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Cambridge Private Detectives have been operating in Cambridge and East Anglia for almost 20 years.

• Cambridge and its surrounds are sometimes referred to as Silicon Fen, an allusion to Silicon Valley, because of the density of high-tech businesses and technology incubators that have developed on science parks around the city.
• Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of cambridgeshire, England.
• Cambridge lies in East Anglia about 50 miles (80 km) north-by-east of London.
• Cambridge is also at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the city.
• Cambridge is best known as the home of the University of Cambridge, one of the world's premier universities.
• Cambridge's skyline is dominated by the chimney of Addenbrooke's Hospital in the far south of the city and St John's College Chapel tower in the north.
• According to the 2001 United Kingdom census, Cambridge's population was 108,863,including 22,153 students.
• The population of Cambridge's urban area is estimated to be 130,000.
• Cambridge is surrounded by many smaller towns and villages.
• In 1962 Cambridge's first shopping arcade, Bradwell's Court, opened on Drummer Street, though this was demolished in 2006.
• Cambridge gained its second University in 1992 when Anglia Polytechnic became Anglia Polytechnic University.
• The Open University also has a presence in the city, with an office operating on Hills Road.
• Despite having a university, Cambridge was not granted its city charter until 1951.
• Cambridge does not have a cathedral, traditionally a prerequisite for city status, instead falling within the Church of England Diocese of Ely.
• Cambridge is now one of East Anglia's major cities, along with Norwich, Colchester, Ipswich and Peterborough.
• Many of the buildings in the centre of Cambridge are colleges affiliated to the University of Cambridge, including King's College and Magdalene College.
• Cambridge is located in an area of level and relatively low-lying terrain just south of the Fens, which varies between 6 metres (20 ft) and 24 metres (79 ft) above sea level.
• The River Cam flows through the city north from the village of Grantchester.
• Cambridge has many suburbs and areas of high-density housing.
• Cambridge is mostly commercial, historic buildings, and large green areas such as Jesus Green, Parker's Piece and Midsummer Common.
• Many of Cambridge's roads in the centre are pedestrianised.
• The demography in Cambridge changes considerably in and out of University term times, so can be hard to measure.