# Gonville & Caius College: Visitor Guide | Above Guide > One of Cambridge's four oldest colleges, with fifteen Nobel laureates to its name and more than half a century as Stephen Hawking's academic home, entered… - Canonical page: https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/gonville-and-caius - [Detailed page JSON](https://above.guide/cambridge/ai/pages/colleges/gonville-and-caius.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 Central · Founded 1348 ## Gonville & Caius College One of Cambridge's four oldest colleges, with fifteen Nobel laureates to its name and more than half a century as Stephen Hawking's academic home, entered through Renaissance gates that graduands still pass on their way to the Senate House. [Official site]() Founded 1348 Where Central Access Check before visiting Type College The college ### A closer *look.* Central — Trinity Street **Founded 1348.** Founded in 1348 as Gonville Hall by Edmund Gonville, a Norfolk rector, in the shadow of the Black Death, and refounded in 1557 by John Caius, a former student and royal physician who restored its fortunes and gave the college its double name. Sixteenth-century Caius Court carries John Caius's three allegorical gates — Humility, Virtue and Honour — charting the student's progress towards a degree, while Alfred Waterhouse's Victorian Tree Court range presents a grand frontage to Trinity Street. Nearby on foot · Central **Find Gonville & Caius College and the closest colleges.** Explore around Gonville & Caius College The map will load when you reach it. 52.2059°N, 0.1176°W [Get directions]() On the same walk ### Closest to *this one.* [1 min walk **Trinity Hall** Central]()[1 min walk **Trinity College** Central]()[2 min walk **Clare College** Central]()[3 min walk **King's College** Central]() On a visit ### Don’t *miss.* 1. 01 The Gate of Honour beside Senate House Passage 2. 02 Sixteenth-century Caius Court 3. 03 Medieval Gonville Court 4. 04 Waterhouse's Tree Court frontage on Trinity Street 5. 05 The chapel containing John Caius's monument Connected to ### Notable *names.* - William Harvey (discovered the circulation of the blood) - Francis Crick (co-discoverer of the structure of DNA) - Stephen Hawking (Fellow for over fifty years) - Howard Florey (developer of penicillin) - James Chadwick (discoverer of the neutron) - John Venn (logician, of the Venn diagram) Before you go #### Visiting Gonville & Caius College The college is closed to general visitors on weekdays during term, with other access via the Porters' Lodge by prior arrangement, so entry cannot be assumed; prospective applicants are welcome to visit at any time without booking, and current arrangements are set out on the college website. Opening hours, admission and access change often — check the [official site]() before you travel. Founded 1348 Area Central — Trinity Street 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 cai.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 | Gonville & Caius College | | Type | college | | Founded | 1348 | | Area | Central | | Location | central — Trinity Street | | Image Rights | freely-depictable-exterior: Waterhouse's Tree Court frontage on Trinity Street and the Senate House Passage elevation with the Gate of Honour are public streetscapes | | Url | [https://www.cai.cam.ac.uk]() | ### Dont Miss - sixteenth-century Caius Court - medieval Gonville Court ### Notable - Howard Florey (developer of penicillin) ## 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 - [Trinity Hall: Visitor Guide | Above Guide](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/trinity-hall.md): [Web page](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/trinity-hall) - [Trinity College: Visitor Guide | Above Guide](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/trinity.md): [Web page](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/trinity) - [Clare College: Visitor Guide | Above Guide](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/clare.md): [Web page](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/clare) - [King's College: Visitor Guide | Above Guide](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/kings.md): [Web page](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/kings) - [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)