The park is used by pedestrians walking between the centre of the city and the Grafton Centre (a shopping centre).[2] In good weather, it is often used as a place for lunch outside as well. There are tennis courts at the northwest corner of Christ's Pieces and a bowling green in the southeast corner. The main central Cambridge bus station is north off Drummer Street on the southern edge of Christ's Pieces near the southwest corner.
There is a Christ's Pieces Residents Association (CPRA) for local residents and others interested in maintaining the character of the surrounding area.[3]
Previously, the area was farmland. For example, it is shown to have a cereal crop on a 1574 map.[1] Later it became pasture land.[2] Milton's Walk was a medieval lane, called "Christes Colledge Walke" in 1574.
Milton's Walk is named after the poet John Milton (1608–74), who was an undergraduate at Christ's College.[4] It marks the boundary of the college with Christ's Pieces.
In 1886, the land was bought from Jesus College by the Corporation of Cambridge for £1,000 (equivalent to £140,000 in 2023). The Corporation drained it better and created the park much as it is now, but a proposed artificial lake was never created and the bandstand no longer exists.
In 2013, its paths were used in a trial of "Starpath", which absorbs UV energy during the day and emits it at night to illuminate the path.[5]
On 15 May 2015, two Libyan cadets, who had been stationed in the nearby Bassingbourn Barracks, were each jailed for 12 years for raping a man in the park.[6] A spokesman for the employer said it condemned the behaviour and that related training will not be repeated at Bassingbourn.
christ, pieces, christ, piece, victorian, park, east, central, cambridge, cambridgeshire, england, with, flower, beds, ornamental, trees, memorial, garden, diana, princess, wales, area, acts, important, publicly, accessible, open, grassed, area, city, centre, . Christ s Pieces or Christ s Piece is a Victorian park in the east of central Cambridge Cambridgeshire England with flower beds ornamental trees and a memorial garden to Diana Princess of Wales 1 2 The area acts as an important publicly accessible open grassed area for the city centre It is east of Christ s College and to the north of Emmanuel College To the north is King Street to the east is Emmanuel Road to the south is Drummer Street and to the west is Milton s Walk Summer on Christ s Pieces The park is used by pedestrians walking between the centre of the city and the Grafton Centre a shopping centre 2 In good weather it is often used as a place for lunch outside as well There are tennis courts at the northwest corner of Christ s Pieces and a bowling green in the southeast corner The main central Cambridge bus station is north off Drummer Street on the southern edge of Christ s Pieces near the southwest corner There is a Christ s Pieces Residents Association CPRA for local residents and others interested in maintaining the character of the surrounding area 3 Contents 1 History 2 Gallery 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editPreviously the area was farmland For example it is shown to have a cereal crop on a 1574 map 1 Later it became pasture land 2 Milton s Walk was a medieval lane called Christes Colledge Walke in 1574 Milton s Walk is named after the poet John Milton 1608 74 who was an undergraduate at Christ s College 4 It marks the boundary of the college with Christ s Pieces In 1886 the land was bought from Jesus College by the Corporation of Cambridge for 1 000 equivalent to 140 000 in 2023 The Corporation drained it better and created the park much as it is now but a proposed artificial lake was never created and the bandstand no longer exists In 2013 its paths were used in a trial of Starpath which absorbs UV energy during the day and emits it at night to illuminate the path 5 On 15 May 2015 two Libyan cadets who had been stationed in the nearby Bassingbourn Barracks were each jailed for 12 years for raping a man in the park 6 A spokesman for the employer said it condemned the behaviour and that related training will not be repeated at Bassingbourn Gallery edit nbsp Snowy path through Christ s Pieces nbsp Bowls on the bowling green nbsp 360 Panorama of Christ s Pieces See also editJesus Green Parker s PieceReferences edit a b Christ s Pieces Archived March 5 2012 at the Wayback Machine Cambridge City Council England a b c Allan Brigham Christ s Pieces A year on a Cambridge park in pictures Christ s Pieces Residents Association Ronald D Gray and Derek Stubbings Cambridge Street names Their origins and association Cambridge University Press 2000 ISBN 0521789567 ISBN 978 0 521 78956 1 Page 45 Starpath Electricity Free Alternative to Streetlights That Look Like A Starry Night Two Libyan soldiers charged with rape in Cambridge BBC NewsExternal links edit nbsp Media related to Christ s Pieces Cambridge at Wikimedia Commons 52 12 21 N 0 07 30 E 52 2059 N 0 1251 E 52 2059 0 1251 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Christ 27s Pieces amp oldid 1184398022, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
