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A thousand years of architecture
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Cambridge has buildings and structures from the 11th century, through to the 14th, 16th 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th. Often these are right next to each other. No one minds.
Itinerary
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Meeting Point
The Judge Business School in Trumpington Street CB2 1AG
- This was the original Addenbrooke's Hospital, founded in 1766. It is now an ornate building refurbished in the 1990s with a colourful modern pallet. We take a look inside.
The Fitzwilliam Museum - external view
Built in 1816 to resemble a Greek Temple.
A Visit to Pembroke College
Founded in 1347, this college has a chapel designed by Sir Christopher Wren and other buildings from the 17th and 19th centuries.
This can be followed at around 11m by a coffee break at nearby Fitzbillies the famous Cambridge cafe.
A visit to Queen's College
The college is on both sides of the River Cam. The oldest building on the river is one one side, built in the 15th century. The newest is on the other side, built in the 1970s. The college was founded in 1448 and many original buildings remain. The dining room was decorated in the 1900s by William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones.
The Wren Library
Designed by Sir Christopher Wren in the late 1600s, the largest library in England at the time. Sir Isaac Newton used a corridor underneath it to try to measure the speed of sound.
The Great Gate of Trinity College
The gate predates the college which was founded in 1546, by Henry VIII. Why is his statue holding the wooden leg of a chair?
The Senate House, Gonville and Caius College and Great St Mary's Church
Three buildings from three different centuries right next to each other: The 1600s, the 1700s and the 1900s.
The first students who came to Cambridge in 1209, studied in Great St Mary's Church.
The impressive 19th century Caius building was designed by Alfred Waterhouse who designed the Natural History Museum in London.
The Senate House was built in 1720, designed by James Gibbs.
Lunch at The Copper Kettle
Lunch at a jolly cafe in King's Parade.
A Visit to King's College
King's has one of the largest private chapels in the world. It took 100 years to build because it went through the reign of five kings. The style is English Perpendicular Gothic.
The college also has "The Gibbs Building" designed (like the Senate House) by James Gibbs and which has echoes of The White House in Washington.
The Corpus Clock
A modern mechanical marvel, this is a clock, covered in gold with no hands. It cost £1 million and is only truly accurate every five minutes. Why is there a grasshopper on top of it?
St Benet's Church
Medieval Church dating back to at least the 1300s. The square tower is Anglo Saxon, so built before the Normal Conquest in 1066.
The Old Cavendish Laboratory
Opened in 1874, the university's first laboratory of experimental psychics. Built to look dull and unexciting to quell fears about the experiments taking place inside it. It has a psalm from the Bible on the great wooden doors.
The Eagle Pub
The second oldest pub in Cambridge. Dates from 1667. A coaching inn, which became the haunt of air crews in the Second World War. The airmen used cigarette lighters, charcoal and red lipstick to sign the names and numbers of their squadrons on the ceiling. Still very much there for us to see.
The pub is also where in 1953, Francis Crick and James Watson announced they had discovered: "The Secret of Life". (The structure of DNA.)
This pub serves beer, including one called The Eagle DNA - and meals. It boasts: "The best fish and chips in Cambridge."
Ending Point
The Eagle Pub
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Inclusions & Exclusions
The price includes
-A whole-day tour of Cambridge from 10am to 4pm.
-It includes entry to The Judge Business School, Pembroke College, St Benet's Church, Great St Mary's Church and The Wren Library.
-There will be a stop for morning coffee and an hour for lunch.
-Food and drink is not included in the price of the tour.
-Entry to King's College is not included. This is usually £17 per person with some reductions by booking online for groups, students and children.
-Entry to Queens' College is not included. This is usually £5 per person. Cambridge residents are admitted free and can bring a guest.
Tour Important Information
*This tour involves a lot of walking. Comfortable shoes are advised.
*This tour is wheelchair accessible.
*It's England, so always good to bring an umbrella.
Important message from the supplier
I am available at all times, unless I am already booked for another tour. I can sometimes take tours at less than two days notice, if I am available. The maximum number for a group is 15 because that is the number of people in a group who will be admitted into a Cambridge college. However for walking tours around the town, I can take up to 20 people.
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
Joined 2025
About Tour Guide Angela D.
The story of Cambridge starts with a murder and continues with tales of love, death, betrayal and intrigue. There is something to interest everyone of all ages and from all nations. I can customise a tour for you and where the numbers are too many for a one guide (school parties for example) I can share the tour with another esteemed Cambridge GoWithGuide colleague. We have all lived in Cambridge for many years and all love telling the city's stories.
$200/ per group
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A walk through 800 years of Cambridge history
This is a walk with tales of clever but often eccentric people as we go through the city of Cambridge. We see Great St Mary's, the church where the first students studied in 1209 and where in 1381 the peasants revolted. We visit The Eagle pub where in 1953 two young men declared that they had discovered "the secret of life" (they had made a model of the structure of DNA). We talk about the men and women who founded some of the oldest colleges.
A walk through 800 years of Cambridge history
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This tour includes a visit to the splendid King's College Chapel. with its sixteenth century stained glass windows and the college grounds which cross the river. The chapel took 100 years to build because it went through the reigns of five different kings. There is also the Chinese Stone, a marble moment on which are inscribed the first and last lines of the poem The Sadness of Leaving Cambridge by the Chinese poet Xu Zhimo who studied at King's in the 1920s.
A Tour of King's College Chapel and Grounds