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and gardens on Lady Margaret Road, linked by modern additions, gives the college a domestic character quite unlike the grand courts of central Cambridge.\n\nNearby on foot · North **Find Lucy Cavendish College and the closest colleges.**\n\nExplore around Lucy Cavendish College\n\n The map will load when you reach it.\n\n52.2111°N, 0.1103°W [Get directions]()\n\nOn the same walk\n\n### Closest to\n*this one.*\n\n[2 min walk **Westminster College** West]()[3 min walk **St Edmund's College** North]()[3 min walk **Wesley House** Central-N]()[5 min walk **Murray Edwards College** North]()\n\nOn a visit\n\n### Don’t *miss.*\n\n1. 01 The cluster of Victorian villas\n2. 02 The informal college gardens\n3. 03 The pearly nautilus emblem honouring founding President Anna Bidder\n4. 04 The quiet setting off Lady Margaret Road\n\nConnected to\n\n### Notable\n*names.*\n\n- Anna Bidder (founding President)\n- Rosena Allin-Khan MP\n- Jackie Ashley\n- Honorary fellow Dame Judi Dench\n- Honorary fellow P. D. James\n- Honorary fellow Dame Stella Rimington\n\nBefore you go\n\n#### Visiting Lucy Cavendish College\n\nLucy Cavendish is a working college rather than a visitor attraction and publishes no general tourist opening hours, so access cannot be assumed; contact the college or check the official site before visiting.\n\nOpening hours, admission and access change often — check the [official site]() before you travel.\n\nFounded\n\n1965\n\nArea\n\nNorth — Lady Margaret 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]()\n\nUseful links\n\n- [Official site lucy.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]()" }