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Cambridge, England

Cambridge (Cambridgeshire) Pop:124,000

Prehistoric artifacts (late Bronze Age) date occupation of the Cambridge area to 1000 BC.

In part due to Cambridge University the city is a European focal point for high technology industries.

The Cambridge area has been called Silicon Fen, in reference to historical wetlands in the area, its American counterpart, Silicon Valley and the Scottish high tech community, Scottish Glen.

Attractions in Cambridge:

Cambridge University Botanic Gardens

Cambridge Arts Theatre

Cambridge Corn Exchange-comedies, plays, musicals

Mumford Theatre

Kettle’s Yard-contemporary art

Wysing Arts-art exhibitions focusing on ecology, science, and technology

Car Hire in Great Britain

Primavera-art addressing jewellery, sculptures, and ceramics

Cambridge Farmland Museum

Fitzwilliam Museum-art

Cambridge Museum of Technology

Scott Polar Research Institute Museum-Antarctica displays

Museum of Classical Archeology-Roman and Greek sculptures

Whipple Museum of the History of Science-middle ages to present

Pepys Library

Museum of Zoology

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

Hotels in Cambridge