Huntingdon Road is a major arterial road

Arterial road

An arterial road, or arterial thoroughfare, is a high-capacity urban road. The primary function of an arterial road is to deliver traffic from collector roads to freeways, and between urban centres at the highest level of service possible. As such, many arteries are limited-access roads, or feature...

 linking 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

England

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 with Junction 14 of the M11 motorway

M11 motorway

The M11 motorway in England is a major road running approximately north from the North Circular Road in South Woodford in north-east London to the A14, north-west of Cambridge.-Route:...

 and the A14 northwest from the city centre. The road is designated the A1307.

At the southeastern end, the road links with 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...

 (B1049), 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...

 (A1134) and Mount Pleasant. It continues as Castle Street

Castle Street, Cambridge

Castle Street is a street in the north of central Cambridge, England. To the southeast is a junction with Northampton Street, Magdalene Street, and Chesterton Lane...

, then 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...

 over the River Cam

River Cam

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 and Bridge Street

Bridge Street, Cambridge

Bridge Street is a historic street in the north of central Cambridge, England. It runs between Magdalene Street at the junction with Thompson's Lane to the northwest and Sidney Street at the junction with Jesus Lane to the southeast...

, into the centre of the city.

The University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

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 colleges Fitzwilliam College

Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge

Fitzwilliam College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England.The college traces its origins back to 1869 and the foundation of the Non-Collegiate Students Board, a venture intended to offer students from less financially privileged backgrounds a chance to study...

 (front entrance on Storey's Way

Storey's Way

Storey's Way is a mainly residential road, approximately 650 metres to the west of the city centre in Cambridge, England. It falls within the Castle Electoral Ward of Cambridge City Council, and feeds on to the major arterial roads Huntingdon Road to the north and Madingley Road to the west.It is...

, south off Huntingdon Road), Girton College

Girton College, Cambridge

Girton College is one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. It was England's first residential women's college, established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon. The full college status was only received in 1948 and marked the official admittance of women to the...

, and Murray Edwards College (formerly New Hall

New Hall, Cambridge

Murray Edwards College is a women-only constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It was founded as "New Hall" in 1954, at a time when Cambridge had the lowest proportion of women undergraduates of any university in the United Kingdom, and when only two other colleges admitted women...

), are located off the road. Girton College is some distance from central Cambridge as a former women's college, just south of the village of Girton

Girton

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.

Also on the road are:

• Ascension Parish Burial Ground
  Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge
  The Ascension Parish Burial Ground, formerly St Giles and St Peter's Parish, is a cemetery just off Huntingdon Road near the junction with Storey's Way in the northwest of Cambridge, England. It includes the graves of many Cambridge academics and non-conformists of the 19th and early 20th century...
  
  , where many Cambridge academics are buried
• Cambridge Seed Testing Station
• Cambridge Genetics Station
• Trinity Hall
  Trinity Hall, Cambridge
  Trinity Hall is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. It is the fifth-oldest college of the university, having been founded in 1350 by William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich.- Foundation :...
  
  Sports Ground