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  "editorialMarkdown": "Central · Founded 1441\n\n## King's College\n\nThe defining image of Cambridge: Henry VI's chapel with the world's largest fan vault, home of the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols broadcast worldwide each Christmas Eve.\n\n[Official site](<https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/>)\n\nFounded  1441\n\nWhere  Central\n\nAccess  Check before visiting\n\nType  College\n\nThe college\n\n### A closer\n*look.*\n\nCentral — King's Parade\n\n**Founded 1441.** Founded in 1441 by King Henry VI as the College of Our Lady and St Nicholas, twinned with his school at Eton, whose scholars alone it admitted for its first four centuries.\n\nThe Chapel, begun by Henry VI in 1446 and completed under Henry VIII, carries the world's largest fan vault, finished by John Wastell in 1515; beside it stand James Gibbs's classical Gibbs' Building of the 1720s and William Wilkins's 19th-century Gothic screen along King's Parade.\n\nNearby on foot · Central **Find King's College and the closest colleges.**\n\nExplore around King's College\n\n The map will load when you reach it.\n\n52.2042°N, 0.1167°W [Get directions](<https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=52.20417,0.11667>)\n\nOn the same walk\n\n### Closest to\n*this one.*\n\n[2 min walk **St Catharine's College** Central](<https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/st-catharines>)[2 min walk **Clare College** Central](<https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/clare>)[2 min walk **Corpus Christi College** Central](<https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/corpus-christi>)[2 min walk **Trinity Hall** Central](<https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/trinity-hall>)\n\nOn a visit\n\n### Don’t *miss.*\n\n1. 01  The fan-vaulted Chapel interior\n2. 02  Rubens's Adoration of the Magi\n3. 03  The medieval stained glass\n4. 04  The Gibbs' Building\n5. 05  The front lawn and the Backs\n6. 06  The Xu Zhimo memorial stone\n\nConnected to\n\n### Notable\n*names.*\n\n- John Maynard Keynes\n- Alan Turing\n- E. M. Forster\n- Rupert Brooke\n- Salman Rushdie\n- Zadie Smith\n\nBefore you go\n\n#### Visiting King's College\n\nKing's charges admission and sells tickets online, with discounted early-bird tickets for advance booking; the Chapel and grounds typically open from 9.30am, with last Chapel entry around 4pm and the grounds closing at 5.15pm. The college is occasionally closed for services and events, so check the opening calendar before visiting.\n\nOpening hours, admission and access change often — check the [official site](<https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/>) before you travel.\n\nFounded\n\n1441\n\nArea\n\nCentral — King's Parade\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 kings.cam.ac.uk ↗](<https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/>)\n- [Reference identity en.wikipedia.org ↗](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_College,_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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