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Cambridge tourist and travel information |
 Just 60 miles north of London, Cambridge
has excellent road and rail links. |
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Cambridge
- Travel by coach - If you'd like to speak
to someone about your journey you can ring Traveline on 0870
608 2 608. National Express operates coach services to Cambridge
from major towns & cities throughout the U.K, with services
from Central London and Stansted Airport. Cambridge offers 5
Park and Ride sites on the outskirts of the City. Contact Cambridgeshire
County Council for details. Tel: 01223 845561. Photo left: Cambridge
bus tours. |
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Cambridge
- Travel by train - Cambridge Station,
Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2JW. CCTV. Ticket office. Waiting
room. Refreshment facilities. Pay phone. Shops. Toilets. Wheelchair
accessible toilets. Whole station step free access. Taxi rank.
There are regular trains to Cambridge from King’s Cross
& Liverpool Street. Travel to and from the north and Scotland
are easy with connections via Peterborough. |
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Cambridge
- Travel by road - Cambridge is about
3 miles east of Junction 12 of the M 11 Motorway. The M 11 Motorway
links London to Cambridge. Cambridge is about 60 miles from London. |
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Cambridge
- Travel by road - The M11 motorway is
only a few miles from Cambridge, connecting the city to the M25
and London. North of Cambridge the A14 takes you out of the city,
north to the A1. The A14 also takes you to the east - Ipswich
& Felixstowe. The A10 connects Cambridge to the South. |
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Air
- Cambridge is within easy reach of Heathrow
& Gatwick but Stansted is the nearest airport, 30 miles to
the South of the city. |
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Cambridge
Car Hire - Many national chains, such
as Budget, Hertz & Thrifty have offices in Cambridge, as
well as local companies. |
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Cambridge
Cycle Hire - Cambridge Station Cycles,
Station Buildings, Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2JW Tel: +44
(0) 1223 307125. We are located close to the city centre right
next the main railway station in Station Road. |
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Cambridge is 12 miles west of Newmarket,
14 miles south of Ely and 15 miles east
of St Neots. |
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Cambridge
- Shopping - Marks & Spencer, 6 Sidney
Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 3HH. Tel: 01223 355219.
Cambridge Grafton Centre
Simply Food, Unit 41-44 Grafton Centre,
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 1PS. Tel: 01223 357841. Cambridge Simply Food, Cambridge Station, Station Approach, Cambridge. British Home Store Cambridge - 29 Grafton Centre, East Road, Cambridge, CB1 1PS.
Tel: 0845 8410154. Burton
Menswear Cambridge - Tel: 01223 365209.
c/o Dorothy Perkins, Unit 5b, Cambridge Retail Park, New Market
Road, Cambridge, CB5 8WR. |
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Cambridge
- Sport - Cambridge United FC, Abbey Stadium,
Newmarket Road, Cambridge CB5 8LN. Tel: 01223 566500. Ten Pin Bowling. Cambridge Tenpin,
Cambridge Leisure Park, Clifton Way, Cambridge, CB1 7DY. Tel:
0871 550 1010. |
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Cambridge
- Sport - Cambridge Golf Club, Station
Road, Longstanton, Cambridgeshire, CB4 5DR. Tel: 01954 789388.
About 5 miles northwest of Cambridge. |
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Cambridge
- Entertainment - Cambridge Arts Theatre
Box Office, 6 St Edward's Passage, Cambridge, CB2 3PJ. Tel: 01223
503333. (Photo left). www.cambridgeartstheatre.com Cineworld Cinema, Cambridge Leisure
Park, Clifton Way, Cambridge, CB1 7DY. Tel: 0871 200 2000. Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire, CB22
4QR. Tel: +44 (0)1223 835 000. (Photos right). About 6 miles
south of Cambridge. |
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Cambridge
- King's College Cambridge, CB2 1ST. Tel:
(+44) (0)1223 331212. (Photo right). King's is one of the oldest
Cambridge colleges, having been founded in 1441 by Henry VI.
It is also Cambridge's premier tourist attraction, due to its
spectacular Perpendicular chapel. Members of the public are welcome
to visit the Chapel and the grounds of King's College. (Photo left: Cambridge riverboats). |
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- The Fitzwilliam Museum, Trumpington
Street, Cambridge CB2 1RB. Tel: 01223 332900. The Fitzwilliam
Museum houses numerous collections of works of art and antiquities.
Painting from the 14th century to the present day, drawings and
prints, armour, sculpture, furniture, pottery and glass, oriental
art, coins and medals and antiquities. (Photo right). www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk.
Other museums - Museum
of Archaeology and Anthropology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2
3DZ. Tel: 01223 333516.www.maa-cambridge.org.
Museum of Zoology, New Museums Site, Downing Street, Cambridge
CB2 3EJ. Tel: 01223 336650. www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/museum. The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences,
Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ. Tel: (01223) 333456. www.sedgwickmuseum.org.
Whipple Museum of the History of Science,
Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RH. Tel: (01223) 330906. www.hps.cam.ac.uk/whipple.
Kettle's Yard, Castle
Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ. Tel: 01223 352124. www.kettlesyard.co.uk |
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Cambridge
- The Round Church is the second most
visited site in Cambridge. |
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Airport indicated is Cambridge Airport. Cambridge is about 3 miles east of Junction 12 of
the M 11 Motorway. |
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Attractions (see details below)
Rail Stations (Not all stations shown). There
is a station in Cambridge. |
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- King's College Cambridge, CB2 1ST. Tel: (+44) (0)1223 331212.
- Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4DL. Tel: 01353-667735.
cathedral.ely.anglican.org.
- Huntingdon Racecourse, Brampton, Huntingdon, Cambs PE28 4NL.
Tel: 01480 453373. huntingdon-racecourse.co.uk
- Welney Visitor Centre, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Hundred
Foot Bank, Welney, Wisbech, PE14 9TN. Tel: 01353 860711. wwt.org.uk
- Hamerton Zoo Park, Hamerton, Nr Sawtry, Cambs, PE28 5RE. Tel:
01832 293362