This church (1956-1958), a roughcast building isolated on a hillock, has an exceptional number of stained glass windows using the applied technique of famous French glass artist Gabriel Loire from Chartres. They are very colourful even when not lit and the round windows (on the southern façade) show scenes from the life of Christ. The different stations on the Way of the Cross were sculpted and painted in blocks of wood.

The building dates back to the end of the 15C; the great hall, with its sculpted enclosure, has changed considerably since it was built. Bulwer-Lytton, fantasy author, transformed it into a gothic masterpiece with cupola; this style can be seen in the chimney towers, painted panels and stained glass windows in the large ceremonial room.

As the second Cambridge college founded for women (after Girton College and before New Hall College), Newham was founded in 1871 by moral philospher, Henry Sidgwick, a believer in women's rights and their entitlement to higher education. The attractive Queen Anne buildings with Dutch red brick gables and white woodwork are set in gardens. Newnham was granted a college charter in 1917 and women received their first degrees in 1948.

Founded in 1348 and again in 1557 by John Caius (pronounced "keys"), a Renaissance scholar and physician to King Edward VI and Queen Mary. To symbolise a scholar's progress, Caius devised a series of gates with evocative names: he enters through the Gate of Humility and then progresses into Caius Court via the Gate of VIrtue, before finally passing through the Gate of Honour to receive his degree in what is now the Senate House.