Cambridge – Day trip from London to see King’s College

Name: Cambridge Day Tour from London
Start: 2024-08-23
End: 2024-12-27
Location: London Bridge station

Tickets from £79

Where? London Bridge station, 21 Duke Street Hill When? 23rd August, 28th September, 26th October, 23rd November and 27th December 2024 9 AM to 6 PM Price? From £79 Parking: Nearby car parks Buses: 8, 11, 15, 17, 21, 23, 25, 26, 35, 40, 43, 47, 48, 76, 133, 141, 149, 242, 343, 344, 381, 388, 521, RB1, RB3, RV1 Bus fares Trains: The closest station is London Bridge Jubilee Northern Train fares

Walk in the footsteps of Sir Isaac Newton and CS Lewis on this full-day trip to the beautiful university city of Cambridge.

Upon arrival your friendly local guide will take you straight to the top of the tower at St. Mary-the-Great so you can get your bearings, and look down upon King’s College, Clare's College and Trinity College beyond.

The guide will then give you a 1-hour walking tour around town to show you the highlights and teach you some history, and the rest of the day will be allocated as free time so you can explore the city at your own pace.

Fitzwilliam Museum

Lots of people will head straight for the famous Fitzwilliam Museum - Cambridge's equivalent of the British Museum, with its extensive collection of art and antiquities from Egypt and Asia, and its gallery of Impressionist and Renaissance paintings.

Queen's, Corpus Christi & Trinity College

You'll also want to spend some time admiring the architecture of the Cambridge colleges - Peterhouse and Pembrooke are worth a look, and the 550-year-old Queen's College with its timber-framed Tudor buildings inside - but the real highlights are Corpus Christi and Christopher Wren's Trinity College which has Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica on display in the library.

King's College Chapel

If you only enter one building in Cambridge then make it King’s College Chapel. Started in 1446 during the reign of Henry VI, this gothic masterpiece took over 100 years to build and contains some beautiful stained-glass windows and the world's largest fan vault ceiling.

The Chapel is also home to a famous choir of angelic-looking schoolboys that you might have seen singing Christmas carols at the Royal Albert Hall.

Bridge of Sighs & Mathematical Bridge

And don't forget the picturesque Bridge of Sighs that evokes memories of Venice, and the 300-year-old Mathematical Bridge that lots of people still believe was designed by Isaac Newton.

You might like to try some punting on the River Cam as well - a favourite pasttime of university students.