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  "editorialMarkdown": "Photo: [w:User:Dmn](<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cambridge%20Hughes.jpg>) · [CC BY-SA 3.0](<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>)\n\nCentral-S · Founded 1885\n\n## Hughes Hall\n\nCambridge's oldest graduate college, founded to train women teachers in 1885, with a strong sporting tradition owed to its position directly beside Fenner's cricket ground.\n\n[Official site](<https://www.hughes.cam.ac.uk/>)\n\nFounded  1885\n\nWhere  Central-S\n\nAccess  Check before visiting\n\nType  College\n\nThe college\n\n### A closer\n*look.*\n\nCentral-s — Wollaston Road\n\n**Founded 1885.** Founded in 1885 as the Cambridge Training College for Women Teachers, it was renamed in honour of its first Principal, Elizabeth Phillips Hughes, and gained full college status in 2006 as Cambridge's oldest graduate college.\n\nThe core is William Fawcett's purpose-built red-brick building of 1895, which overlooks Fenner's cricket ground and remains the main college building, now ringed by modern residential courts including Gresham Court.\n\nNearby on foot · Central-S **Find Hughes Hall and the closest colleges.**\n\nExplore around Hughes Hall\n\n The map will load when you reach it.\n\n52.2008°N, 0.1329°W [Get directions](<https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=52.20082,0.13287>)\n\nOn the same walk\n\n### Closest to\n*this one.*\n\n[8 min walk **Downing College** Central-S](<https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/downing>)[9 min walk **Emmanuel College** Central-S](<https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/emmanuel>)[11 min walk **Christ's College** Central](<https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/christs>)[12 min walk **Pembroke College** Central](<https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/pembroke>)\n\nOn a visit\n\n### Don’t *miss.*\n\n1. 01  The 1895 Fawcett building\n2. 02  Views over Fenner's cricket ground\n3. 03  The college gardens\n4. 04  The modern Gresham Court\n\nConnected to\n\n### Notable\n*names.*\n\n- Elizabeth Phillips Hughes (first Principal)\n- Jane Clarke FRS\n- Andrew Murrison MP\n- Olympic rower Tom Ransley\n- Rugby international Damian Hopley\n\nBefore you go\n\n#### Visiting Hughes Hall\n\nHughes Hall is a working graduate college rather than a tourist attraction; informal tours run on Mondays and Fridays at 11am for prospective applicants and their guests, booked by email, with arrivals reporting to the Porters' Lodge. General visitor access cannot be assumed, so check the official site before visiting.\n\nOpening hours, admission and access change often — check the [official site](<https://www.hughes.cam.ac.uk/>) before you travel.\n\nFounded\n\n1885\n\nArea\n\nCentral-s — Wollaston Road\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](<https://above.guide/cambridge/about#editorial-team>)\n\nUseful links\n\n- [Official site hughes.cam.ac.uk ↗](<https://www.hughes.cam.ac.uk/>)\n- [Reference identity en.wikipedia.org ↗](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_Hall,_Cambridge>)\n\n[Report a correction](<https://above.guide/cambridge/corrections>)\n\nKeep exploring\n\n### Where to\n*next.*\n\n[All colleges](<https://above.guide/cambridge/explore>)[Neighbourhoods](<https://above.guide/cambridge/neighbourhoods>)[Things to Do](<https://above.guide/cambridge/things-to-do>)"
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