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[Binksternet]() · [CC BY-SA 3.0]()\n\nCentral-N · Founded 1596\n\n## Sidney Sussex College\n\nAn Elizabethan college on the site of a Franciscan friary, best known as Oliver Cromwell's college — his head was secretly buried in the antechapel in 1960.\n\n[Official site]()\n\nFounded 1596\n\nWhere Central-N\n\nAccess Check before visiting\n\nType College\n\nThe college\n\n### A closer\n*look.*\n\nCentral-n — Sidney Street\n\n**Founded 1596.** Founded in 1596 under the will of Lady Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex, on the site of the Greyfriars, the Franciscan friary dissolved at the Reformation.\n\nElizabethan courts remodelled in the 1820s by Sir Jeffry Wyatville, who gave Hall Court and Chapel Court their battlemented, rendered mock-Tudor appearance; the chapel was rebuilt in the early twentieth century.\n\nNearby on foot · Central-N **Find Sidney Sussex College and the closest colleges.**\n\nExplore around Sidney Sussex College\n\n The map will load when you reach it.\n\n52.2072°N, 0.1203°W [Get directions]()\n\nOn the same walk\n\n### Closest to\n*this one.*\n\n[2 min walk **Westcott House** Central-N]()[3 min walk **Trinity College** Central]()[3 min walk **Gonville & Caius College** Central]()[3 min walk **Christ's College** Central]()\n\nOn a visit\n\n### Don’t *miss.*\n\n1. 01 The battlemented Sidney Street frontage\n2. 02 Hall Court and Chapel Court\n3. 03 The antechapel plaque marking Cromwell's burial\n4. 04 The gardens on the old friary site\n5. 05 The Wyatville gatehouse\n\nConnected to\n\n### Notable\n*names.*\n\n- Oliver Cromwell, whose head is buried in the antechapel\n- C. T. R. Wilson, Nobel laureate in Physics\n- Thomas Fuller\n- David Owen\n- Carol Vorderman\n\nBefore you go\n\n#### Visiting Sidney Sussex College\n\nThe grounds are open to the public free of charge for much of the year; visitors should report to the Porters' Lodge on Sidney Street. The college is closed during the examination period from April to June inclusive and on occasional event days, so check with the Porters' Lodge before visiting.\n\nOpening hours, admission and access change often — check the [official site]() before you travel.\n\nFounded\n\n1596\n\nArea\n\nCentral-n — Sidney Street\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 sid.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]()" }