Cambridge is a city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is the county town of Cambridgeshire and is located on the River Cam, 55 miles (89 km) north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of the City of Cambridge was 145,700; the population of the wider built-up area was 181,137. Cambridge became an important trading centre during the Roman and Viking ages, and there is archaeological evidence of settlement in the area as early as the Bronze Age. The first town charters were granted in the 12th century, although modern city status was not officially conferred until 1951.
Image: Cambridge Kings College vue des backs
Image: Punts, River Cam geograph.org.uk 5936313
Image: Church of St Mary the Great geograph.org.uk 5897670
Image: Trinity Street, Cambridge (geograph 7688455)
Cambridgeshire or the County of Cambridge is a ceremonial county and historic county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. The largest settlement is the city of Peterborough, and the city of Cambridge is the county town.
Image: Guildhall, Cathedral Square, Peterborough (cropped)
Image: Ely Cathedral, West Entrance geograph.org.uk 2837574
Image: Market Square, Cambridge geograph.org.uk 3490535
