Guidebook for Cambridge
Sightseeing
This is the most iconic building in Cambridge and stands with its tradition of wonderful choral music and Xu Zhimo, Isaac Newton, and other great scholars. A wonderful start to your stay in Cambridge
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King's College Chapel
King's ParadeThis is the most iconic building in Cambridge and stands with its tradition of wonderful choral music and Xu Zhimo, Isaac Newton, and other great scholars. A wonderful start to your stay in Cambridge
The most wonderful collection of Art, sculpture, archaelogical finds from Egyptian, Roman and Greek provenance. A veritable feast of culture and it is free to visitors with a great coffee Atrium
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Trumpington StreetThe most wonderful collection of Art, sculpture, archaelogical finds from Egyptian, Roman and Greek provenance. A veritable feast of culture and it is free to visitors with a great coffee Atrium
Fabulous for getting a sense of the long history of Cambridge. Dating back to the Crusades, the design of the chapel is build on the model of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem - 3 mins
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The Round Church
Bridge StreetFabulous for getting a sense of the long history of Cambridge. Dating back to the Crusades, the design of the chapel is build on the model of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem - 3 mins
Around the back of this smallest church in Cambridge a mere 1 minute walk from your room, is a Saxon church built with some of the remaining bricks of the Roman fortifications set up on Castle Hill
Saint Peter's Church
Around the back of this smallest church in Cambridge a mere 1 minute walk from your room, is a Saxon church built with some of the remaining bricks of the Roman fortifications set up on Castle Hill
A must see location with the famous Queens Bridge, made of wood with very strategic and sparse use of rivets and bolts. A favourite destination to view the lower quarter of the Cambridge Colleges
Queens' College
Silver StreetA must see location with the famous Queens Bridge, made of wood with very strategic and sparse use of rivets and bolts. A favourite destination to view the lower quarter of the Cambridge Colleges
The Great Court of Trinity College was used in Chariots of Fire, where the contestants ran around the inner court as the bells of the University Church chimed. Wonderful architecture. Wren Library.
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Trinity College
The Great Court of Trinity College was used in Chariots of Fire, where the contestants ran around the inner court as the bells of the University Church chimed. Wonderful architecture. Wren Library.
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
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Magdalene College, University of Cambridge
Magdalene StreetHome 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
Follow some of the great discoveries of the nineteenth century in this wonderful treasure trove of the emerging science of studying Human Society. Open most week days and saturday for the public.
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Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Downing StreetFollow some of the great discoveries of the nineteenth century in this wonderful treasure trove of the emerging science of studying Human Society. Open most week days and saturday for the public.
A tower to truly behold and wonder - with a reflective piece of modern brass sculpture by Harry Evans outside - books ready for the reading, as this is a copy library, one of three in the UK. 5 mins.
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Cambridge University Library
West RoadA tower to truly behold and wonder - with a reflective piece of modern brass sculpture by Harry Evans outside - books ready for the reading, as this is a copy library, one of three in the UK. 5 mins.
Opposite the Senate House where graduates are given their degrees, the Church has a fine collection of stained glass, and a choral tradition, but climb up the tower for a great view of Cambridge
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Grote St. Mary's Church (Kerk van Engeland)
Senate House HillOpposite the Senate House where graduates are given their degrees, the Church has a fine collection of stained glass, and a choral tradition, but climb up the tower for a great view of Cambridge
Throughout the year, graduates and those recieving doctorates through Cambridge University gather here after receiving their degrees. A very colourful occassion.
Senate House Lawn
Throughout the year, graduates and those recieving doctorates through Cambridge University gather here after receiving their degrees. A very colourful occassion.
Enjoy tea in the gardens where the Bloomsbury Group had many of its members foregather and the Cambridge Apostles too. Virginia Woolf, Robert Graves, Lord Byron's pool a mere stone throw away. Cycle.
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The Orchard Tea Garden
47 Mill WayEnjoy tea in the gardens where the Bloomsbury Group had many of its members foregather and the Cambridge Apostles too. Virginia Woolf, Robert Graves, Lord Byron's pool a mere stone throw away. Cycle.
See one of the new sights of Cambridge and the Locust of time eating its way around a digitalised golden clock marking out our lives in milliseconds and with great accuracy! on the corner building.
Corpus Christi College
Trumpington StreetSee one of the new sights of Cambridge and the Locust of time eating its way around a digitalised golden clock marking out our lives in milliseconds and with great accuracy! on the corner building.
One of the handful of REAL TENNIS courts in Britain. See the beginnings of the Tennis which we enjoy at Wimbledon, incorporating facsimile windows and roof ledges of Hampton Court - Henry VIII.
Cambridge University Real Tennis Club
56 Grange RdOne of the handful of REAL TENNIS courts in Britain. See the beginnings of the Tennis which we enjoy at Wimbledon, incorporating facsimile windows and roof ledges of Hampton Court - Henry VIII.
Sport during the summer includes Cricket played on the University Cricket Grounds of Fenners. If you are coming to the UK for the Summer you must build in a game of Cricket.
Cambridge University Cricket Club
2 Mortimer RdSport during the summer includes Cricket played on the University Cricket Grounds of Fenners. If you are coming to the UK for the Summer you must build in a game of Cricket.
Where some of the earliest games of modern football following the 'Cambridge Rules' drawn up by members of Trinity College in 1848 were played.
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Parker's Piece
Where some of the earliest games of modern football following the 'Cambridge Rules' drawn up by members of Trinity College in 1848 were played.
Everything Else
Just a step down from us, hire a punt on the river for a wonderful hour of being ushered around the back vistas of the central colleges of Cambridge. Perfect on a sunny day before high season!
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Scudamore's Quayside Puntverhuur
Magdalene StreetJust a step down from us, hire a punt on the river for a wonderful hour of being ushered around the back vistas of the central colleges of Cambridge. Perfect on a sunny day before high season!
Drinks & Nightlife
World renowned as here many break through ideas from the old Department of Science along Free School Lane, were hatched. DNA by WAtson and Crick (building on the IP of Rosalind Franklin London Uni)
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Eagle
Bene't StreetWorld renowned as here many break through ideas from the old Department of Science along Free School Lane, were hatched. DNA by WAtson and Crick (building on the IP of Rosalind Franklin London Uni)
Wonderful view over the Cam and the whole of Cambridge. This roof top terrace is open to non residents for drinks and canapes! why pay top prices when this is a mere 5 minute walk from your B and B!
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The Varsity Hotel & Spa - Cambridge City Centre
Thompsons LaneWonderful view over the Cam and the whole of Cambridge. This roof top terrace is open to non residents for drinks and canapes! why pay top prices when this is a mere 5 minute walk from your B and B!