Madingley Road is a major

arterial road An arterial road or arterial thoroughfare is a high-capacity urban road that sits below highway A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It includes not just major roads, but also other public roads and rights o ...

linking central

Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a List of cities in the United Kingdom, 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, north of London. As of the 2021 Unit ...

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

with Junction 13 of the M11 motorway. It passes by West Cambridge, a major new site where some

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...

departments are being relocated. The road is designated the A1303. At the eastern end, the A1303 continues as Northampton Street, then Chesterton Lane and Chesterton Road. There is a junction with the A1134 ( Queen's Road) to the south. At the Cambridge (east) end of the road, there are a number of large detached residences. Side streets include Grange Road and Wilberforce Road. The village of Coton is south of the western end of Madingley Road.

Buildings

The following are located on or close to Madingley Road: * AVEVA Group plc *

British Antarctic Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of list of global issues, global issues, and to provide an active prese ...

* Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial * Cambridge Observatory * Cavendish Laboratory * Churchill College, on Storey's Way * Computer Laboratory * Lucy Cavendish College * Marshall House (formerly Balliol Croft) * Microsoft Research Cambridge * Royal Greenwich Observatory * Schlumberger Cambridge Research Centre * School of Veterinary Science * Cambridge University Athletics Track * Whittle Laboratory Image:BAS hq1.jpg,

headquarters on the south side of Madingley Road. Image:Cambridge Observartory Portico.jpg, Main entrance to the Cambridge Observatory building, to the north of Madingley Road. Image:University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory.jpg, The University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory in West Cambridge, south of the Madingley Road. Image:Lucy cavendish college library with marshall house in the background.JPG, Lucy Cavendish College library and Marshall House off Madingley Road. Image:Schlumberger Cambridge Research Centre 02.jpg, Schlumberger Cambridge Research Centre, High Cross, Madingley Road.

Notable residents

The following have lived on or close to Madingley Road: * Authors

Kingsley Amis Sir Kingsley William Amis (16 April 1922 – 22 October 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. He wrote more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry, a memoir, short stories, radio and television scripts, and works of social crit ...

and his son Martin Amis as a child * Author and priest A. C. Bouquet * Inventor Clive Sinclair

Botanical

One of the last known stands in England of rare semi-mature Plot elms, the Madingley Road elms descended from those described by botanists Elwes and Henry in 1913 and studied by R. H. Richens in 1960, was destroyed by Cambridge City Council for road-widening, between about 2007 and 2014.Plot Elms on Madingley Road, Cambridge, 2006, sabre-roads.org.u

and 2013, geograph.org.u

/ref>

References

{{coord, 52.2119, N, 0.0972, E, display=title, region:GB_type:landmark Streets in Cambridge Transport in Cambridge Roads in Cambridgeshire Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge Churchill College, Cambridge

Buildings

Notable residents

Botanical

See also

References