Cambridge only 50 miles or 50 minutes from London has a wealth of English heritage, arts and culture. Cambridge is well known as the home of the University of Cambridge, which has been consistently ranked one of the top five universities in the world. The university includes the renowned Cavendish Laboratory, King's College Chapel, and the Cambridge University Library. Cambridge has an array of places of interest and is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen. The museums range from small collections in Kettles Yard to larger exhibitions at The Fitzwilliam. Cambridge also has a  small market held Monday to Saturday, with a huge range of stalls to delight any shopper from hats, music, watches  and food,  Sunday is Arts & Crafts, antiques and a  farmers market. Just to the south of the city is Mill Road It is a busy, cosmopolitan street home to many independent businesses, churches, a Hindu temple and the city's mosque. Tourist are an integral part of the city’s make up and welcomed in shops, restaurants and places of interest. In the summer months Cambridge hosts a number of outdoor events which are really worth a visit. “If we help an educated man's daughter to go to Cambridge are we not forcing her to think not about education but about war? - not how she can learn, but how she can fight in order that she might win the same advantages as her brothers?” 

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