September challenge: the details

[kake]

OK! So I mentioned there would be another Flâneurs challenge, and here it is.

The instructions for the June challenge were relatively complicated, so I decided to do a simpler one this time.

To participate in the September challenge:

• Leave a top-level comment on this post, stating the name of the city/town you'll be doing your challenge in. (You can leave more than one comment if you want to walk in more than one place.)
• Wait for September, during which time hopefully other community members will reply to the comment as described below, giving you a selection of starting points for your walk.
• Once it's September, pick one of the starting points you've been given, do a walk of any length or type starting from that point, and report back.

To help others complete their September challenge:

• Choose one of the top-level comments on this post which contain the name of a town/city.
• Use an atlas, online map, etc, to select a starting point within that town/city. You can choose a point that you think will result in a pleasant walk, a challenging walk, a walk that's likely to produce a report that you'll find interesting, any criteria you like.
• Leave a comment specifying your chosen point, and optionally the criteria you used to choose it.

Comments

[spiralsheep]

Well, obviously the best place in Cambridge is St Cedd's College... but it's a bit difficult to visit, heh:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Cedd's_College,_Cambridge

The Open University building Cintra House in Hills Road needs to be seen up close for full appreciation (Addenbookes Hospital, with its landmark tower is at the other end of Hills Road):

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/857992

Or there's Mill Road, with its arts connections (spot the giant mural on the railway bridge):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mill_Road,_Cambridge

http://www.flickr.com/photos/grahams__flickr/2550500517/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30101245@N07/2901626990/in/set-72157612265795993/ (there's a whole set of these linocuts of Mill Road)

[nanila]

I love Mill Road! I live quite close to it so it tends to be my street of choice for restaurants/pubs/shopping, on the rare occasions I have time for those things. I cross over it every day on my commute.