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| caption3 = [[Castle Street Methodist Church]], the older of the two Methodist churches

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| caption1 = [[Church of St Mary the Great, Cambridge|Great St Mary's Church]] marks the centre of Cambridge.

| caption2 = [[St Botolph's Church, Cambridge|St Botolph's Church]]

 

An [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] synagogue and Jewish student centre is located on Thompson's Lane, operated jointly by the Cambridge Traditional Jewish Congregation and the Cambridge University Jewish Society, which is affiliated to the [[Union of Jewish Students]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctjc.org.uk|title=Welcome to CTJC|publisher=Cambridge Traditional Jewish Congregation|quote=We share our shul building with the students, who run Shabbat services during term-time.|access-date=28 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227111756/http://www.ctjc.org.uk/|archive-date=27 December 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ujs.org.uk/jsocs/view/271/cambridge-university/ |title=Cambridge University &#124; Union of Jewish Students |publisher=Cambridge University Union of Jewish Students |quote=The Cambridge Traditional Jewish Congregation hold Orthodox services at Thompsons Lane which are run by the students during term time and the residents in the vacation. |access-date=28 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726021846/http://www.ujs.org.uk/jsocs/view/271/cambridge-university/ |archive-date=26 July 2012 }}</ref> The Beth Shalom [[Reform Judaism|Reform]] synagogue which previously met at a local school,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/cambridgeshire/hi/people_and_places/religion_and_ethics/newsid_8609000/8609693.stm|title=Home of its own: Cambridge Synagogue has a new base|work=BBC News|date=12 April 2010|access-date=28 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804181020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/cambridgeshire/hi/people_and_places/religion_and_ethics/newsid_8609000/8609693.stm|archive-date=4 August 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> opened a purpose-built synagogue in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beth-shalom.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=100&Itemid=100|title=Beth Shalom Reform Synagogue&nbsp;– Cambridge&nbsp;– A New Synagogue|work=beth-shalom.org.uk|quote=Our new Synagogue and Community Centre is an environmentally-friendly, economical and flexible space...|access-date=16 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914171118/http://www.beth-shalom.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=100&Itemid=100|archive-date=14 September 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> There is also a student-led egalitarian [[minyan]] which holds services on Friday evenings.

 

Cambridge Buddhist Centre, which belongs to [[Triratna Buddhist Community]], was opened in the former [[Theatre Royal, Barnwell, Cambridge|Barnwell Theatre]] on Newmarket Road in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cambridgebuddhistcentre.com/cbc/CBC_history.php |title= History of the Barnwell or Festival Theatre |publisher= Cambridge Buddhist Centre |access-date= 13 January 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091006015146/http://www.cambridgebuddhistcentre.com/cbc/CBC_history.php |archive-date= 6 October 2009 |url-status= live }}</ref> There are also several local Buddhist meditation groups from various [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] including Samatha Trust and Buddha Mettā Society.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cambridgebuddhistsociety.org.uk/meditation.html|title=Meditation and Local Groups|access-date=29 October 2020|archive-date=2 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902132939/http://cambridgebuddhistsociety.org.uk/meditation.html|url-status=live}}</ref>