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site]()\n\nFounded 1960\n\nWhere West\n\nAccess Check before visiting\n\nType College\n\nThe college\n\n### A closer\n*look.*\n\nWest — Storey's Way\n\n**Founded 1960.** Founded in 1960 by royal charter as the national and Commonwealth memorial to Sir Winston Churchill, with a deliberate founding emphasis on science, engineering and technology.\n\nA set-piece of post-war modernism by Richard Sheppard of Sheppard Robson, built through the 1960s as brick-and-concrete courts spread across the largest grounds of any Cambridge college, dotted with modern sculpture including work by Barbara Hepworth.\n\nNearby on foot · West **Find Churchill College and the closest colleges.**\n\nExplore around Churchill College\n\n The map will load when you reach it.\n\n52.2126°N, 0.1036°W [Get directions]()\n\nOn the same walk\n\n### Closest to\n*this one.*\n\n[3 min walk **Fitzwilliam College** North]()[4 min walk **St Edmund's College** North]()[5 min walk **Murray Edwards College** North]()[6 min walk **Lucy Cavendish College** North]()\n\nOn a visit\n\n### Don’t *miss.*\n\n1. 01 The sculpture trail, including Barbara Hepworth's Four-Square (Walk Through)\n2. 02 Sheppard's brick-and-concrete courts\n3. 03 Churchill Archives Centre\n4. 04 The free-standing chapel at the edge of the grounds\n5. 05 The open playing fields along Storey's Way\n\nConnected to\n\n### Notable\n*names.*\n\n- Sir Winston Churchill, founder and namesake\n- Sir John Cockcroft, first Master and Nobel laureate\n- Antony Hewish, Fellow and Nobel laureate\n- George Steiner, founding Fellow\n- Papers of Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher, Churchill Archives Centre\n\nBefore you go\n\n#### Visiting Churchill College\n\nInformal visits are welcome on most days between 09:00 and 17:00, and the college asks visitors to telephone the Porters' Lodge before planning a trip; no admission charge is stated. It closes to visitors from Easter until mid-June during the examination season.\n\nOpening hours, admission and access change often — check the [official site]() before you travel.\n\nFounded\n\n1960\n\nArea\n\nWest — Storey's Way\n\nType\n\nCollege\n\nBefore you visit\n\n### Check hours, tickets and access.\n\nCheck opening hours, admission prices and access with the venue before setting off.\n\nUpdated\n\nDate unavailable\n\nBy\n\n[Above Guide Editorial Team]()\n\nUseful links\n\n- [Official site chu.cam.ac.uk ↗]()\n- [Reference identity en.wikipedia.org ↗]()\n\n[Report a correction]()\n\nKeep exploring\n\n### Where to\n*next.*\n\n[All colleges]()[Neighbourhoods]()[Things to Do]()" }