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You are very welcome to visit the Chapel in a sightseeing capacity. You are asked, however, to respect the College as a place of study. 

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Of the 31 colleges dotted around the English city of Cambridge, King’s College may well be the most popular among visitors, earning a top spot on many tourist bucket lists and itineraries.

Famed for its stunning Gothic chapel (home to the world’s largest fan vaulted ceiling), as well as its picturesque grounds, King’s College is definitely one of the prettiest colleges to visit in Cambridge, especially for those eager to ooh and ahh over some of the most photogenic structures in the city.

So, if you’re keen to see the very place that helped nurture famous minds like Alan Turing, Zu Zhimo, and Salman Rushdie, read on.

In this King’s College Cambridge guide, we’ll be covering all of the following:

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A Brief History of King’s College Cambridge

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Public entry to King’s College is only possible through paying an admission fee. You can save a bit of money by booking your tickets online in advance here.

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Originally founded in 1441 as “The King’s College of Our Lady Saint and Nicholas in Cambridge”, King’s College has enjoyed a lengthy history over the centuries, persevering through wars, conflicts, and global pandemics.

The college was originally established by King Henry VI as a finishing school for students from Eton College, of which the top 70 worthiest were recruited each year to join King’s. The college would remain Eton-exclusive for over 400 years until 1861, when a new set of statutes opened up admission to those from other schools.

Today, King’s College is home to over 100 fellows and 400+ undergraduate students, many of which live and work on the college grounds.

Of course, the King’s College we see today looks significantly different to how it would have looked back in the day. While construction on the famous King’s College Chapel began only five years after the founding of the college, its completion would not be reached until almost 100 years later thanks to the War of the Roses.

Besides the chapel, the college would see a great deal of expansion and development over the next few centuries. The now iconic neoclassical facade of the Gibbs Building for example wasn’t completed until 1724, and it took until the early 19th century for the front court to be completed.

But of course, good things come to those who wait. These days, King’s is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful colleges in Cambridge… certainly among visitors, who come by the thousands every year to see the beauty of the college and chapel for themselves.

King’s College is conveniently located in the Cambridge city centre along King’s Parade here .

Arriving by car:

There is no parking on-site, but there are a number of car parks close by that will put you within easy walking distance of the college.

Arriving by train:

King’s College is located about a 25 minute walk from the Cambridge Train Station (which is located outside of Central Cambridge).

Arriving by bus/coach:

King’s College is located about a 15 minute walk from the Drummer Street Bus Station.

Things to Do at King’s College Cambridge

Wondering what there is to do during your visit to King’s College in Cambridge? Here are some fo the must-sees.

Admire King’s College Chapel

Of course, the starring attraction at King’s College is the King’s College Chapel , home to the world’s largest vaulted ceiling, and considered by many to be a true masterpiece of Gothic architecture.

Besides the beauty of the chapel itself, there are also a number of informative displays available for visitors to learn about the history of the college, chapel, and its construction.

Of course another highlight is the Adoration of the Magi painting by Rubens, which was gifted to the college by property millionaire Alfred Ernest Allnatt in the early 1960s. Visitors can now view it in the eastern part of the chapel.

Attend a chapel service

And if simple sightseeing in the chapel doesn’t feel like enough, visitors are also welcome to attend services and choral performances inside the chapel. Click here for more information about attending.

Gawk at the grounds

As the college is a working college, many parts are off-limits to public visitors, such as the Gibb’s Building, Wilkins Building, Old Lodge, and both Bodley’s Court and Chetwynd Court.

That said, some of the building exteriors are still stunning to admire from the outside, especially the Gibb’s Building which has a beautiful classical facade made of Portland stone.

Admire the King’s College Wildflower Meadow

Stretching from the King’s College Chapel to the scenic banks of the River Cam, another highlight for visitors to King’s College is the lush wildflower meadow, where (when the timing’s right) you’ll find a sea of poppies, cornflowers, mayflowers, corn cockles and more.

Stop by the Xu Zhimo Memorial Garden

Officially opened in 2018, another King’s College attraction is the Xu Zhimo Memorial Garden, the first Chinese garden to be installed in any of Cambridge’s colleges, dedicated of course to the famous Chinese poet Xu Zhimo, who once spent 18 months at King’s College.

Populated with a mix of British plants and plants from Xu’s home region of Haining, China, this tranquil piece of King’s College is well worth a visit.

Nearby the garden, you’ll also find a white marble memorial stone dedicated to Xu, which is engraved with lines from his famous poem ‘Second Farewell to Cambridge’, which is now a poem so famous in China that it is studied by millions of students each year as part of many school curriculums.

Last but not least, here are some practical tips to keep in mind before your visit to King’s College.

