# Girton College: Visitor Guide | Above Guide > The first residential women's college in Britain, deliberately founded at a distance from Cambridge, and still the college with the most expansive grounds… - Canonical page: https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/girton - [Detailed page JSON](https://above.guide/cambridge/ai/pages/colleges/girton.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 North · Founded 1869 ## Girton College The first residential women's college in Britain, deliberately founded at a distance from Cambridge, and still the college with the most expansive grounds in the university. [Official site]() Founded 1869 Where North Access Check before visiting Type College The college ### A closer *look.* North — Huntingdon Road **Founded 1869.** Founded in 1869 at Hitchin by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon as Britain's first residential college offering university-level education to women, it moved to Girton village in 1873 and was granted full Cambridge college status only in 1948, admitting men from the late 1970s. Alfred Waterhouse's red-brick Victorian ranges, tower and long corridors set the character of the college, which spreads across some fifty acres of gardens, orchard and grounds two and a half miles north-west of the city centre. Nearby on foot · North **Find Girton College and the closest colleges.** Explore around Girton College The map will load when you reach it. 52.2286°N, 0.0839°W [Get directions]() On the same walk ### Closest to *this one.* [27 min walk **Fitzwilliam College** North]()[28 min walk **Churchill College** West]()[29 min walk **Murray Edwards College** North]()[30 min walk **St Edmund's College** North]() On a visit ### Don’t *miss.* 1. 01 Alfred Waterhouse's red-brick tower and ranges 2. 02 The Lawrence Room museum, open Thursday afternoons 3. 03 The Old Orchard and fifty acres of gardens and grounds 4. 04 The long Victorian corridors 5. 05 The chapel Connected to ### Notable *names.* - Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon (founders) - Queen Margrethe II of Denmark - Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond (President of the UK Supreme Court) - Hertha Ayrton (engineer and physicist) - Arianna Huffington (publisher) - Sandi Toksvig (broadcaster) Before you go #### Visiting Girton College Visitors are welcome to look around the grounds without an appointment between 9am and 5pm daily, asking at the Porters' Lodge for a self-tour pamphlet; the college is closed to visitors in December and during the May and June exam period, and the Lawrence Room museum opens on Thursday afternoons from 2pm to 4pm. Opening hours, admission and access change often — check the [official site]() before you travel. Founded 1869 Area North — 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 girton.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 | Girton College | | Type | college | | Founded | 1869 | | Area | North | | Location | north — Huntingdon Road | | Image Rights | freely-depictable-exterior: Waterhouse's red-brick frontage and gate tower on Huntingdon Road is a public streetscape | | Url | [https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk]() | ### Dont Miss - the long Victorian corridors - the chapel ### Notable - Queen Margrethe II of Denmark - Hertha Ayrton (engineer and physicist) - Arianna Huffington (publisher) - Sandi Toksvig (broadcaster) ## 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 - [Fitzwilliam College: Visitor Guide | Above Guide](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/fitzwilliam.md): [Web page](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/fitzwilliam) - [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) - [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)