Wheeler Street - CAMBRIDGE EDITION - Cambridge, UK
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N 52° 12.265 E 000° 07.173
31U E 303178 N 5787685
Wheeler Street, in central Cambridge, is a short street that connects Bene't Street with Guildhall Street and runs behind the block of buildings that contain the Guildhall. The main buildings are the former library and Corn Exchange.
Waymark Code: WMQ4MY
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/19/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
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Wikipedia has an article about Wheeler Street that tells us:

Wheeler Street is a street in central Cambridge, England. It runs between Bene't Street to the south west and Guildhall Street and Corn Exchange Street to the north east. To the east, Guildhall Place, a cul-de-sac, runs south east from the junction with Guildhall Street, parallel with Corn Exchange Street at its north western end, as an extension of Guildhall Street.

On the north east end of Wheeler Street, on the corner with Corn Exchange Street is the Cambridge Corn Exchange, a music and theatrical venue. To the south is the New Museums Site, a site of the University of Cambridge with university museums, including the Whipple Museum of the History of Science on Free School Lane and the Cambridge University Museum of Zoology on Downing Street.

The Cambridge Guildhall and Market Square are to the north, reached via Peas Hill and Guildhall Street. The Lion Yard shopping centre is to the north east.

The Cambridge Tourist Information Centre is located in Wheeler Street. The building dates from 1884 and was designed by the architect G. MacDonell. It was once the main city library, but this moved into Lion Yard in 1975. The building has a small but attractive domed reading room. Other buildings have been erected around this and the Guildhall, which means they are now partially hidden. See "Note" below.

Wheeler Street gives its name to the song "Snowed in At Wheeler Street", the 2011 duet between Kate Bush and Sir Elton John.

Note: The Cambridge Tourist Information Centre is now located in Peas Hill with the former library now housing Jamie Oliver's Italian restaurant.

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