Meeting Point

In front of Great St Mary's

Great St Mary's

I'll meet you in front of Great St Mary's. This is considered to be the centre of Cambridge. The church is closely connected with the foundation of Cambridge University. In front of us will be the Senate House where the students have their graduation ceremony and one of the colleges, Gonville and Caius. We'll discuss the foundation of the university, the relationship between the university and the colleges, student antics involving the Senate House that made the front pages of the newspapers and ...

Senate House Passage/Trinity Hall/The River Cam

We'll see and find out about a rather unusual neoclassical gate along Senate House Passage. Then pass by Trinity Hall, where Stephen Hawking did his PhD and discover why he ended up doing this in Cambridge instead of Oxford. Next have a look at the River Cam and check out what "punting" is.

Trinity College/St John's College/King's College

We'll pass by Trinity where Sir Isaac Newton studied and where there is an apple tree. Is it "the" apple tree? St John's was founded by a rather remarkable woman who founded another Cambridge college and as for King's....well, you won't be able to miss King's College Chapel and you'll hear about some of the feats of the Cambridge Nightclimbers

The Corpus Clock/The Eagle Pub/The Old Cavendish Laboratory

The Corpus Clock-one of the most modern additions to King's Parade (The Must-See Street in Cambridge) described as "both hypnotically beautiful and deeply disturbing". The Eagle pub where Shakespeare "may" have visited but where Crick and Watson "did" go to announce "We have discovered the secret of life" in 1953. And the Old Cavendish perhaps the most important building in Cambridge.

The Old Cavendish Laboratory

This is where we will end the tour.

Ending Point

The Old Cavendish Laboratory