Huntingdon Road

The chapel of the Ascension Parish Burial Ground, off Huntingdon Road.

Huntingdon Road is a major arterial road linking central Cambridge, England with Junction 14 of the M11 motorway and the A14 northwest from the city centre.[1][2] The road, designated the A1307, follows the route of the Roman Via Devana, and is named after the town of Huntingdon, northwest of Cambridge.

At the southeastern end, the road links with Histon Road (B1049), Victoria Road (A1134) and Mount Pleasant.[3] It continues as Castle Street, then Magdalene Street over the River Cam and Bridge Street, into the centre of the city.

The University of Cambridge colleges Fitzwilliam College (front entrance on Storey's Way, south off Huntingdon Road), Girton College, Murray Edwards College (formerly New Hall), and St Edmund’s College (front entrance on Mount Pleasant), are located off the road. Girton College is some distance from central Cambridge as a former women's college, just south of the village of Girton.

Also on the road are:

Huntingdon Road features prominently in the 1990 short story "The Fenstanton Witch" by M. R. James.[5][6]

  • Main hall of Fitzwilliam College at the southeast end of Huntingdon Road.
    Main hall of Fitzwilliam College at the southeast end of Huntingdon Road.
  • Fitzwilliam College sign on Huntingdon Road (removed to make way for building works, May 2008).
    Fitzwilliam College sign on Huntingdon Road (removed to make way for building works, May 2008).
  • Kaetsu Centre of Murray Edwards College, on the Huntingdon Road, also at the southeast end.
    Kaetsu Centre of Murray Edwards College, on the Huntingdon Road, also at the southeast end.

See also

  • Huntingdon, a market town in Cambridgeshire, northwest of Cambridge
  • Howes, a former hamlet on Huntingdon Road
  • Emma Darwin (1808–1896), widow of Charles Darwin, wintered at 'The Grove' on Huntingdon Road from 1882
  • Francis Darwin (1848–1925), lived at 'Wychfield' on Huntingdon Road
  • Horace Darwin (1851–1928), lived at 'The Orchard' on Huntingdon Road

References

  1. ^ Huntingdon Road, Cambridge.
  2. ^ Huntingdon Road approach to Cambridge, Geograph.
  3. ^ Cambridge 1950: Histon Road — Huntingdon Road — Victoria Road junction, Cambridge 1950.
  4. ^ The Kapitza House
  5. ^ Joshi, S. T. (2005). "Explanatory Notes". The Haunted Dolls' House and Other Ghost Stories: The Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James. By James, M. R. Vol. 2. Penguin Books. p. 294-298. ISBN 9780143039921.
  6. ^ Pardoe, Rosemary (September 2002). ""The Fenstanton Witch" Story Notes". Ghosts & Scholars (2). Archived from the original on 15 December 2004. Retrieved 18 April 2025.

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