Cambridge Science Centre
Cambridge Science Centre is a British charitable organization. Look for it within Cambridge’s built-up area. Add Fitzwilliam Museum, 4 km away, to a visit; it leads 41 places within 15 km.
Museum in Cambridge
Inside Cambridge
Cambridge Science Centre is inside Cambridge’s built-up area, with 28 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
When to go
The warmest afternoons in Cambridge run May to September, at 18–23°C.
Cambridge Science Centre
It is written up in 2 Wikipedias.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Cambridge
- Official site
- cambridgesciencecentre.org
Practical information
Cambridge Science Centre on the map
The places near Cambridge Science Centre are numbered on the map in the order below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Cambridge’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns a short way from Cambridge Science Centre
By population, Cambridge leads the 8 with 152,742. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.
Cambridge
Milton
Fen Ditton
Histon and Impington
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Cambridge Science Centre is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge | It’s in town | 152,742 | 33 |
| Milton | 900 m northeast of it | 4,150 | 30 |
| Fen Ditton | 1.6 km southeast of it | 509 | 31 |
| Histon and Impington | 2.3 km northwest of it | 7,781 | 32 |
| Horningsea | 2.6 km east of it | 329 | 9 |
| Landbeach | 2.9 km north of it | 652 | 8 |
| Girton | 3.3 km west of it | 4,384 | 28 |
| Waterbeach | 3.9 km northeast of it | 5,375 | 9 |
Places to add to Cambridge Science Centre
Of the 41 within 15 km, look for 4 museums, a castle and a garden.
MuseumMuseum of Zoology3.6 km away · 139K visitors a year (2023)3
CastleCambridge Castle3.1 km away4
GardenCambridge University Botanic Garden4.4 km away5
Art galleryKettle's Yard Gallery3.2 km away6
MuseumWhipple Museum of the History Of Science3.7 km away7
Abbey or priory · National TrustAnglesey Abbey6.4 km away8
MuseumSedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences3.6 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting Cambridge Science Centre
Where is Cambridge Science Centre?
Cambridge Science Centre is in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Cambridge Science Centre?
British charitable organization.
When is the best time to visit Cambridge Science Centre?
May to September are the warmest months in Cambridge, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Cambridge Science Centre?
Within 15 km: Fitzwilliam Museum (4 km), Museum of Zoology (3.6 km), Cambridge Castle (3.1 km) and Cambridge University Botanic Garden (4.4 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Cambridge Science Centre: Cmglee, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Zoology: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge Castle: Samuel Buck / Nathaniel Buck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden: temporalata, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kettle's Yard Gallery: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Whipple Museum of the History Of Science: Spudgun67, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anglesey Abbey: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences: Sebastian Ballard, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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