Cambridge Attractions: 8 Visitor Guides
Cambridge's sights cluster around the colleges, the river and a handful of outstanding museums, with country houses a short drive away. These pages cover each one with what to see, tickets where published and how to fit it into a day.
Cambridge attraction guides
Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Cambridge University Botanic Garden is a university garden opened in 1846, holding a collection of more than 8,000 species from around the world. Allow two to three hours to see the glasshouses and the main outdoor beds, and check the garden's own site for current prices, hours and last entry.
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
The Fitzwilliam Museum is the University of Cambridge's art and antiquities museum on Trumpington Street, free to enter and closed on Mondays. This guide covers opening hours, how to reach it on foot or by Park & Ride, gallery highlights, current displays and how long to allow.
Great St Mary's Cambridge
Great St Mary's serves as Cambridge's University Church on Senate House Hill, filling a cathedral-like role in a city without one. Here is what to look for inside, how far back its history runs, how long to allow and what stands next door.
Mathematical Bridge, Cambridge
The Mathematical Bridge is a Grade II listed wooden footbridge over the River Cam at Queens' College, built in 1749 from straight timbers that read as an arch. Here is how it works, where the Newton legend goes wrong, and the best places to view it.
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Cambridge
Two million years of human history fill three floors of a free museum on Downing Street in Cambridge, from a Roman woman's skeleton to a 14-metre totem pole. This guide covers what to see, the day-by-day opening pattern, access details and how to fit it into a walkable cluster of University museums.
Round Church Cambridge
The Round Church is one of Cambridge's oldest buildings: a 12th-century circular church modelled on the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Here is what to see, how long to allow, how to reach it from Market Square and which nearby sights fit around it.
The Backs, Cambridge
The Backs is the riverside land behind Cambridge's colleges, best seen from a punt on the River Cam or on foot along the towpath. Here is what lines the water, how long to allow, what you can and cannot enter, and where to go afterwards.
Wimpole Hall
Wimpole Hall is a Grade I listed country house on a working National Trust estate near Cambridge. Here is how the hall, parkland and Home Farm fit together, how long each takes, and how to reach the estate by car, bike or bus.