Buy your tickets online in advance

During our visit, we noticed that ticket purchases were not possible at the entrance gate, and instead you needed to go to the Visitor Centre across the road. Not a huge distance to travel, but you’re better off buying your tickets online because then you can guarantee your entry (they can sell out quickly during peak season!) and you save a tiny amount on the entrance fee as well.

NOTE: We’d recommend keeping your tickets handy, as we were checked at the entrance gate and again upon entry to the chapel.

Do not visit during mid-April to mid-June (Easter Term)

During this period, it’s exam time at Cambridge, so College grounds are closed to visitors (although the Chapel is usually still open).

Use the facilities before visiting the college

At King’s College, you will not find any toilets or bathrooms open to the public, so be sure to take care of business before your visit!

Keep off the grass!

According to some wordy signs, walking on the grass is only possible if you are accompanied by a senior member of the college. You’ve been warned!

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The College Chapel

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The College Chapel at the Strand is seen by many as the spiritual heart of the College. It is a focus for Christian worship at the Strand as well as a place of peace in our busy College. The Chapel is located on the first floor of the King's building directly above the Great Hall and is a remarkable piece of Victorian architecture.

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The chapel at King's College in Cambridge is a stupendous architectural marvel and is often used as an icon of the ancient university town.

For any visitor to Cambridge it is the one sight that should not be missed.

King's College was established by Henry VI (1421-1471) in 1441, and he personally laid the foundation stone for the chapel in 1446 as well as specifying the dimensions of the structure.

The architect is believed to have been Reginald of Ely. However, construction was halted due to the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487), or rather because of the diversion of funds to fight the wars.

Construction did continue under Richard III (1452-1485), but it was Henry VII (1457-1509) who funded the completion though the building was not finished until 1544 during Henry VIII's reign.

The chapel is constructed in Perpendicular Gothic style, a form of architecture that was unique to England and that would be revived in the 18th century.

As the name suggests, height is accentuated, and a phrase commonly used to describe King's College Chapel is "gravity defying".

A perfect example of this is the ceiling that soars 80 feet above the floor and the visitor. It is a fan vault type ceiling, unique to England, and the one in King's College Chapel is the largest in the world. Amazingly it was built in just three years by master mason John Wastell.

The interior of the chapel is also surprisingly light due to the large amount of stained glass windows.

On each side of the chapel in the 12 bays are stained glass windows extending to the ceiling, and both the east end and the west end of the chapel has much wider "Great Windows".

Most of the stained glass was done by Flemish artisans and was completed in the early 16th century. All the stained glass was removed during World War II and stored safely. The Great West Window is a more recent addition being installed in 1879.

Much of the intricately carved woodwork was funded by Henry VIII, and the magnificent screen between the ante-chapel and the choir features his initials entwined around those of Anne Boleyn. It was made by Peter the Carver, as were the choir stalls.

The altarpiece is a modern addition. "Adoration of the Magi," painted by the Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens in 1633 to 1634, was originally created as an altarpiece for a convent in what is now Belgium.

In the late 18th century it was sold and after passing through the hands of several British owners was donated to King's College and put on display as an altarpiece in 1968.

It is believed the chapel originally had two small organs, but in 1605 Thomas Dallam was given the order to construct a new organ and he closed his factory in London and brought all his workers to Cambridge for this important project.

Decades later the pipes were moved to their current position above the screen. The organ has been rebuilt and even expanded numerous times since then. The acoustics of the chapel are considered especially fine and the organ and choir regular perform for audiences and recordings.

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The chapel is a 30-minute walk from Cambridge Station. Alternatively, take a 1citi or 3citi bus up Regent Street from stop 6 at the station.

Great St. Mary's University Church , another beautiful church, is virtually next door.

If you wish to stay in Cambridge there are several recommended options. These include the three-star  Holiday Inn Express Cambridge , the three-star  ibis Cambridge Central Station  and the four-star  Ramada Cambridge , a 20-minute drive from the centre.

See here for a listing of hotels and guesthouses in Cambridge .

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Cambridge Station  is over a mile south east of the city centre off Hills Road. The number #3 bus runs into town to Emmanuel Street. Long distance buses leave from nearby Drummer Street bus station.

Cambridge Station has rail services to Liverpool Street Station in London via Tottenham Hale and Hackney Downs. The "Cambridge Cruiser" travels non-stop between  London King's Cross  and Cambridge with slower trains stopping at Finsbury Park (connections to the Piccadilly & Victoria tube lines), Stevenage, Hitchin, Letchworth Garden City and Baldock.

Other local lines from Cambridge run to King's Lynn, Ipswich and Norwich.

CrossCountry connects Cambridge to Birmingham New Street Station in  Birmingham  and to Stansted Airport via  Leicester  and Peterborough.

By car Cambridge can be reached by the M11  motorway  or A14.

