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St John's College, Cambridge – The Round Church, Cambridge loop from Hardwick

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St John's College, Cambridge – The Round Church, Cambridge loop from Hardwick

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St John's College, Cambridge – The Round Church, Cambridge loop from Hardwick

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16.4km

70m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 19, 2026

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Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 7.73 km for 58 m

After 8.07 km for 103 m

After 11.0 km for 186 m

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3.13 km

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial

Highlight • Historical Site

The entry is free of charge. You can visit the cementry, as well the visitor centre with great interactive informations. Especially the visitor center is valuable.

In summary is the cementry a very thought-provoking place.

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7.76 km

Magdalene College, Cambridge

Highlight • Historical Site

The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary Magdalene. Magdalene counted some of the greatest men in the realm among its benefactors, including Britain's premier noble the Duke of Norfolk, the Duke of Buckingham and Lord Chief Justice Christopher Wray.[7] Thomas Audley, Lord Chancellor under Henry VIII, was responsible for the refoundation of the college and also established its motto—garde ta foy (Old French: "keep your faith"). Audley's successors in the Mastership and as benefactors of the College were, however, prone to dire ends; several benefactors were arraigned at various stages on charges of high treason and executed.[8]

The college's most famous alumnus is the 17th-century chronicler Samuel Pepys. His papers and books were donated to the college upon his death and are housed in the Pepys Library in the Pepys Building. A portrait of the diarist by Peter Lely hangs in the Hall.

Magdalene is noted for its 'traditional' style: it boasts a well-regarded candlelit formal hall (held every evening) and was the last all-male college in Oxford or Cambridge to admit women in 1988 (Oriel College was the last in Oxford, admitting women in 1986). This change resulted in protests by some male undergraduates, including the wearing of black armbands and flying the college flag at half-mast.[8]

Magdalene's old buildings are representative of the college's ramshackle growth from a monks' foundation into a centre of education. It is also distinctive in that most of the old buildings are in brick rather than stone (save for the frontage of the Pepys Building). Magdalene Street divides the most ancient courts from more recent developments. One of the accommodation blocks in the newer part of the college was built by Sir Edwin Lutyens in the early 1930s. Opened in 2005, Cripps Court, on Chesterton Road, features new undergraduate rooms and conference facilities.

(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalene_College,_Cambridge)

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St John's College, Cambridge

Highlight • Settlement

St John's College, Cambridge was founded by the Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort, established by a charter dated 9 April 1511. It is one of the larger colleges in terms of student numbers.

The college's alumni include seven prime ministers and 12 rchbishops of various countries. The Romantic poet William Wordsworth studied at St John's, as did William Wilberforce and Thomas Clarkson, the two abolitionists who led the movement that brought slavery to an end in the British Empire.

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