Where is it?

Bit of a map of Cambridge showing where Senate House Passage is

Senate House Passage is easy to miss in Cambridge.  It runs roughly East-West, down the length of the Senate House and Caius college library, with these buildings on the South side and Caius college proper on the North side.  At the West end are Clare and Trinity Hall colleges and at the East end is the start of Trinity Street and the Cambridge University Press bookshop.  Senate House Passage is the site of the Senate House Passage Leap (don't try this at home, kids).
 

Senate House Passage Leap

The Senate House Passage Leap is undertaken by very foolhardy students.  It is basically jumping across Senate House Passage between Caius and the Senate House, but from the second floor.  The distance is about 6 feet, and every surface is very uncompromising stone.  Students living in the rooms in Caius that look out over the Senate House have to sign agreements with their college not to let anyone in to do the jump. It was a necessary part of parking a van on the roof of the Senate House.


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