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  "editorialMarkdown": "Central · Founded 1511\n\n## St John's College\n\nA college that spans the Cam, whose Bridge of Sighs and New Court form one of the most photographed views in Cambridge.\n\n[Official site](<https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/>)\n\nFounded  1511\n\nWhere  Central\n\nAccess  Check before visiting\n\nType  College\n\nThe college\n\n### A closer\n*look.*\n\nCentral — St John's Street\n\n**Founded 1511.** Founded in 1511 by the executors of Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII, on the site of the thirteenth-century Hospital of St John the Evangelist.\n\nTudor brick courts run back from the Great Gate to the river, where Henry Hutchinson's Bridge of Sighs of 1831 crosses to the neo-Gothic New Court, nicknamed the wedding cake; the chapel and its landmark tower are by Sir George Gilbert Scott.\n\nNearby on foot · Central **Find St John's College and the closest colleges.**\n\nExplore around St John's College\n\n The map will load when you reach it.\n\n52.2081°N, 0.1167°W [Get directions](<https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=52.20806,0.11667>)\n\nOn the same walk\n\n### Closest to\n*this one.*\n\n[2 min walk **Trinity College** Central](<https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/trinity>)[3 min walk **Gonville & Caius College** Central](<https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/gonville-and-caius>)[3 min walk **Magdalene College** Central-N](<https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/magdalene>)[3 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 Bridge of Sighs\n2. 02  New Court and its wedding-cake lantern\n3. 03  The Tudor Great Gate on St John's Street\n4. 04  Second Court's Elizabethan brickwork\n5. 05  The chapel tower by George Gilbert Scott\n6. 06  The view from the Kitchen Bridge\n\nConnected to\n\n### Notable\n*names.*\n\n- William Wordsworth\n- William Wilberforce\n- Paul Dirac\n- Fred Hoyle\n- Douglas Adams\n- Manmohan Singh\n\nBefore you go\n\n#### Visiting St John's College\n\nThe grounds are open to visitors between 9.30am and 4.30pm, and the college charges admission during the summer visitor season, with free entry for Cambridge residents, University card holders, alumni and those attending chapel services. The grounds can close at short notice for events, so check the college website before visiting.\n\nOpening hours, admission and access change often — check the [official site](<https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/>) before you travel.\n\nFounded\n\n1511\n\nArea\n\nCentral — St John's 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](<https://above.guide/cambridge/about#editorial-team>)\n\nUseful links\n\n- [Official site joh.cam.ac.uk ↗](<https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/>)\n- [Reference identity en.wikipedia.org ↗](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John%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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