Histon Road is an arterial road linking central Cambridge, England with the A14 road north of the city.[1] The road is designated the B1049. At the southern end, the road links with Huntingdon Road (A1307), Victoria Road (A1134), Mount Pleasant, and Castle Street.[2] At the northern end of the road it continues just south of the A14 as Cambridge road into the village of Impington.
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Much of the housing on the road dates from the 1930s. For example, Langham House, a block of flats, is typical of the era.[3]
Near the southern end to the west is the Histon Road Recreation Ground.[4] On the opposite side of the road to the East was Simons House, a retirement home. It was built in 1977 to a design by the architects Darbourne & Darke, and demolished in 2009 to make way for senior citizens' flats.[5]
Just south of the junction with King's Hedges Road to the east near the northern end are the Histon Road Allotments.[6] On the west side of the road is Impington Farm.
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North of Histon and south of the village of Cottenham, the B1049 is also known as Histon Road.
See also
edit- Histon, a village in Cambridgeshire, north of Cambridge
- Histon Road Cemetery
References
edit- ^ Histon Road, Cambridge.
- ^ Cambridge 1950: Histon Road — Huntingdon Road — Victoria Road junction, Cambridge 1950.
- ^ Histon Road: Langham House, Cambridge 2000.
- ^ Histon Road Recreation Ground, Breathing Places, BBC.
- ^ Histon Road: Simons House, 132–160, Cambridge 2000.
- ^ Histon Road Allotments, Wikimapia.