Attractions in Cambridge

Bridge of Sighs

Covered stone bridge of 1831 over the Cam at St John's College, linking Third Court and New Court.

• Colleges and the Backs, Cambridge

Cambridge Central Mosque

The city's first purpose-built mosque, on Mill Road, opened to the public on 24 April 2019.

• Mill Road and the East, Cambridge

Cambridge Guildhall

Civic building on the south side of Market Hill with two halls, and the seat of Cambridge City Council.

• King's Parade and Market Square, Cambridge

Cambridge Museum of Technology

Industrial heritage museum in an 1894 sewage pumping station beside the Cam; the building is a scheduled monument.

Entry: according to the venue’s own page, read 25 Oct 2026. Special exhibitions and events may be charged. Source

• Mill Road and the East, Cambridge

Cambridge University Botanic Garden

University botanic garden between Trumpington Road, Bateman Street and Hills Road, linked to the Department of Plant Sciences.

Entry: according to the venue’s own page, read 25 Oct 2026. Special exhibitions and events may be charged. Source

• Museums, Botanic Garden and the South, Cambridge

Castle Mound

Earthwork of Cambridge Castle, built after 1066 to control the route north from the city.

• Colleges and the Backs, Cambridge

Christ's College

• King's Parade and Market Square, Cambridge

Christ's Pieces

• Mill Road and the East, Cambridge

Church of St Mary the Less

Church of England parish church, known as Little St Mary's, on Trumpington Street beside Peterhouse.

• Museums, Botanic Garden and the South, Cambridge

Clare Bridge

Grade I listed bridge over the Cam joining Clare's Old Court to Memorial Court.

• Colleges and the Backs, Cambridge

Clare College

College founded in 1326 as University Hall, known for its chapel choir and its gardens on the Backs.

• Colleges and the Backs, Cambridge

Coe Fen

Semi-rural meadowland east of the Cam in the south of the city, at the back of Peterhouse.

• Museums, Botanic Garden and the South, Cambridge

Corpus Christi College

College founded in 1352, commonly known as Bene't College from the late 14th to the early 19th century.

• King's Parade and Market Square, Cambridge

Corpus Clock

Sculptural clock, also called the Chronophage, on the Taylor Library of Corpus Christi College.

• King's Parade and Market Square, Cambridge

Downing College

College founded in 1800; the only college added to the university between 1596 and 1869.

• Museums, Botanic Garden and the South, Cambridge

Emmanuel College

College founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay on the site of a Dominican priory.

• King's Parade and Market Square, Cambridge

Fitzwilliam Museum

The university's art and antiquities museum on Trumpington Street, founded under the will of Viscount FitzWilliam in 1816.

• Museums, Botanic Garden and the South, Cambridge

Gonville and Caius College

College founded in 1348 by Edmund Gonville and refounded in 1557 by John Caius.

• King's Parade and Market Square, Cambridge

Grantchester Meadows

Open meadows on the west bank of the Cam between Newnham Croft and Grantchester village.

• Museums, Botanic Garden and the South, Cambridge

Great St Mary's

• King's Parade and Market Square, Cambridge

Hobson's Conduit

• Museums, Botanic Garden and the South, Cambridge

Holy Trinity Church

Church of England church on Market Street, at the corner with Sidney Street.

• King's Parade and Market Square, Cambridge

Jesus College

College established in 1496 on the site of a twelfth-century Benedictine nunnery.

• King's Parade and Market Square, Cambridge

Jesus Green

Park north of Jesus College with the River Cam along its northern edge.

• Mill Road and the East, Cambridge

Jesus Green Lido

Outdoor swimming pool on Jesus Green; the city council's page gives the season and times.

• Mill Road and the East, Cambridge

Kettle's Yard

• Colleges and the Backs, Cambridge

King's College Chapel

• Colleges and the Backs, Cambridge

King's Parade

• King's Parade and Market Square, Cambridge

Leper Chapel of St Mary Magdalene

Chapel off Newmarket Road dating from about 1125, near Barnwell Junction.

• Mill Road and the East, Cambridge

Magdalene College

College across Magdalene Bridge, founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel and refounded in 1542.

