Wheeler Street, Cambridge — Tourist Information Centre, Corn Exchange and New Museums Site

Wheeler Street

A short street from Bene't Street to the Corn Exchange, with the former city library building on it.

From Bene't Street To Guildhall Street / Corn Exchange Street City Centre 1 place listed

Wheeler Street continues Bene't Street to the north-east and ends at the junction with Guildhall Street and Corn Exchange Street. Guildhall Place, a cul-de-sac, branches off nearby. The Cambridge Corn Exchange marks the north-eastern end.

Museums and the old library

Southwards is the University's New Museums Site. Among them are the Whipple Museum, which looks at how science developed and sits along Free School Lane, and the Museum of Zoology, reached from Downing Street. North of here, via Peas Hill and Guildhall Street, are the Guildhall and Market Square, with the Lion Yard to the north-east.

The Cambridge Tourist Information Centre is in this street. Its architect was G. MacDonell and it was built in 1884. Until the library relocated to Lion Yard in 1975 it was the city's main library, and a small domed reading room survives inside. New buildings have since gone up around it and the Guildhall, so it is now partly out of sight.

In popular culture

The street gave its name to a 2011 song, "Snowed in at Wheeler Street".

Sources: Wikipedia: Wheeler Street · Wikidata: Wheeler Street (Q7992245)

Wheeler Street

Museums and the old library

In popular culture

On this street (Wheeler Street)

Venues

Cambridge Corn Exchange

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