Castle Street is a street in the north of central Cambridge

Cambridge

The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...

, England. To the southeast is a junction with Northampton Street

Northampton Street, Cambridge

Northampton Street is a street in the north of central Cambridge, England. It runs between Madingley Road and Queen's Road to the west and Castle Street, by Castle Hill, Chesterton Lane , and Magdalene Street to the east.Northampton Street is part of the Cambridge inner ring road and thus has...

, Magdalene Street

Magdalene Street

Magdalene Street is a street in the north of central Cambridge, England. It runs between Castle Street, by Castle Hill, at the junction with Northampton Street and Chesterton Lane, then Chesterton Road , to the northwest and Bridge Street at the junction with Thompson's Lane to the southeast.The...

, and Chesterton Lane (leading to Chesterton Road

Chesterton Road, Cambridge

Chesterton Road is a road in the north of Cambridge, England. The southwestern part of the road is known as Chesterton Lane. This links with Northampton Street at the junction with Castle Street to the northwest and Magdalene Street leading southeast across the River Cam into central Cambridge...

). To the northwest is a junction with Mount Pleasant, Huntingdon Road

Huntingdon Road

Huntingdon Road is a major arterial road linking central Cambridge, England with Junction 14 of the M11 motorway and the A14 northwest from the city centre. The road is designated the A1307....

 (leading northwest out of Cambridge), Histon Road

Histon Road

Histon Road is an arterial road linking central Cambridge, England with the A14 road north of the city. The road is designated the B1049. At the southern end, the road links with Huntingdon Road , Victoria Road , Mount Pleasant, and Castle Street...

 (leading north out of Cambridge), and Victoria Road

Victoria Road, Cambridge

Victoria Road is a major road in the north of Cambridge, England. The road is designated the A1134. At the western end, the road links with Histon Road , Huntingdon Road , Mount Pleasant, and Castle Street.In...

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To the northeast is Castle Hill

Castle Hill, Cambridge

Castle Hill is a hill in Cambridge, England, located in the Castle ward of the city. Cambridgeshire County Council's headquarters, Shire Hall, are located directly adjacent to Castle Hill.-History:...

, the location of Cambridge Castle

Cambridge Castle

Cambridge Castle, locally also known as Castle Mound, is located in the town of the same name in Cambridgeshire, England. Originally built after the Norman conquest to control the strategically important route to the north of England, it played a role in the conflicts of the Anarchy, the First and...

, and the Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...

 Shire Hall. To the southwest is St Peter's Church

St Peter's Church, Cambridge

St Peter's Church is situated on the west side of Castle Street, Cambridge. To the west is Honey Hill and St Peter's Street is to the north. On the south side of the churchyard is Kettle's Yard art gallery. It is in the Anglican Diocese of Ely....

 and Honey Hill

Honey Hill

Honey Hill is a hill in the city of Cambridge, England. It is located southwest of Castle Hill on the other side of Castle Street. To the south is Northampton Street.Honey Hill Mews is now located here....

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On the corner of Castle Street and Northampton Street is the Cambridge & County Folk Museum

Cambridge & County Folk Museum

The Cambridge & County Folk Museum is a museum located in Castle Street in central Cambridge, England. It is housed in eight rooms in the former White Horse Inn, a public house that closed in 1934. The museum presents the lives of the people of Cambridge and its surrounding area in the county of...

. Also here is Kettle's Yard

Kettle's Yard

Kettle's Yard is an art gallery and house in Cambridge, England.- History and overview :Kettle's Yard was originally the Cambridge home of Jim Ede and his wife Helen. Moving to Cambridge in 1956, they converted four small cottages into one idiosyncratic house and a place to display Ede's collection...

, a former home and now an art gallery

Art gallery

An art gallery or art museum is a building or space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art.Museums can be public or private, but what distinguishes a museum is the ownership of a collection...

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Castle Street Methodist Church is in the street. The Castle Inn public house is also located here.