Cambridge University Walking Tour Learn Whilst you Laugh

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1

  At the Guild Hall we'll start by turning the clock back to the 13th century to visit Cambridge as it was before the university

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 2
  St Bene’t’s Church

  Next we’ll go back to Saxon times visiting the oldest building in Cambridgeshire – and try to solve the mystery of its strange windows.

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 3

  Now we’ll whiz forward a thousand years and crack the Atom at the famous Cavendish Laboratory and perhaps even discover the structure of DNA

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 4

  If it is open we’ll enter Pembroke College, the 3rd Oldest in Cambridge – and see the first building Sir Christopher Wren Designed

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 5
  Corpus Clock

  Here we will learn the nature of time, what a Chronophage is and how your central heating paid for the newest tourist attraction in Cambridge , the famouse Corpus Clock

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 6
  King's College Chapel

  For many, King’s College and its Chapel is Cambridge– but its only 1 of the 31 that make up the University – and as you’ll learn it’s a miracle it was ever built. We won't go in but I do offer a sepate tour or the Chapel - see my website for details

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 7
  Senate House

  Senate House and the old schools is the centre of the university – and its where every student will graduate from. If we are lucky we will see a graduation ceremony – if not we can have your own.

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 8
  Great St Mary's Church (Church of England)

  Since the 13th Century Great St Mary’s has been ‘the University Church’ , and in the 18th Century it was the very centre of England. More amazingly you can hear its chimes in London.

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 9
  Trinity College

  Founded by Herney VIII Trinty was where Newton worked for most of his life - bring and apple and you can get a selfie with a descendent of his famous tree

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 10
  St. John's College

  The largest college in Cambridge with the most impressive gate – this is a chance to learn about the teenage mum, who founded two collages, finished King’s Collage Chaple and Great St Mary’s Church. And if that is not enough – started the Tudor Dynasty

  5 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 11
  The Round Church Visitor Centre

  What did the Norman’s do for us? Well a lot, including a one of the only four surviving round churches in England – but is that what we are looking at?

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

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