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Cambridgeshire A-Z

Name these places, people, and things from A-Z that are associated with the English county of Cambridgeshire.
When the answer is a person, the letter refers to their surname (except for H and O).
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Last updated: April 18, 2026
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A
Country house; shares its name with an island
Anglesey Abbey
B
Famous covered bridge named after a similar bridge in Venice
Bridge of Sighs
C
Market town near Huntingdonshire
Cambourne | Chatteris
D
Seven-mile-long Anglo-Saxon earthen barrier
Devil's Dyke
E
City home to the county's only cathedral
Ely
F
University of Cambridge sketch-comedy troupe
Footlights
G
Former / alternative name for the River Cam
Granta
H
Nobleman who led fenland resistance to the Norman Conquest
Hereward the Wake
I
Artificial form of fertilisation pioneered by Robert Edwards
IVF
J
University of Cambridge college
Jesus College
K
Influential economist from Cambridge
John Maynard Keynes
L
Town northeast of E said to have been founded by Cnut
Littleport
M
Market town on the River Nene
March
N
Uncompleted new town projected to have 20,000 residents
Northstowe
O
Social reformer and National Trust founder from W
Octavia Hill
P
Park in central Cambridge; the birthplace of modern football
Parker's Piece
Q
University of Cambridge college
Queens' College
R
Kiwi scientist who oversaw the first splitting of an atom in 1932
Ernest Rutherford
S
Festival held on Midsummer Common
Strawberry Fair
T
Mathematician and WWII codebreaker who studied at Cambridge
Alan Turing
U
Publishing house; the oldest of its kind in the world
Cambridge University Press
V
Railway line that once connected Oxford and Cambridge
Varsity Line
W
Inland port town known for its handsome Georgian architecture
Wisbech
X
Brat singer born in Cambridge
Charli XCX
Y
Modern art gallery in Cambridge
Kettle's Yard
Z
Pharmaceutical company famous for its Covid vaccine
AstraZeneca
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