• Cambridge is the UK’s second city of learning. Prehistoric settlements solidified with the coming of the Romans who set up a fort in the area. After they abandoned Britain in the 5th Century, the Saxons later established a settlement there they called “Grantebrychge”. With the establishment of Cambridge University allegedly by fleeing Oxford scholars, the city transformed into one of the premiere places of higher education in the country.
• The Mathematical Bridge (official name, the Wooden Bridge) is a wooden bridge that connects two parts of Queen’s College and was the first bridge built using mathematical principles. It was designed by William Etheridge and built by James Essex in 1749, who arranged the timbers in a series of tangents with radial members to tie the tangents together and create a self-supportive structure. A popular myth is that Sir Isaac Newton, who at one point held the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at the university, built the bridge.
• Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology Silicon Fen with industries such as software and bioscience and many start-up companies spun out of the university. More than 40% of the workforce has a higher education qualification, more than twice the national average.

Cambridge, historic county of Cambridgeshire, England. The city lies immediately south of the Fens country (a flat alluvial region only slightly above sea level) and is itself only 20 to 80 feet (6 to 24 metres) above sea level. Most of the city is built on the east bank of the River Cam, a tributary of the Ouse. Suburbs extend across the river, but modern development to the west has been largely restricted to university expansion.

Originally a fording place, Cambridge possesses earthworks, including Castle Hill, and Roman remains. Later there was another settlement at Market Hill. Two monastic foundations date from the 11th and 12th centuries, respectively—Barnwell Priory and a Benedictine nunnery, replaced in 1496 by Jesus College.

Cambridge received its first charter in 1207; the uninterrupted existence of public officers in the city since the Middle Ages is noteworthy. It also has an interesting guild history, Corpus Christi College having been founded by guilds in 1352.

Cambridge is home to one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the world, giving it a rich intellectual history, and a bunch of extremely pretty buildings.

Cambridge is a moderate-sized, quite ‘spread-out’ city of about 125,000 people situated in the West of East Anglia- about 50 miles North of London.