Magdalene College, University of Cambridge

To view a smaller college Magdalene college boasts a wonderful library that houses all of the infamous Samuel Pepys diaries - check for opening times.

Founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel. The college and Pepys Building are open all year to visitors excluding April to June.

Home to the dedicated and personally commissioned library of the diarist Samuel Pepys - open most days and a rich experience of seventeenth century literature and thinking. Wonderful courts and chapel

Fellow's still dine by candlelight at Magdalene College. It was the last all male college to finally admit women in 1988.