# St Edmund's College: Visitor Guide | Above Guide > Cambridge's college for mature undergraduates and postgraduates, distinguished by its Catholic founding history and a hillside setting above the city on… - Canonical page: https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/st-edmunds - [Detailed page JSON](https://above.guide/cambridge/ai/pages/colleges/st-edmunds.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 1896 ## St Edmund's College Cambridge's college for mature undergraduates and postgraduates, distinguished by its Catholic founding history and a hillside setting above the city on Castle Hill. [Official site]() Founded 1896 Where North Access Check before visiting Type College The college ### A closer *look.* North — Mount Pleasant **Founded 1896.** Founded in 1896 as St Edmund's House by the 15th Duke of Norfolk and Baron Anatole von Hügel, it is the only Cambridge or Oxford college with a post-Reformation Roman Catholic founding, and became a full college in 1996. Late Victorian and modern: the red-brick Norfolk Building of the 1890s and an early twentieth-century chapel anchor a ten-acre garden campus on Mount Pleasant, filled out by contemporary residential and teaching buildings. Nearby on foot · North **Find St Edmund's College and the closest colleges.** Explore around St Edmund's College The map will load when you reach it. 52.2129°N, 0.1087°W [Get directions]() On the same walk ### Closest to *this one.* [2 min walk **Murray Edwards College** North]()[3 min walk **Lucy Cavendish College** North]()[4 min walk **Fitzwilliam College** North]()[4 min walk **Churchill College** West]() On a visit ### Don’t *miss.* 1. 01 The red-brick Norfolk Building 2. 02 The college chapel 3. 03 The garden campus on Mount Pleasant 4. 04 The walk down Castle Hill to the city centre Connected to ### Notable *names.* - Georges Lemaître, the priest-physicist who proposed the Big Bang theory - Baron Anatole von Hügel, co-founder and first head of house - Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, co-founder - The Von Hügel Institute for Catholic social thought Before you go #### Visiting St Edmund's College St Edmund's is a working college for mature and postgraduate students rather than a tourist site, and it publishes no general public opening hours. Access cannot be assumed; prospective visitors should contact the college via its official website. Opening hours, admission and access change often — check the [official site]() before you travel. Founded 1896 Area North — Mount Pleasant 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 st-edmunds.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 | St Edmund's College | | Type | college | | Founded | 1896 | | Area | North | | Location | north — Mount Pleasant | | Image Rights | freely-depictable-exterior: the college frontage and Norfolk Building are visible from Mount Pleasant, a public road on Castle Hill | | Url | [https://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk]() | ### Dont Miss - The red-brick Norfolk Building - The college chapel - The garden campus on Mount Pleasant ## 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 - [Murray Edwards College: Visitor Guide | Above Guide](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/murray-edwards.md): [Web page](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/murray-edwards) - [Lucy Cavendish College: Visitor Guide | Above Guide](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/lucy-cavendish.md): [Web page](https://above.guide/cambridge/colleges/lucy-cavendish) - [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) - [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)