Sidgwick Site

[3] The site as it is now has its origins in plans drawn up by Casson and Conder in 1952 for making use of land to the west of the Cambridge city centre which was previously used as cricket grounds for Corpus Christi college.

On 29 October 2006, Education Not For Sale supporters at Cambridge University organised the first occupation in the UK in protest at the introduction of top-up fees on the Sidgwick Site Lecture Hall, occupying it for 12 hours.

[5] On 22 February 2022, Cambridge Defend Education, a student-led campaign group, occupied a lecture block declaring support for the current University and College Union strike.

Cambridge Students' Union, although not directly involved in the occupation issued a statement in support of the action, declaring themselves opposed to the marketisation of education.

[6] Although less popular now, the site was formerly a thriving location with the local skateboarding community because of its undercover benches, numerous sets of stairs and L-shaped concrete banks.

The Faculty of Law building (left), Cambridge Institute of Criminology (in the distance) and Raised Faculty Building (right)
The Faculty of Divinity building, on the Sidgwick Site
The Seeley Historical Library , part of the Faculty of History
The Alison Richard Building
The southern entrance to the Sidgwick Site with the Lady Mitchell Hall (left) and the Raised Faculty Building (right)