Cambridge - King's College

King's College Chapel, a hall church 290ft/88m long, 45ft/13.6m wide and 80ft/24.4m high, is renowned for its 12-bay interior in the Perpendicular style. It has breathtaking fan vaulting by John Wastell (1512-15), and lovely Perpendicular tracery in the windows and on the walls. The stained glass windows (1515-31; west window 19th century), embellished with Tudor coats of arms, are noted particularly for the cycle on the life of Mary, Jesus and the Apostles. The wooden organ screen (1533-36), organ case (1686) and choir stalls (16th-17th century) are lavishly carved. The altarpiece is a painting by Rubens, the "Adoration of the Magi" (1634), presented to the college by A. E. Allnatt in 1961. Visitors are recommended to attend Evensong, when the famous King's College Choir sings.

At the rear of the Fellows' Building a huge expanse of lawn extends down to the river where, from King's Bridge, there are lovely views along the Backs. Among the many distinguished alumni of the college were the writer Horace Walpole (1717-97), the poet Rupert Brooke and the economist Lord Keynes. Women students were admitted to the college for the first time in 1969.