Cambridge Self Guided Walking Tour

Departure Point All our tours are self-guided. You will be led by the GPS in the app and you will need to give permission to the app to access your location for getting instructions while walking guided by Helen. Return Details This is the end of the tour you'll be free to wander around Cambridge at your leisure. Duration 2 hours - 3 hours Languages Available Audio guide - English Printed guide - English Points of Interest Stop At: Christ's Pieces 15 Emmanuel Road England CB1 1JW The tour starts near the park where you will get an introduction to the history and past of the city and its surroundings. Duration: 10 minutes Stop At: Parker's Piece Parkside Cambridge Emmanuel College has a reputation for academic excellence. Many scholars have passed through these gates including John Harvard who was baptised at the college chapel and later became a benefactor of Harvard University in the USA. Duration: Not Available Stop At: Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences Downing Street Cambridge Parker's Piece is a large public park located in the heart of Cambridge. It is named after Edward Parker who donated a portion of the land to the city in 1613. Duration: 10 minutes Stop At: University Museum of Zoology Downing Street Cambridge walk through the University’s oldest museum will take you on a 4.5 billion year journey through time from the meteoritic building blocks of planets to the thousands of fossils of animals and plants that illustrate the evolution of life in the oceans on land and in the air. Duration: Not Available Stop At: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Downing Street Cambridge The diversity of animal life is on display in the University Museum of Zoology’s brand new galleries. From moths to monkeys mammoths to manatees discover stories of extinction survival evolution and exploration.Collection Highlights- Cambridge’s largest resident – the 21m fin whale- The giant ground sloth- One of the most complete Dodo skeletons in the UK- Captain Cook’s conch Duration: Not Available Stop At: Whipple Museum of the History of Science Free School Lane Cambridge The collections of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology number more than 800 000 objects of outstanding research and historical value. In addition there are over 100 000 field photographs and negatives in the Photographic Archive and over 30 000 fonds of historical documentary archives. Duration: Not Available Stop At: The Pitt Building Trumpington Street England CB2 1RP The Whipple Museum's collection includes scientific instruments apparatus models pictures prints photographs books and other material related to the history of science. Duration: Not Available Stop At: Fitzwilliam Museum Trumpington Street University Of Cambridge Cambridge he Pitt Building was constructed in 1833. It was named after William Pitt the Younger who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Duration: 5 minutes Stop At: Scudamore's Mill Lane Punting Station Mill Lane Cambridge England CB2 1RS The Fitzwilliam Museum is a neoclassical building completed in 1848. It has an imposing facade featuring grand columns reminiscent of ancient Greek and Roman temples a majestic dome and grand statues of lions either side of the entrance. Duration: Not Available Stop At: Mathematical Bridge Queens' College Cambridge Scudamore's Punting Company was founded in 1910 by Jack Scudamore. Jack was a boat builder who visited Henley Upon Thames royal regatta and saw that punting was popular amongst the upper and middle classes. Hear his history here. Duration: 10 minutes Stop At: Corpus Christi College Trumpington Street Cambridge The Mathematical Bridge is a famous wooden footbridge across the River Cam. It connects two parts of Queen's College. Duration: 5 minutes Stop At: King's College Chapel King's Parade Cambridge Corpus Christi College often referred to simply as Corpus was founded in 1352 by the Guild of Corpus Christi and the Guild of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Duration: 5 minutes Stop At: Great St Mary's Church (Church of England) St. Marys Passage King's Parade Cambridge Bene’t Street is an old street in the city. It’s not commonly on the tourist trail but for me it’s one of the more interesting parts of the city.The street is named after St Bene't's Church. Duration: 15 minutes Stop At: Cambridge Market Square Market Hill Cambridge King's College Chapel is one of the most iconic and recognisable landmarks in Cambridge. The site was originally the floodplain of the River Cam and later Medieval buildings. Duration: 15 minutes Stop At: Trinity College 31 Trinity Street Cambridge The Church of St Mary the Great often referred to simply as "St Mary's " dates back to the 12th century although the current building mostly dates from the late 15th and early 16th centuries. Duration: 10 minutes Stop At: The Round Church 9a Bridge Street Cambridge England