• Colleges and the Backs, Cambridge

Market Square

Pedestrian square in the city centre, beside the Guildhall and a short walk from Great St Mary's.

• King's Parade and Market Square, Cambridge

Mathematical Bridge

Wooden footbridge over the Cam joining two parts of Queens' College; its official name is the Wooden Bridge.

• Colleges and the Backs, Cambridge

Midsummer Common

Area of common land on the south bank of the Cam, north-east of the city centre.

• Mill Road and the East, Cambridge

Mill Road

Long street of independent businesses running south-east from Parker's Piece and across the railway line.

• Mill Road and the East, Cambridge

Mill Road Cemetery

Grade II listed former burial ground off Mill Road in Petersfield, protected since 2001.

• Mill Road and the East, Cambridge

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

University museum of archaeology and ethnography on the Downing Site, with its public entrance on Downing Street.

Entry: according to the venue’s own page, read 25 Oct 2026. Special exhibitions and events may be charged. Source

• Museums, Botanic Garden and the South, Cambridge

Museum of Cambridge

Local-history museum on Castle Street, formerly known as the Cambridge and County Folk Museum.

• Colleges and the Backs, Cambridge

Museum of Zoology

University zoology museum in the David Attenborough Building on the New Museums Site.

Entry: according to the venue’s own page, read 25 Oct 2026. Special exhibitions and events may be charged. Source

• Museums, Botanic Garden and the South, Cambridge

Newnham College

Women's constituent college of the University of Cambridge, off Sidgwick Avenue.

• Museums, Botanic Garden and the South, Cambridge

Parker's Piece

• Mill Road and the East, Cambridge

Pembroke College

Third-oldest college of the university, with buildings from almost every century and extensive gardens.

• King's Parade and Market Square, Cambridge

Peterhouse

College founded in 1284 by Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely, on Trumpington Street.

• Museums, Botanic Garden and the South, Cambridge

Queens' College

College founded in 1448 whose buildings span the River Cam, joined by the Mathematical Bridge.

• Colleges and the Backs, Cambridge

Round Church

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, one of four medieval round churches still in use in England.

• Colleges and the Backs, Cambridge

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

Geology museum on the Downing Site; the oldest of the eight University of Cambridge Museums.

• Museums, Botanic Garden and the South, Cambridge

Senate House

University building of the 1720s, used formerly for senate meetings and now mainly for graduation ceremonies.

• King's Parade and Market Square, Cambridge

Sheep's Green

• Museums, Botanic Garden and the South, Cambridge

Sidney Sussex College

College founded in 1596 under the will of Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex.

• King's Parade and Market Square, Cambridge

St Bene't's Church

• King's Parade and Market Square, Cambridge

St John's College

Entry: according to the venue’s own page, read 25 Oct 2026. Special exhibitions and events may be charged. Source

• Colleges and the Backs, Cambridge

Stourbridge Common

Common beside the Cam where Stourbridge Fair, at its peak the largest in Europe, was held.

• Mill Road and the East, Cambridge

The Backs

Stretch of the Cam where several colleges back onto the river, with grounds on both banks.

• Colleges and the Backs, Cambridge

The Polar Museum

Museum at the Scott Polar Research Institute on Lensfield Road, devoted to the polar regions.

Entry: according to the venue’s own page, read 25 Oct 2026. Special exhibitions and events may be charged. Source

• Museums, Botanic Garden and the South, Cambridge

Trinity College

College founded by Henry VIII in 1546, entered from Trinity Street, with the Great Court and the Wren Library.

• Colleges and the Backs, Cambridge

Trinity Hall

College founded in 1350 by William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich; the fifth-oldest surviving college.

• Colleges and the Backs, Cambridge

Whipple Museum of the History of Science

Museum of scientific instruments in the former Perse School on Free School Lane, founded in 1944.

• Museums, Botanic Garden and the South, Cambridge

Wren Library

Trinity College's library, designed by Christopher Wren in 1676 and completed in 1695, beside the Backs.

Entry: according to the venue’s own page, read 25 Oct 2026. Special exhibitions and events may be charged. Source

• Colleges and the Backs, Cambridge