Cambridge - Travel Info

MAP

Scrollable maps of Cambridge at www.cam.ac.uk/map.

VISITOR CARD

A Cambridge Visitor Card can be purchased for £2.50 and gives you a whole load of discounts. See www.visitcambridge.org/unique.php?id=17. Note that if you have a valid student card, you may be able to receive some of these discounts anyway.

TRANSPORT

Bicycle - The traditional form of transportation around Cambridge. Bikes can be rented from a number of establishments: www.thebikeman.co.uk, www.stationcycles.co.uk

Bus - To reach local villages, bus might be your best bet:
www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/transport/bus_timetables

Train - For longer journeys you might want to go by train: www.nationalrail.co.uk

Car rental - Cambridge was not built for cars and we would not recommend renting a car, but if you do want to, we have had good experiences with: www.valueautorentals.co.uk

ENTERTAINMENT

EATING OUT

Pubs can be good venues for lunch or dinner. For a definitive guide to Cambridge pubs (of which there are around 120) visit www.cambridge-pubs.co.uk.

A few recommendations would be: The Eagle, The Anchor, The Maypole, The Flying Pig, The Free Press and The Fort St George.

Alcohol in the UK:

The drinking age in the UK is 18. If you are 16 or 17 you may enter some establishments, but not drink alcohol. If you are under 16, you may only enter a drinking establishment with an adult. The best course of action, if you are underage but wish to have lunch in a pub for example, is to ask the manager whether you are permitted to buy food and soft drinks at the establishment. Some pubs allow this. There are also some no-alcohol nights organised for underage students at clubs. Note that Reach Cambridge will repatriate any student under 18 caught drinking alcohol on one of its programmes.

Restaurants are plentiful in Cambridge, a good directory can be found here: www.visitcambridge.org/visitors/eatinganddrinking.php.

Otherwise, some recommendations are: Browns for traditional English food, The Bun Shop for Tapas, The Venue and Loch Fyne Restaurant for fish, Chez Gerrard for French, Don Pasquale for Italian and Midsummer House for the best dining in Cambridge.

TOP 10 FAMOUS THINGS TO DO

1. King's College & Chapel - www.kings.cam.ac.uk
2. Punt along the Backs - www.scudamores.com
3. The Eagle Pub, where the discovery of DNA was announced
4. Shopping in Cambridge Market Square
5. The Fitzwilliam Museum - www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
6. The Orchard tea garden at Grantchester - www.orchard-grantchester.com
7. The Botanic Gardens - www.botanic.cam.ac.uk
8. Trinity College & Library - www.trin.cam.ac.uk
9. The American Cemetery - www.abmc.gov/ca.htm
10. Climb the tower of Great St Mary's Church - www.ely.anglican.org/parishes/camgsm/

TOP 10 PLACES OFF THE BEATEN TRACK

1. Walk, punt or cycle to Grantchester
2. Day out at Newmarket racecourse, the home of British horse racing - www.newmarketracecourses.co.uk
3. Duxford Imperial War Museum, the premier aviation museum in Europe - www.iwm.org.uk
4. The University Library, one of only 5 First Edition libraries in the UK - www.lib.cam.ac.uk
5. Museum of Classical Archaeology - www.classics.cam.ac.uk/museum
6. Museum of Zoology - www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/museum
7. Jesus Green outdoor swimming pool
8. Ely Cathedral - www.cathedral.ely.anglican.org
9. Anglesey Abbey - www.nationaltrust.org.uk/angleseyabbey
10. Wimpole Hall - www.wimpole.org

OTHER PLACES TO LOOK FOR INFORMATION

This is the official Cambridge Tourism website and has excellent directories for all of the above: www.visitcambridge.org