreth. Old windmill and Fen's countryside, Wicken.
LS St. Johns and Trinity Bridge. Students in courtyard Emmanuel College. Over shoulder of student with others punting in river below. Students studying on river bank with punting in BG. Student looking at Liquid Air Research experiment in Cavendish Lab. WS Lab with students working. CU writing formula. Scientists working on X-Ray Microscope, CU screen. Two men by row of radar receivers in open field. Man walking on the radio telescope. Researcher and scientist working on electronic equipment. CU TV screen with moving dots. Pan from model of an atom to large Electron Microscope. Scientist looks into microscope, CU of the magnification. Other researchers are working on television equipment. Engineers study plans and hold electronic equipment. WS of electronic lab and CU of the head engineer.
Dean and student walk towards Peterhouse College and through the courtyard. Students on bikes cycle onto the road and through Cambridge streets. Montage of cycling activity with students in gowns. Cyclist arrives at Trinity and runs down the Hall followed by a Porter. Montage of Trinity as the porter walks through the buildings. WS Kings Chapel, Choristers raise their hats as they pass a tutor. As they enter the Chapel pan to carvings above the door. Other shots of the architecture and statues. WS River as students punt past the chapel. Punting towards Clare Bridge. More punting and poling, passing under the Bridge of Sighs. WS of the bridge and St. Johns. Playing tennis with Colleges in BG. More punting past Magdalene College.
Students play croquet in Magdalene Gardens. LS Peptise Building, Student walking across court drops his books. Actors (students?) rehearse Much Ado About Nothing in Cloister Court in front of President's Lodge, CA's actors and director. Queens, First Court, coat of arms, sundial, LS Elizabethan house, Queens bridge, Erasmus staircase with student and tutor talking. Sync scene of students rehearsing, sound cut to students discussing Physics. More studying and punting swans and river. LS kings. Students pass through entrance of Christ College. Street activity, Students and Senate House. Students play cricket in front of the college. Attractive female student leaves through a book in St. Edward's Passage. Two runners jog by the river. Students drinking in the Granta Pub next to the Mill pond, and sitting on wall over the river. Mixed students at sherry party in college grounds.
Punting past Garden House Hotel. Gentile tea drinking with Mummy in the garden. CU cheering and boat race, the May Races. CU rowing and cheering, WS as boats pass spectators on the river bank. The May Ball at night, with students in tuxedoes dancing to calypso music on the lawns. Romance is in the air. WS as they dance in front of a large open fire. Dawn and punting along the river, students still in their evening attire. Romantic mist on the water shots. Breakfast in The Orchard at Grantchester. Students in evening dress wander past Grantchester Church and through the village. Emmanuel Degree day, and students in robes pass through the college. They pass archways and Christ's courtyard in a long line. The Vice Chancellor mounts the steps of Senate House. In two columns the students of Peterhouse walk through the arches, out the main gate, and down the street. Now four abreast they walk from St. Johns into the entrance of Senate House. Top shot of students in the courtyard. MS and CU shots of the students, their parents and Tutors, in the courtyard.
Repeat of opening shot, silhouette of student in front of Kings and Clare.
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72 Hours in Cambridge
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Cambridge to Grantchester bike ride
The route went through the historic city centre before ending in the picturesque village of Grantchester.
From Barton Road along Grantchester Road
A narrow slow road west of Cambridge. Route in Cambridge Video Clip Cycling Guide, as described at
This road is one of the better ones to the west of Cambridge. People tend to drive a little slower, probably as it's not straight and quite narrow.
At the start in town, the parked cars make it quite narrow. Remember to ride outside of the door zone and be aware of people driving from behind that might try to make a bad pass as a result, despite the lack of room for such a move. I find a space to pull in, although the driver still fails to pull out where there's space, despite me trying to be nice to them.
The high hedges along the route mean you'll need to use ears as well to anticipate motor traffic. It's quite a fast surface and dips just before the village.
In Grantchester, cars parked along the opposite side of the road narrow the space considerably. Be aware of cars trying to pass in far too short a space between these cars, as happened here. I try to help the driver through after they almost ran into a parked car.