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Tours of King’s College are part of our Private Guided Tours service and can be booked as a standalone tour of the college and chapel, or combined with a tour of some of the other Cambridge city-centre sights. A wonderful introduction to the city and an insight into the people who have lived, worked and studied here!

All our private tours are fully customisable and can focus on whatever you wish depending on the requirements of your group – choose the time and the meeting place, and have the itinerary tailored to your specific interests, age group and mobility.

We would recommend a 1-hour tour to fully explore King’s or book a 1.5 or 2-hour tour to include some of the other iconic sights of Cambridge’s historic city-centre.

Guides can take groups of up to 20 people into the college. If you would like a tour for a larger group we can supply several guides.

Please note the tour fee does not include the entrance fee to King’s College and Chapel.

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King’s College, one of the 31 constituent Colleges that make up the University of Cambridge, is easily recognisable as one of the most famous sights in Cambridge. Lying between King’s Parade and the River Cam, the college was founded in 1441 by Henry VI. The building is regarded as one of the greatest examples of late Gothic English Architecture.

Our expert and passionate guides will take you on an enjoyable and engaging guided tour of King’s – full of interesting historical facts and fascinating stories.

There is plenty to see! Some of the highlights include:

• The chapel that took 100 years, 5 King’s and 4 master masons to complete
• King’s College Chapel – the finest example of Perpendicular Gothic Architecture in Europe
• The magnificent fan-vaulted ceiling, largest of its type in the world
• The most complete set of 16th century stained glass
• Beautiful oak screen with the carved initials of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
• Ruben’s wonderful altarpiece, The Adoration of the Magi

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How King’s College Added 438 Solar Panels to a 500-Year-Old Chapel

The project sparked debate over how to decrease carbon emissions while preserving the historic structure’s architectural beauty

Julia Binswanger

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The historic chapel at the University of Cambridge’s King’s College recently got an eco-friendly makeover.

The iconic 500-year-old structure is an architectural marvel featuring impressive stained-glass windows and the world’s largest fan-vaulted ceiling, completed in 1515. Recently, workers wrapped up a year-long project to install 438 solar panels on the English Gothic church’s roof.

The new panels will generate an estimated 123,000 kilowatt-hours of energy per year, according to a  statement from the university. Combined with existing solar panels on nearby buildings, they are expected to lower the college’s annual electricity demand by around 5.5 percent.

The decision to alter the landmark’s roof sparked debate. Critics argued that the panels would detract from the structure’s historic exterior.

“Solar panels may be forward-looking, in the spirit of King’s, and they may bring some small savings in carbon emissions,”  David Abulafia , a retired historian at Cambridge, wrote in  Spectator magazine when the project was  approved last year. “But they are out of place in the outer fabric of one of Britain’s most extraordinary buildings. They are, quite simply, another example of virtue-signaling.”

Stephen Cherry , dean of King’s College, thinks the panels model a responsible approach to the climate crisis, allowing the chapel to be seen as a force for good in the city.

“Whilst the economic input of the solar panels [is] valuable in monetary terms, its main public benefit is in the carbon saving over a period of many years,” he says in the statement. “It must also be seen as part of the college’s drive to make its buildings and especially the chapel more efficient and as a tangible example of how the chapel can and should be contributing to the moral and ethical well-being of this place of learning.”

How much do the panels stand out? According to the  New York Times ’ Mark Landler, they aren’t particularly noticeable for anyone on the ground near the cathedral, though they can be seen more clearly from a distance.

“We’re not trying to pretend that the solar panels are invisible, because they’re not,” Gillian Tett , provost of King’s College and a columnist for the Financial Times , told the Guardian ’s Patrick Barkham in November.

“People don’t come to King’s College Chapel to see the roof,” she added. “They come to see the Gothic ceiling, the stained-glass windows and the King Henry VIII wooden arch.”

Installing the panels was a delicate, multi-step process. Workers welded them to a newly added lead roof, and an accidental spark during this step could have had catastrophic consequences, as Toby Lucas, the site manager overseeing the construction, tells the Times . He conducted daily thermal imaging to prevent fires, ensuring workers hadn’t left any hot spots on the structure.

“It’s an iconic landmark in Cambridge, and it’s part and parcel of where I live,” he adds. “You don’t want to be the person who is responsible for burning part of it down.”

The solar panel project is the latest sustainability effort from the college, which aims to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2038. England is home to some 16,000 churches , and Tett hopes the project will inspire some of them to take similar measures.

“The U.K. is stuffed full of churches which are often not being used very much. We’ve got all those big south-facing roofs,” she told the Guardian . “This is giving a real strong symbol to everyone to imagine things that were once unimaginable.”

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St Basil’s Cathedral is a magnificent 16th century ecclesiastical creation of Ivan the Terrible, built in celebration of a military victory.

