Midsummer Common (Cambridge)

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Midsummer Common is an area of common land in Cambridge, England. Home to the annual Midsummer Fair, one of the longest-established fairs in England.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midsummer_Common
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Coordinates:   52°12'37"N   0°7'52"E

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  • Cambridge Midsummer Fair is one of the oldest fairs in the UK and at one point was possibly the largest medieval fair in Europe. Today it exists primarily as an annual funfair with the vestige of a market attached. (Wikipedia). The funfair also rolls into town on other occasions, e.g. in the spring, and in recent years, for November 5th. See also, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Fair http://www.strawberry-fair.org.uk/ which takes place on the same site.
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