West Cambridge

West Cambridge is a university site to the west of Cambridge city centre in England. Several of the University of Cambridge's science buildings have relocated to the West Cambridge site from the centre of town due to overcrowding, including:

* Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
* University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
* University of Cambridge Department of Veterinary Medicine
* University of Cambridge Whittle Laboratory
* Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory
* University of Cambridge, Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics (CAPE)
* University of Cambridge Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration Nanoscience Centre
* University of Cambridge Magnetic Resonance Research Centre
* University of Cambridge Research Centre in Superconductivity
* Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
* University of Cambridge Bullard Laboratories
* BP Institute Cambridge
* Schlumberger Research Laboratories Cambridge
* Microsoft Research Cambridge

The rare black squirrel has been spotted in this area.

West Cambridge is also the previous name for the town of Arlington, Massachusetts in the United States of America.

External links

* [http://www.cam.ac.uk/map/v3/drawmap.cgi?mp=main;xx=500;yy=400;sx=5;gf=png Interactive map] of West Cambridge site with links to the departments
* [http://www3.arct.cam.ac.uk/westc/ Further development] and construction work on the West Cambridge site
* [http://www3.arct.cam.ac.uk/westc/site/site.html Interactive map] including new and proposed buildings
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Cambridge&ll=52.210733,0.091249&spn=0.005643,0.007811&t=k&hl=en aerial photo] of the site from 2004 showing ongoing development
* [http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?client=public&X=543000&Y=259000&scale=10000&width=500&height=300&gride=543094&gridn=258824&lang=&db=pc&coordsys=gb aerial photo] of the site from 1996 showing early development

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