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Observatory Drive in Cambridge

Observatory Drive in Cambridge is a service road (permissive) and runs in a north-south direction and ends at Madingley Road, while the other end is a cul-de-sac.

Road Type
service road
Operator
University of Cambridge
Route
north-south

Artwork

  • Pulse (artist: John Robinson, stainless steel) – approx. 200 m.
  • Fred Hoyle (metal) – approx. 200 m.
  • Diagram of an Object (Second State) (artist: Dhruva Mistry, bronze) – approx. 200 m.
  • Four Square Walk-Through (artist: Barbara Hepworth, bronze) – approx. 500 m.
  • To Boullee (artist: Michael Dan Archer, granite) – approx. 500 m.

Cafés

  • Computer Laboratory Café (sandwiches, coffee shop, outdoor seating, Wi-Fi) at J J Thomson Avenue 15 (CB3 0FD) – approx. 400 m.
  • West Hub Café (sandwiches, coffee shop, outdoor seating) at J J Thomson Avenue (CB3 0US) – approx. 500 m.

Recycling centres

  • Bullard Labs (container) – approx. 250 m.
  • Greenwich House (batteries, container) – approx. 250 m.
  • Roger Needham Building (batteries, container) – approx. 250 m.
  • CAPE (container) – approx. 350 m.
  • Cavendish Labs (container) – approx. 500 m.

Bar

  • W Cafe & Bar (opening hours: Mon–Fri 11–20) at J J Thomson Avenue (CB3 0US) – approx. 450 m.

Post offices

  • West Cambridge University Post Office at J J Thomson Avenue (CB3 0US) – approx. 500 m.

Bus stops

  • Bulstrode Gardens – approx. 250 m.
  • William Gates Building – approx. 300 m.
  • Cambridge University Vet School – approx. 350 m.
  • Cavendish Laboratory – approx. 500 m.
  • Wilberforce Road – approx. 500 m.

Convenience stores

  • West Hub Newsagents (opening hours: Mon–Fri 9:30–18) at J J Thomson Avenue (CB3 0US) – approx. 500 m.

Library

  • West Hub Library (Operator: University of Cambridge, opening hours: Mon–Fri 9–17) – approx. 500 m.

Roads nearby

Trinity Place
200 m
Clerk Maxwell Road
Park + Cycle entrance
200 m
Madingley Rise
Fred Hoyle
250 m
Hedgerley Close
250 m
IoA Path
Pulse, Bullard Labs, Greenwich House
350 m
Ridgeway
550 m

Buildings nearby

181B Huntingdon Road
350 m
The Cube
350 m

Constructions nearby

Trinity Gate (Hill)
200 m

Places of worship nearby

The Chapel at Churchill College
200 m

Recreation grounds nearby

Churchill College Sports Ground
300 m

Residential buildings nearby

Wallace House
350 m
Boyd House
350 m

University buildings nearby

Spectrograph Huts
50 m
3 Mirror Telescope
100 m
Solar Physics Observatory
100 m
Battcock Centre for Experimental Astrophysics
100 m
36″ Telescope Dome
150 m
Kavli Institute for Cosmology
150 m
Thorrowgood Telescope
150 m
Northumberland Telescope
200 m
Hoyle Building
200 m
APM Building (Plate Measuring Lab)
200 m
Observatory Building and Library
200 m
Gardener's Cottage
250 m
Greenwich House
250 m
Bullard Laboratory, Wolfson Building
250 m
Flavaill Building
250 m
Crombie Laboratory
300 m
Sheppard Flats
300 m
Drum Building
300 m
Institute for Energy and Environmental Flows
300 m
The Stables
350 m
Madingley Rise House
350 m
Cambridge Archaeological Unit's office
350 m
A. G. Brighton & Colin Forbes Building
350 m
Cattle Yard 2
350 m
Gravel Hill Farm Community Room
350 m
Wolfson Flats
400 m
Brick Barn
400 m
Bondi House
400 m
Hawthorne House
400 m
Cambridge Archaeological Unit's office + Rockefeller Botanical School's Field Station
400 m
Gravel Hill Farm Farmhouse
400 m
2 Gravel Hill Cottage
400 m
Cattle Shed - NWC Artist Accommodation
400 m
Broers House
400 m
1 Gravel Hill Cottage
400 m
Corn Store
500 m