# Lensfield Road

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{{Short description|Road in Cambridge, England}}
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thumb|View along Lensfield Road.

'''Lensfield Road''' is a road (part of the [A603](/source/A603_road)) in southeast central [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge), England.<ref>[http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/public/pdfs/Lensfield%20Road.pdf Lensfield Road] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222012027/http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/public/pdfs/Lensfield%20Road.pdf |date=22 February 2012 }}, [Cambridge City Council](/source/Cambridge_City_Council).</ref><ref>[http://www.cambridgeonline.co.uk/streets/Lensfield_Road/ Lensfield Road], [http://www.cambridgeonline.co.uk/ Cambridge Online].</ref> It runs between the junction of [Trumpington Street](/source/Trumpington_Street) and [Trumpington Road](/source/Trumpington_Road) to the west and the junction of [Regent Street](/source/Regent_Street%2C_Cambridge) and [Hills Road](/source/Hills_Road%2C_Cambridge) to the west. It continues as [Gonville Place](/source/Gonville_Place) to the northeast past [Parker's Piece](/source/Parker's_Piece), a large grassy area with footpaths.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}

On the south side of the road are the [Scott Polar Research Institute](/source/Scott_Polar_Research_Institute), St Alban's Primary School and the [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge)'s [Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry](/source/Yusuf_Hamied_Department_of_Chemistry).<ref>[http://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/ Department of Chemistry], [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge).</ref> On the corner with Hills Road is [Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church](/source/Our_Lady_and_the_English_Martyrs_Church).{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}

To the north between [Tennis Court Road](/source/Tennis_Court_Road) and Regent Street is one of the larger [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge) colleges, [Downing College](/source/Downing_College%2C_Cambridge), which owns many properties on the road. This area used to be known as [Pembroke Leys](/source/Pembroke_Leys), a boggy area south of [medieval](/source/medieval) Cambridge. Between Trumpington Street and Tennis Court Road to the north is the [Old Addenbrooke's Site](/source/Old_Addenbrooke's_Site), where [Addenbrooke's Hospital](/source/Addenbrooke's_Hospital) was located before it moved further out of Cambridge to the southeast at the end of Hills Road (on the edge of the city).{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}

== Hobson's Conduit ==
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The [St Andrew's Street branch](/source/Hobson's_Conduit) of [Hobson's Conduit](/source/Hobson's_Conduit) was added in 1631, providing a [water supply](/source/water_supply) for the eastern part of the city. It flowed from the conduit east along Lensfield Road, then north along [Regent Terrace](/source/Regent_Terrace%2C_Cambridge), and on to [St Andrew's Street](/source/St_Andrew's_Street%2C_Cambridge) in the centre of the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iankitching.me.uk/history/cam/hobsons-conduit.html|title=Hobson's Conduit|author=Robert MacMillan}}</ref>

A major fire in 1849 meant that a new fountain for the [Market Place branch](/source/Hobson's_Conduit) of Hobson's Conduit was erected in 1855. The previous structure was moved to the corner of Lensfield Road and Trumpington Road in 1856 as a monument to [Thomas Hobson](/source/Thomas_Hobson_(postal_carrier)).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.plcane.clara.net/cambridge/hobsons.htm|title=Hobson's Conduit and the Botanical Gardens|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060711215451/http://www.plcane.clara.net/cambridge/hobsons.htm|archivedate=11 July 2006}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
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File:Random bikes - Lensfield Road - geograph.org.uk - 1615900.jpg|Bicycles outside the [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge)'s Department of Chemistry on Lensfield Road.
File:ISH WC Cambridge15.jpg|A view of [Parker's Piece](/source/Parker's_Piece) looking towards [Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church](/source/Our_Lady_and_the_English_Martyrs_Church) at the junction of [Hills Road](/source/Hills_Road%2C_Cambridge) and Lensfield Road.
File :Hobson'sconduit2.JPG|Monument to [Thomas Hobson](/source/Thomas_Hobson_(postal_carrier)), at the point where the conduit crosses Lensfield Road, at its eastern end.
File :Hobson'sconduit4.JPG|[Hobson's Conduit](/source/Hobson's_Conduit) at the end of Brookside, off Lensfield Road.
</gallery>

== References ==
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Category:Streets in Cambridge
Category:Downing College, Cambridge

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