# Homerton College: Visitor Guide | Above Guide > Cambridge's newest full college and one of its largest, carrying a teacher-training heritage that reaches back to the eighteenth-century dissenting… - Canonical page: https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/homerton - [Detailed page JSON](https://above.guide/cambridge/ai/pages/colleges/homerton.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: [Franman247]() · [CC BY-SA 3.0]() South · Founded 1768 ## Homerton College Cambridge's newest full college and one of its largest, carrying a teacher-training heritage that reaches back to the eighteenth-century dissenting academies of London. [Official site]() Founded 1768 Where South Access Check before visiting Type College The college ### A closer *look.* South — Hills Road **Founded 1768.** Homerton traces its origins to a dissenting academy that acquired premises in Homerton, east London, in 1768, sustained by a fund of 1695 for educating ministers barred from the old universities; refounded for teacher training in the nineteenth century, it moved to Cambridge in 1894 and became a full self-governing college of the university by Royal Charter in 2010. Victorian Gothic buildings inherited from the short-lived Cavendish College anchor a leafy site between Hills Road and the railway, joined by the Queen's Wing of 1957 and Feilden Fowles's faceted new dining hall of 2022. Nearby on foot · South **Find Homerton College and the closest colleges.** Explore around Homerton College The map will load when you reach it. 52.1861°N, 0.1364°W [Get directions]() On the same walk ### Closest to *this one.* [21 min walk **Hughes Hall** Central-S]()[23 min walk **Downing College** Central-S]()[26 min walk **Peterhouse** Central]()[26 min walk **Pembroke College** Central]() On a visit ### Don’t *miss.* 1. 01 The Victorian Gothic Great Hall 2. 02 Feilden Fowles's dining hall of 2022 3. 03 The Ibberson Building 4. 04 The college orchard and gardens 5. 05 The Queen's Wing of 1957 Connected to ### Notable *names.* - Olivia Colman (actress) - Dame Leah Manning (educationalist and MP) - Emily Phipps (suffragist and headteacher) - William Johnson Fox (radical MP, London era) - Edward Stallybrass (missionary and Bible translator) - Long association with the university's Faculty of Education Before you go #### Visiting Homerton College Visiting is geared to prospective students, with regular student-led tours bookable through the college and all visitors asked to report to the Porters' Lodge in the Mary Allan Building; general tourist access is not set out, so entry cannot be assumed and arrangements are given on the college website. Opening hours, admission and access change often — check the [official site]() before you travel. Founded 1768 Area South — Hills 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 homerton.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 | Homerton College | | Type | college | | Founded | 1768 | | Area | South | | Location | south — Hills Road | | Image Rights | freely-depictable-exterior: the Victorian frontage and entrance on Hills Road is a public streetscape | | Url | [https://www.homerton.cam.ac.uk]() | ### Dont Miss - the Victorian Gothic Great Hall - Feilden Fowles's dining hall of 2022 - the Ibberson Building - the college orchard and gardens - the Queen's Wing of 1957 ### Notable - Olivia Colman (actress) ## 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 - [Hughes Hall: Visitor Guide | Above Guide](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/hughes-hall.md): [Web page](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/hughes-hall) - [Downing College: Visitor Guide | Above Guide](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/downing.md): [Web page](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/downing) - [Peterhouse: Visitor Guide | Above Guide](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/peterhouse.md): [Web page](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/peterhouse) - [Pembroke College: Visitor Guide | Above Guide](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/pembroke.md): [Web page](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/pembroke) - [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)