Starts on Barton Road
Grantchester Road, Newnham; at 00:03;
Broadway, Grantchester; at 01:00;
Exploring the City of Cambridge.
Some of the highlights of the University City of Cambridge, in England, filmed in UHD (4k) with a Panasonic VXF990.
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Quality of Life In Cambridge, United Kingdom , rank 36th in the world in 2019
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A bus trip into Cambridge City 17/10/17
A entertaining ride into Cambridge via Stagecoach and Park and Ride, on a Tuesday afternoon. We went to collect my dads car so we had to take a bus.
Cambridge info:
Cambridge (/ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ/ KAYM-brij) is a university city and the county town of Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Cam approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of London. At the United Kingdom Census 2011, its population was 123,867, including 24,488 students.
There is archaeological evidence of settlement in the area in the Bronze Age and in Roman Britain; under Viking rule, Cambridge became an important trading centre. The first town charters were granted in the 12th century, although city status was not conferred until 1951.
The University of Cambridge, founded in 1209, is one of the top five universities in the world. The university includes the Cavendish Laboratory, King's College Chapel, and the Cambridge University Library. The city's skyline is dominated by the last two buildings, along with the spire of the Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church, the chimney of Addenbrooke's Hospital and St John's College Chapel tower. Anglia Ruskin University, evolved from the Cambridge School of Art and the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology, also has its main campus in the city.
Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology Silicon Fen with industries such as software and bioscience and many start-up companies born out of the university. More than 40% of the workforce has a higher education qualification, more than twice the national average. The Cambridge Biomedical Campus, one of the largest biomedical research clusters in the world, is soon to be home to AstraZeneca, a hotel and the relocated Papworth Hospital.
Parker's Piece hosted the first ever game of Association football. The Strawberry Fair music and arts festival and Midsummer Fairs are held on Midsummer Common, and the annual Cambridge Beer Festival takes place on Jesus Green. The city is adjacent to the M11 and A14 roads, and Cambridge station is less than an hour from London King's Cross railway station.
Geography:
Cambridge is situated about 50 miles (80 km) north-by-east of London. The city is located in an area of level and relatively low-lying terrain just south of the Fens, which varies between 6 and 24 metres (20 and 79 ft) above sea level. The town was thus historically surrounded by low lying wetlands that have been drained as the town has expanded.
The underlying geology of Cambridge consists of gault clay and Chalk Marl, known locally as Cambridge Greensand, partly overlaid by terrace gravel. A layer of phosphatic nodules (coprolites) under the marl were mined in the 19th century for fertiliser. It became a major industry in the county, and its profits yielded buildings such as the Corn Exchange, Fulbourn Hospital and St. John's Chapel until the Quarries Act 1894 and competition from America ended production.
The River Cam flows through the city from the village of Grantchester, to the southwest. It is bordered by water meadows within the city such as Sheep's Green as well as residential development. Like most cities, modern-day Cambridge has many suburbs and areas of high-density housing. The city centre of Cambridge is mostly commercial, historic buildings, and large green areas such as Jesus Green, Parker's Piece and Midsummer Common. Many of the roads in the centre are pedestrianised. Population growth has seen new housing developments in the 21st century, with estates such as the CB1 and Accordia schemes near the station, and developments such as Great Kneighton, formally known as Clay Farm, and Trumpington Meadows currently under construction in the south of the city. Other major developments currently being constructed in the city are Darwin Green (formerly NIAB), and University-led developments at West Cambridge and North West Cambridge, (Eddington).
The entire city centre, as well as parts of Chesterton, Petersfield, West Cambridge, Newnham, and Abbey, are covered by an Air Quality Management Area, implemented to counter high levels of nitrogen dioxide in the atmosphere.
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Cambridge UK Travel
This is a Cambridge slideshow of attractions and things to see. Cambridge is a university city in United Kingdom. The Gothic architecture, students and summer punting on the River Cam. Cambridge is surrounded villages, towns and ancient monuments including Ely, Peterborough and Grantchester. The narrow streets, colleges and punting are things most will have seen and here to enjoy.
Ten Ghosts of England - Cambridgeshire
Episode 4 of Ten Ghosts of England, today we look at the County of Cambridgeshire.
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