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Haddon Library

Haddon Library is a library of the University of Cambridge in the Downing Site. Around it, within 15 km, lie 60 more places, Fitzwilliam Museum (400 m) first on our list. Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 2 languages.

Photo: Haddon Library, Keith Edkins (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Cambridge

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Museum in Cambridge

Inside Cambridge

Haddon Library is inside Cambridge’s built-up area, with 27 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 year in Cambridge

For warmth, aim for May to September (18–23°C highs in Cambridge).

Jan8° / 2°48 mm

Feb9° / 2°36 mm

Mar11° / 3°33 mm

Apr14° / 5°36 mm

May18° / 7°45 mm

Jun21° / 10°51 mm

Jul23° / 13°49 mm

Aug23° / 12°57 mm

Sep20° / 10°48 mm

Oct15° / 8°57 mm

Nov11° / 4°53 mm

Dec8° / 2°50 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Cambridge, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Cambridge. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Cambridge’s full climate →

About

Haddon Library

Library of the University of Cambridge in the Downing Site.

In Cambridge, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Cambridge
Official site: haddon.lib.cam.ac.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Map of Haddon Library and nearby

The places near Haddon Library are numbered on the map in the order below.

Towns near it

Staying near Haddon Library

The 8 towns are led in size by Cambridge, with 152,742 people. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

1 · It’s in town

Cambridge

152,742 people · 33 places to visit

2 · 2.8 km southwest of it

Grantchester

536 people · 26 places to visit

3 · 3 km northwest of it

Girton

4,384 people · 28 places to visit

4 · 3.4 km west of it

Coton

952 people · 25 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Haddon Library is	People	Places to visit
Cambridge	It’s in town	152,742	33
Grantchester	2.8 km southwest of it	536	26
Girton	3 km northwest of it	4,384	28
Coton	3.4 km west of it	952	25
Fen Ditton	3.6 km northeast of it	509	31
Histon and Impington	3.7 km north of it	7,781	32
Great Shelford and Stapleford	4.3 km south of it	6,159	21
Teversham	4.3 km east of it	909	25

Make a day of it

Also within reach

Within 15 km you can add 5 museums, a garden and a castle.

1MuseumMuseumFitzwilliam Museum400 m away · 364K visitors a year 2

MuseumMuseum of Zoology100 m away · 139K visitors a year (2023)3

GardenCambridge University Botanic Garden1.1 km away 4

CastleCambridge Castle1.1 km away 5

MuseumWhipple Museum of the History Of Science100 m away 6

Art galleryKettle's Yard Gallery1 km away 7

MuseumSedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences100 m away 8

MuseumMuseum of Archaeology and Anthropology100 m away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Haddon Library: what to know

Where is Haddon Library?

Haddon Library is in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Haddon Library?

Library of the University of Cambridge in the Downing Site.

When is the best time to visit Haddon Library?

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 Haddon Library?

Within 15 km: Fitzwilliam Museum (400 m), Museum of Zoology (100 m), Cambridge University Botanic Garden (1.1 km) and Cambridge Castle (1.1 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)

Haddon Library: Keith Edkins, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of Zoology: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cambridge University Botanic Garden: temporalata, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cambridge Castle: Samuel Buck / Nathaniel Buck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Whipple Museum of the History Of Science: Spudgun67, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kettle's Yard Gallery: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences: Sebastian Ballard, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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