Guidebook for Cambridge
Drinks & Nightlife
The White Horse Inn
1 Market StLovely food - lots of vegetarian choices too.
Everything Else
Fantastic walking around 9 lakes - which are well wooded and have mature landscaping and which also includes riverside and river meadows and hides. Extensive v views. Very good birdwatching also.
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Area Office
20 Market StFantastic walking around 9 lakes - which are well wooded and have mature landscaping and which also includes riverside and river meadows and hides. Extensive v views. Very good birdwatching also.
Stunning and really lovely walks through below the cathedral and through jubilee gardens down to riverside where there are bars and a fine tea shop.
87 locals recommend
Ely Cathedral
Stunning and really lovely walks through below the cathedral and through jubilee gardens down to riverside where there are bars and a fine tea shop.
" just the best book shop I've ever been to, but probably my favourite shop of all time. One day I want to own a place just like this! :-) "
8 locals recommend
Topping & Company Booksellers of Ely
9 High St
" just the best book shop I've ever been to, but probably my favourite shop of all time. One day I want to own a place just like this! :-) "
The Round Church
Bridge StreetVery unusual and a great place to start a tour of cambridge
Very famous - stunning inside - going to an organ recital there gets you in free and you can soak up the atmostphere
202 locals recommend
King's College Chapel
King's ParadeVery famous - stunning inside - going to an organ recital there gets you in free and you can soak up the atmostphere
The Eagle
6 Bene't StreetAtmospheric - look at the old signatures on ceiling
Lovely traditional seaside place - quirky peer - beach huts. Fish and chips - 2 hours drive from our house -
287 locals recommend
Southwold
Lovely traditional seaside place - quirky peer - beach huts. Fish and chips - 2 hours drive from our house -
The Backs
Queen's RoadFine views of colleges - a picture in spring with crocuses etc
The place to go to get your guidebook and perhaps to book a tour or tour bus
11 locals recommend
Cambridge Visitor Information Centre
Peas HillThe place to go to get your guidebook and perhaps to book a tour or tour bus
A whole day out - so much to do and see - even if you are not a fan or wars or aircraft - try an airshow
82 locals recommend
IWM Duxford
A whole day out - so much to do and see - even if you are not a fan or wars or aircraft - try an airshow
Sightseeing
Lovely medieval bridge overlooking river meadows. Lovely walk to Houghton where there is a national trust mill and riverside.
Tourist Information Centres
Lovely medieval bridge overlooking river meadows. Lovely walk to Houghton where there is a national trust mill and riverside.
Food Scene
Fantastic quirky and charming tea rooms - for example chocolate cream teas - wonderful lunches and an amazing collection of varieties of tea and coffee
28 locals recommend
Peacocks Tearoom
65 WatersideFantastic quirky and charming tea rooms - for example chocolate cream teas - wonderful lunches and an amazing collection of varieties of tea and coffee
Good food - lovely setting - take your drink out and sit and watch the punting and look at the view across the river meadows - go punting either along the backs to see the colleges or to grantchester
11 locals recommend
The Mill
14 Mill LnGood food - lovely setting - take your drink out and sit and watch the punting and look at the view across the river meadows - go punting either along the backs to see the colleges or to grantchester
You can walk from the Mill pub across the meadows - to Newnham (then ask the way) to footpath across meadows to grantchester - or just go straight to the orchard tea gardens in grantchester
72 locals recommend
The Orchard Tea Garden
47 Mill WayYou can walk from the Mill pub across the meadows - to Newnham (then ask the way) to footpath across meadows to grantchester - or just go straight to the orchard tea gardens in grantchester