Things you didn't know about... Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire unlocks the key of life

James Watson and Francis Crick jointly received the Nobel Prize for medicine for what is considered one of the most important biological discoveries of the 20th century. They made their discovery at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge in 1953. Economist John Maynard Keynes and physicist Stephen Hawking both hail from Cambridgeshire.

Oliver Cromwell is buried in Cambridgeshire

His unmarked grave is just outside the doors of Sidney Sussex College Chapel. The Lord Protector was born in the Cambridgeshire village of Huntingdon, was MP for Cambridge, and died at Cambridgeshire's Spinney Abbey in 1674.

Cambridgeshire—we're always here for the beer

The Ferryboat Inn at Holywell has been serving alcohol since AD 560.

You can see the Dark Side of the Moon in Cambridgeshire

The late Syd Barrett, Roger Waters and David Gilmour of Pink Floyd all lived and went to school in Cambridge. Other musicians from the county of Cambridgeshire include Andrew Eldritch, lead singer of The Sisters of Mercy; Andy Bell, lead singer of Erasure; Don Airey, keyboardist for Deep Purple; and Keith Palmer of The Prodigy.

Cambridgeshire, Jeffrey Archer and Rupert Brooke

Shamed Tory peer Lord Archer now lives in the World War I poet's former house, The Old Vicarage in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire.

Cambridgeshire swears in first transgender mayor

Jenny Bailey, 45, was sworn in as Mayor of Cambridge in May 2007, with her partner, Jennifer Liddle, a former city councillor who was also born a man.

Water reserves reach all-time high in Cambridgeshire

Grafham Water, England's largest reservoir, is near St Neot's.

The UK's lowest point is in Cambridgeshire

Holme Fen, six miles south of Peterborough, is 9 feet below sea level. Cambridgeshire is also home to Britain's lowest-lying pub, The Bridge Inn at Wilburton, which lies at 8 feet below sea level.

They worked out how to play football at Cambridge

The first-ever set of rules for modern football were devised in Cambridge by University members in 1848. These Cambridge Rules would influence the Football Association rules that were developed in 1863.