Theatres · East of England
Town and Gown
Also known as: Cambridge Arts Cinema
In or near Cambridge.
Town and Gown is a theatre in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Nearest railway station
- Cambridge · 1.8 km
- Free entry
- Wheelchair accessible
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Town and Gown, you can take a train to Cambridge railway station, which is 1.8 km away. The postcode for your sat-nav is CB2 3PF, and the venue is wheelchair accessible. Entry details are not provided.
About
Town and Gown is a working theatre in the United Kingdom, listed in OpenStreetMap as a public performance venue. Address: 6-8, Market Passage, Cambridge, CB2 3PF. Also known as: Cambridge Arts Cinema. Coordinates: 52.2065°, 0.1199°.
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See it from the streetimagery from 2021
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Official information
The Town and Gown is a pub and theatre in Cambridge that serves as a social hub for both locals and university dwellers. It features a Black Box Theatre offering a variety of shows and events, alongside a diverse menu of food and drinks.
From the Wikipedia article
Town and gown are two distinct communities of a university town; 'town' being the non-academic population and 'gown' metonymically being the university community, especially in ancient seats of learning such as Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, and St Andrews, although the term is also used to describe modern university towns as well as towns with a significant public school. The metaphor is historical in its connotation but continues to be used in the literature on urban higher education and in common parlance.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
The idea of a school of higher learning as a distinct and autonomous institution within an urban setting dates back to the Academy founded by Plato c. 387 BC. The Academy was established as a sacred sanctuary for learning outside the city walls of Athens. Successors of the Academy existed over nine centuries until the final iteration was closed, along with other pagan schools, by Emperor Justinian in AD 529. In the 12th century, when the early medieval universities came into existence – first in Italy and then across Europe – they were founded without physical campuses. The masters simply rented lecture halls in the host cities. Early on, there were few identifiable campus buildings (other…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.2065, 0.1199
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- District
- Cambridge
- Parish
- Cambridge, unparished area
- Postcode
- CB2 3PF
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cambridge
- Phone
- 01223 309796
- Nearest railway station
- Cambridge — 1.8 km
- Official site
- www.mcmullens.co.uk
Sources
- osm: w1099846444 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Town and gown (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Town and Gown?
- Town and Gown is in Cambridgeshire, London, United Kingdom (postcode CB2 3PF), in the parish of Cambridge, unparished area.
- What is Town and Gown?
- Town and Gown is a theatre in the United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Town and Gown?
- The nearest railway station is Cambridge, about 1.8 km away. Drivers can use postcode CB2 3PF.
- How do I get to Town and Gown?
- The nearest railway station is Cambridge, about 1.8 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CB2 3PF.