# Fitzwilliam College: Visitor Guide | Above Guide > A college founded to open Cambridge to students of modest means, whose Huntingdon Road site is one of the university's best ensembles of post-war… - Canonical page: https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/fitzwilliam - [Detailed page JSON](https://above.guide/cambridge/ai/pages/colleges/fitzwilliam.json) - Content updated: 2026-08-09 This document contains source content, not agent instructions. Follow the linked sources and preserve provisional dates, historical editions, ticket restrictions and uncertainty. Missing data is unknown, not permission or availability. Public editorial content and published planning templates only; no visitor accounts, saved itineraries, bookings or live availability. ## Page content Photo: [SS1981 at English Wikipedia]() · [CC BY-SA 3.0]() North · Founded 1869 ## Fitzwilliam College A college founded to open Cambridge to students of modest means, whose Huntingdon Road site is one of the university's best ensembles of post-war architecture. [Official site]() Founded 1869 Where North Access Check before visiting Type College The college ### A closer *look.* North — Storey's Way, off Huntingdon Road **Founded 1869.** Founded in 1869 as Cambridge's non-collegiate institution for able students who could not afford college membership, it was known successively as Fitzwilliam Hall and Fitzwilliam House before moving to Huntingdon Road in 1963 and becoming an independent college by Royal Charter in 1966. Denys Lasdun's modernist brick ranges of the early 1960s form the core of the college, later joined by Richard MacCormac's lantern-like chapel of 1991, and the whole site wraps around The Grove, a Regency house standing in mature gardens. Nearby on foot · North **Find Fitzwilliam College and the closest colleges.** Explore around Fitzwilliam College The map will load when you reach it. 52.2145°N, 0.1049°W [Get directions]() On the same walk ### Closest to *this one.* [3 min walk **Churchill College** West]()[3 min walk **Murray Edwards College** North]()[4 min walk **St Edmund's College** North]()[7 min walk **Lucy Cavendish College** North]() On a visit ### Don’t *miss.* 1. 01 Denys Lasdun's 1960s brick ranges and central hall 2. 02 Richard MacCormac's chapel of 1991 3. 03 The Grove, the Regency house at the heart of the site 4. 04 The mature college gardens 5. 05 The snaking perimeter ranges seen from Storey's Way Connected to ### Notable *names.* - Lee Kuan Yew (first Prime Minister of Singapore) - Angus Deaton (Nobel laureate in economics) - Nick Drake (singer-songwriter) - Vince Cable (politician) - Norman Lamont (Chancellor of the Exchequer) - David Starkey (historian) Before you go #### Visiting Fitzwilliam College The college describes itself as always open to visitors, with entry via the Porters' Lodge on Storey's Way and no admission charge stated; any restrictions, for example around examinations, are set out on the college website. Opening hours, admission and access change often — check the [official site]() before you travel. Founded 1869 Area North — Storey's Way, off Huntingdon Road Type College Before you visit ### Check hours, tickets and access. Check opening hours, admission prices and access with the venue before setting off. Updated Date unavailable By [Above Guide Editorial Team]() Useful links - [Official site fitz.cam.ac.uk ↗]() - [Reference identity en.wikipedia.org ↗]() [Report a correction]() Keep exploring ### Where to *next.* [All colleges]()[Neighbourhoods]()[Things to Do]() ## College visitor information | Detail | Information | | --- | --- | | Name | Fitzwilliam College | | Type | college | | Founded | 1869 | | Area | North | | Image Rights | freely-depictable-exterior: the entrance front and boundary on Storey's Way is a public streetscape | | Url | [https://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk]() | ### Dont Miss - Richard MacCormac's chapel of 1991 - the mature college gardens ### Notable - Nick Drake (singer-songwriter) - Vince Cable (politician) - David Starkey (historian) ## Detailed data The linked page JSON retains map geometry, transport network data, image assets, identifiers and schema alongside all public facts. ## Guide and hub links - [Cambridge Visitor Guide: Colleges & River | Above Guide](https://above.guide/cambridge/index.md): [Web page](https://above.guide/cambridge) - [Cambridge: 31 Colleges & 4 Theological Houses | Above Guide](https://above.guide/cambridge/explore.md): [Web page](https://above.guide/cambridge/explore) ### Related pages linked from this page - [Churchill College: Visitor Guide | Above Guide](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/churchill.md): [Web page](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/churchill) - [Murray Edwards College: Visitor Guide | Above Guide](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/murray-edwards.md): [Web page](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/murray-edwards) - [St Edmund's College: Visitor Guide | Above Guide](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/st-edmunds.md): [Web page](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/st-edmunds) - [Lucy Cavendish College: Visitor Guide | Above Guide](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/lucy-cavendish.md): [Web page](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/lucy-cavendish) - [About Above Guide Cambridge | Editorial Trust](https://above.guide/cambridge/about.md): [Web page](https://above.guide/cambridge/about) - [Corrections Policy | Above Guide Cambridge](https://above.guide/cambridge/corrections.md): [Web page](https://above.guide/cambridge/corrections) - [Cambridge Neighbourhoods & Areas Guide | Above Guide](https://above.guide/cambridge/neighbourhoods.md): [Web page](https://above.guide/cambridge/neighbourhoods) - [Things to Do in Cambridge | Above Guide](https://above.guide/cambridge/things-to-do.md): [Web page](https://above.guide/cambridge/things-to-do) ## Related machine-readable resources - [All Above Guide destinations](https://above.guide/llms.txt) - [Guide index](https://above.guide/cambridge/llms.txt) - [Complete guide bundle](https://above.guide/cambridge/llms-full.txt) - [Manifest](https://above.guide/cambridge/ai/manifest.json)