King's Hedges

infobox UK place
country = England
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latitude= 52.22889
longitude= 0.13312
official_name =King's Hedges
population =
shire_district=
shire_county= Cambridgeshire
region= East of England
constituency_westminster= Cambridge
post_town= CAMBRIDGE
postcode_district = CB
postcode_area= CB4
dial_code= 01223
os_grid_reference= TL457611

King's Hedges is an electoral ward in the north of the city of Cambridge.

The area popularly known as King's Hedges comprises a number of adjoining housing estates which were built in the 1960s and 1970s in order to expand the city's capacity as part of a wider plan to house London overspill. It is now widely populated and is a fairly multi-cultural area.

The area has good bus and road connections to the centre of Cambridge as well as ready access to the outskirts and the A14 trunk road. It is home to the Cambridge Regional College further education college and the Cambridge Science Park, as well as a number of local pubs and shops.

The Kings Hedges estate was planned around cycling and walking routes which provide direct paths through the area. This encourages people to travel without cars within the estate. Kings Hedges provides the best example of such development in Cambridge. The success of the Kings Hedges design has not been replicated in newer developments which revert to car-centric design. This includes the adjacent Arbury Park development, which is due to be completed around 2009.

External links

* [http://www.arburycamp.co.uk/ Arbury Camp / Arbury Park development]