Christ's Pieces

Christ's Pieces is considered to be typical of Victorian park design with well defined Lime tree avenues located in the heart of Cambridge City centre. There is a diverse mixture of soft landscape in addition to the dominant tree species providing all year round colour.

In 1884 Jesus College announced that it was willing to sell its interests in Christ's Pieces on the understanding that they were acquired 'for the purpose of a public garden or recreation ground and for no other reason whatsoever', the land was brought by Cambridge City Council for in 1886, the park was drained and planted and largely set out in structure as seen today.

In the autumn of 1999 the new rose garden, in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, was dedicated by the bishop of Huntingdon and officially opened by the mayor of Cambridge.

Today this highly valued amenity park is used for active and passive recreational pursuits and a place for people to sit, reflect, take a lunch break from away from the day to day bustle of city centre life.

The park offers active pursuits via the provision of free to use facilities such in the form of tennis courts, table tennis, a bowling green and well equipped toddler play park.

In more recent times there have been changes to the bedding and grass areas on the park to align to Management Plan aspirations and roll out initiatives such as wild flowering meadows that enhance the Biodiversity properties of the site