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About St Basil’s Cathedral

St Basil’s Cathedral is a strikingly ornate red brick building bordering Moscow’s Red Square and crowned with several vividly coloured domes, which bear a striking resemblance in shape to flames licking at the sky.

History of St Basil’s Cathedral

St Basil’s Cathedral was originally constructed in 1555, under the orders of Tsar Ivan IV (also known as Ivan the Terrible). Ivan’s intention in building St Basil’s Cathedral was to celebrate his victory in the Russo-Kazan Wars, specifically the siege of Kazan and the cathedral’s name was derived from that of a Russian Orthodox saint called Vasily (Basil) the Blessed.

There has been much dispute over who actually designed St Basil’s Cathedral, but one particularly gruesome legend says that, after they did so, Ivan arranged for the architect’s eyes to be removed so that they could not create anything to rival its beauty. This is almost certainly untrue, given records show that they were employed 25 years later to add an extra chapel. In fact, St Basil’s Cathedral was quite an innovation in Russian architecture. Nothing like it had existed before.

The interior of St Basil’s Cathedral is arguably disappointing when compared with the building’s exterior. This is due in large part to the scale and design, which lacks a focal point. The chaos of the domes hides the fact that the interior is essentially comprised of 9 chapels. Look out for the chapel dedicated to St Vasily the Blessed, a holy fool who commanded the fear and respect of Tsar Ivan himself: the chapel was commissioned after his death.

The interior does contain some interesting medieval paintings – particularly those of icons – and today forms part of the State History Museum. Look out for the tomb of St Basil himself.

St Basil’s Cathedral today

St Basil’s remains an iconic building for a reason: its colourful riot of onion domes still excites even the most jaded traveller when they view it for the first time. The cathedral is open year round, although with seasonal hours, and the maze of chapels inside can be confusing, especially when it’s busy. Whilst the interior is interesting, it’s the exterior which is the most impressive aspect of the cathedral. It can be bitterly cold inside in the winter!

Getting to St Basil’s Cathedral

It’s pretty hard to miss St Basil’s: it remains the focal point of Moscow’s famous Red Square. It is most easily accessed via the trio of metro stations – Okhotnyy ryad (line 1), Teatralnaya (line 2), Ploschad’ Revolyutsii (line 3). All three are a five minute walk away from Red Square. Approach via the Marshal Zhukov monument for the most memorable impression. Multiple roads in the city lead here, and any and every taxi driver will know where you’re heading!

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Nina MayBelle Carson

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Nina MayBelle Carson passed from this earthy place on the afternoon of Saturday, December 18, 2021.  She was resting peacefully at Palouse Hills Assisted Living and Memory Care in Moscow, Idaho.

MayBelle was born on March 29, 1929 to C. Calvin Gardner and Neva ( Young ) Gardner in Boise, Idaho.  She is the second of four children; Rowena Case, Charles Gardner and Laura Lee Gagnon.  Their family home on Pueblo Street was the base for her many adolescent activities: school, 4-H programs, violin performances and work at the Penny Movie Theater.

Her college career began at Boise Junior College.  Culminating in a B.A. in Teaching.  From there, she went on to the University of Idaho, Moscow, to graduate with a B.S. in Home Economics in 1949.  While attending the U of I, she met a young man on a blind date to the Harvest Dance, Allan N. Carson.  Later that same year, they became engaged to be married at the annual Carson Family Thanksgiving Dinner in Moscow, Idaho.

The marriage of the young couple, on June 17, 1951, took place in the Boise Baptist Church.  From here, Allan and MayBelle chose Kellogg, Idaho as the place to raise their two children, Shaun Dell and Brian Allan.  The couple eventually moved back to Moscow in 1975, to settle in the house that they built.

Maybelle enjoyed quilting, bowling, softball, camping, gardening and reading.  Quilting was her most loved activity and all the social aspects that were associated with it.   She was a member of the Silver King Quilting Club, Tea and Talk Quilting and Palouse Patchers.  Many quilts were circulated amongst the group members, entered in fairs, won awards and donated to local charities.

MayBelle was a loving, kind and quiet woman.  In her life, she has been proceeded in death by her parents, her husband, Allan, and her older sister, Rowena.  She is survived by her brother, Chuck, her sister Laura Lee, her children, Shaun and Brian, three grandchildren, many cousins, and nieces and nephews.

Services will be held at Short’s Funeral Chapel, 1225 East 6th Street, Moscow, Idaho on January 15, 2022 at 9:00am.  Graveside services will follow the chapel ceremony.

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Graduating leaders who shape culture living faithfully under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

A shovel to build & a sword to fight, undergraduate program, student life, distinctly christian & thoroughly reformed.

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Explore our blog, upcoming events, saving civilization since 1994, “the true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”.

G.K. Chesterton