King Street, Cambridge

For other uses, see King Street (disambiguation).

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View of King Street.

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Christ's College buildings on King Street.

King Street is a street in central Cambridge, England. It connects between Sussex Street heading west and Hobson Street heading south at the western end and a large roundabout to the east. It runs parallel to and south of Jesus Lane. The roads link together at a roundabout at the eastern end. To the east is Maid's Causeway and then Newmarket Road leading out of Cambridge. To the north is Victoria Avenue between Jesus Green and Midsummer Common. To the south is Short Street, Cambridge, quickly leading into Emmanuel Road past Christ's Pieces.

Sidney Sussex College backs on to the street to the northwest. Christ's College is to the south, with some of its buildings on the street.

Public houses

There are currently four pubs on King Street:

• The King Street Run (86 King Street, previously named The Horse and Groom and dating back to at least the 1830s), named after an organized pub crawl of the same name
• The Champion of the Thames (68 King Street, in use as a pub since the late 1860s)
• St Radegund, (129 King Street, built in 1880 on part of the site of the Garrick Hotel) named after the sixth-century saint, Radegund
• The Cambridge Brew House (1 King Street, previously the Jolly Scholar, the Bun Shop, the Kings Arms, the Royal Arms), built in the 1970s.

There are also a number of restaurants on the street.

Former public houses

The street was previously noted for the number of pubs and was at one stage synonymous with the King Street Run pub crawl. Former pubs on the street included (italicised street numbers indicate the numbering scheme prior to 1897):

• The Boot (39/97 King Street)
• Cambridge Ale Stores/Cambridge Arms (4/6 King Street. Now d'Arry's restaurant. Briefly called The Brewery, and Rattle and Hum in early 2000s)
• Carpenters Arms (45/93&94 King Street. Closed c1900)
• Earl Grey (60/34 King Street)
• The Garrick Hotel or Garrick's Head (52 King Street, Briefly called The Shakespeare in the 1870s. Demolished prior to 1880 and now the partial site of the St Radegund)
• Glaziers Arms (105 King Street. Closed late 19th century)
• The Harp (84 King Street. Closed 1870s)
• Millers Arms (11 King Street. Closed late 19th century)
• Royal Arms (104&105/21 King Street)
• Sebastopol (76 King Street. Closed late 19th century)
• White Hart (22 King Street. Closed 1870s)
• Yorkshire Grey (64 King Street. Closed late 19th century)