Castle Street, Cambridge

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The Cambridge & County Folk Museum, on the corner of Castle Street and Northampton Street.

Castle Street is a street in the north of central Cambridge, England.[1][2] To the southeast is a junction with Northampton Street, Magdalene Street, and Chesterton Lane (leading to Chesterton Road). To the northwest is a junction with Mount Pleasant, Huntingdon Road (leading northwest out of Cambridge), Histon Road (leading north out of Cambridge), and Victoria Road.[3]

To the northeast is Castle Hill, the location of Cambridge Castle, and the Cambridgeshire Shire Hall. To the southwest is St Peter's Church and Honey Hill. On the corner of Castle Street and Northampton Street is the Cambridge & County Folk Museum. Also here is Kettle's Yard, a former home and now an art gallery.[4]

Castle Street Methodist Church is in the street.[5] The Castle Inn public house is also located here.[2]

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ Castle Street, Cambridge Online.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Locale Castle Street, The Open Guide to Cambridge.
  3. ↑ Cambridge 1950: Histon Road — Huntingdon Road — Victoria Road junction, Cambridge 1950.
  4. ↑ Kettle's Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge, doNOWdo.
  5. ↑ Castle Street Methodist Church.

Coordinates: 52°12′39″N 0°06′50″E / 52.21092°N 0.114°E / 52.21092; 0.114

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