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Girton College
Girton is one of the larger Colleges, and it’s one of the friendliest. We’re allowed to walk on the grass; we can either cook ourselves or use the dining hall; and there’s a great social mix of sexes, state school and independent school students, and internationals.
Girton Main Entrance
People at Cambridge will tell you that Girton’s miles away. It is, a whole 2 of them - but that’s 10 minutes on a bike, 30 minutes on foot, or 5 minutes on the bus (which runs every 10 minutes, Mon-Sat). Plus, it means that we’ve got huge grounds and a wonderful lack of prying tourists.
The grounds are spacious, including rugby, football, hockey and cricket pitches, tennis and squash courts, a gym, an orchard, a pond, woods, and, from next year, a sports pavilion. Girton’s keen on sports, societies, and getting involved! Academia is what we’re here for, but even the Mistress wants us to have fun along the way.
Indoors, there’s a cheap bar (featuring sweaty underground rave nights, cocktails, and £2 pints), common room, dark room, Cambridge’s only indoor swimming pool, computer rooms, reading rooms, music rooms, and conference rooms that anyone can use if they’re free. The canteen’s one of the best in Cambridge, even if the rice contains suspicious looking fruits, and the library is one of the largest.
Best thing? Everything is in the beautiful (and tourist-free!) buildings and grounds.
Our 39 week rent is a massive bonus because we can stay/leave our stuff over Christmas and Easter, and our College bills include one simple tenancy fee, fixed for 3 years when you arrive, rather than the hidden extra charges elsewhere.
Girton’s like a giant family (cheesy, I know), there’s a niche for everyone, and if the cycle is putting you off there’s even Wolfson Court in the town centre, and College houses in between.
Worst thing? 10 minute cycle to lectures (especially in the rain)