Cambridge
Cambridge is a city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is the county town of Cambridgeshire and is located on the River Cam, 55 miles (89 km) north of London. Wikipedia
Population 123,867 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 8 h 14 of daylight
- February: 9 h 56 of daylight
- March: 11 h 48 of daylight
- April: 13 h 53 of daylight
- May: 15 h 42 of daylight
- June: 16 h 44 of daylight
- July: 16 h 19 of daylight
- August: 14 h 43 of daylight
- September: 12 h 43 of daylight
- October: 10 h 43 of daylight
- November: 8 h 49 of daylight
- December: 7 h 45 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Cambridge
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Cambridge's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 2
2 to 3 hours· 34
- Colchester2h 02
- Ipswich2h 03
- Guildford2h 04
- Stamford2h 08
- Milton Keynes2h 09
- Chelmsford2h 10
- Crawley2h 11
- Brussels2h 15
- Farnborough2h 16
- Doncaster2h 18
24 moreFewer
- Windsor and Eton2h 18
- Swindon2h 23
- Southend-on-Sea2h 27
- Northampton2h 28
- Brighton2h 29
- Coventry2h 34
- Oxford2h 34
- Winchester2h 34
- Canterbury2h 36
- Nottingham2h 37
- Lincoln2h 37
- Wakefield2h 37
- Leicester2h 38
- Eastleigh2h 43
- Kraainem2h 44
- Folkestone2h 44
- Bath2h 47
- Sheffield2h 49
- Leeds2h 51
- Southampton2h 51
- Aalst2h 52
- Mechelen2h 52
- Birmingham2h 57
- Portsmouth2h 57
3 to 5 hours· 91
- Leuven3h
- Bristol3h 01
- Ghent3h 02
- Arundel3h 04
- Derby3h 04
- York3h 05
- Hastings3h 08
- Antwerp3h 11
- Liège3h 11
- Warminster3h 12
81 moreFewer
- Warrington3h 16
- Gloucester3h 17
- Kingston upon Hull3h 17
- Eastbourne3h 19
- Salisbury3h 21
- Huddersfield3h 22
- Lier3h 25
- Bournemouth3h 27
- Wigan3h 27
- Cromer3h 27
- Runcorn3h 28
- Ath3h 30
- Bruges3h 31
- Namur3h 32
- Cheltenham3h 33
- Rotterdam3h 34
- Stockport3h 37
- Sint-Niklaas3h 38
- Preston3h 41
- Cardiff3h 42
- Schiedam3h 43
- Kortrijk3h 46
- Manchester3h 46
- Chester3h 46
- Delft3h 49
- Salford3h 49
- Charleroi3h 52
- Cleethorpes3h 53
- Hasselt3h 54
- Ostend3h 56
- Exeter3h 56
- Tewkesbury3h 57
- Bolton3h 59
- Kerkrade4h 01
- Paris4h 01
- Liverpool4h 01
- The Hague4h 02
- Newcastle upon Tyne4h 02
- Worcester4h 02
- Wrexham4h 02
- Scarborough4h 02
- Burnley4h 04
- Dinant4h 08
- Durham4h 08
- Breda4h 09
- Heerlen4h 10
- Stratford-upon-Avon4h 11
- Accrington4h 13
- Shrewsbury4h 14
- Dordrecht4h 16
- Leiden4h 17
- Amsterdam4h 22
- Blackpool4h 22
- Tilburg4h 25
- Spa4h 25
- Sunderland4h 25
- Lille4h 28
- Gouda4h 28
- Saint-Cloud4h 29
- Middlesbrough4h 31
- Torquay4h 31
- Valkenburg aan de Geul4h 32
- Swansea4h 35
- Altrincham4h 35
- Zaandam4h 36
- Haarlem4h 37
- Weesp4h 37
- Hilversum4h 38
- Maastricht4h 39
- Versailles4h 41
- Utrecht4h 48
- Ypres4h 49
- Almere4h 49
- Eindhoven4h 49
- Bussum4h 49
- Amersfoort4h 50
- Ludlow4h 51
- 's-Hertogenbosch4h 52
- Llandudno4h 55
- Disneyland Paris4h 56
- Fontainebleau4h 58
5 hours or more· 55
- Alkmaar5h 05
- Plymouth5h 05
- Apeldoorn5h 18
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll5h 19
- Le Mans5h 24
- Geldrop5h 24
- Nijmegen5h 26
- Venlo5h 27
- Berwick-upon-Tweed5h 27
- Nelson5h 27
45 moreFewer
- Annan5h 28
- Deventer5h 29
- Edinburgh5h 31
- Vlissingen5h 38
- Arnhem5h 41
- Amiens5h 42
- Zwolle5h 43
- Reims5h 49
- Metz5h 55
- Rouen5h 55
- Zutphen5h 57
- Glasgow6h 04
- North Berwick6h 11
- Enschede6h 16
- Calais6h 19
- Stirling6h 19
- Kirkcaldy6h 21
- Rennes6h 27
- Assen6h 27
- Chartres6h 28
- Greenock6h 36
- Strasbourg6h 40
- Groningen6h 44
- Nancy6h 46
- Le Havre6h 46
- Leeuwarden6h 46
- Nantes6h 49
- Perth6h 51
- Lyon6h 58
- Caen7h 03
- Penzance7h 05
- Bordeaux7h 10
- Helensburgh7h 13
- Dundee7h 14
- Saint-Malo7h 14
- Lanark7h 20
- Colmar7h 23
- Aberystwyth7h 23
- Tywyn7h 27
- Dijon7h 33
- Whitby7h 34
- Bayeux7h 35
- Tenby7h 39
- Delfzijl7h 43
- Dieppe7h 56
From Cambridge's stations on a Friday at 17:30, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 2
1 to 2 hours· 9
2 to 3 hours· 31
3 to 5 hours· 53
- Arundel3h 05
- Bristol3h 09
- Runcorn3h 18
- Huddersfield3h 19
- Salisbury3h 22
- Kingston upon Hull3h 23
- Cleethorpes3h 25
- Lille3h 28
- Stockport3h 28
- Bournemouth3h 31
43 moreFewer
- Scarborough3h 32
- Newcastle upon Tyne3h 33
- Cardiff3h 34
- Worcester3h 34
- Manchester3h 37
- Liverpool3h 38
- Chester3h 39
- Durham3h 39
- Cheltenham3h 42
- Warrington3h 46
- Exeter3h 46
- Warminster3h 47
- Gloucester3h 48
- Wigan3h 57
- Middlesbrough3h 58
- Sunderland4h
- Paris4h 01
- Salford4h 03
- Altrincham4h 05
- Brussels4h 07
- Wrexham4h 11
- Preston4h 11
- Tewkesbury4h 13
- Kortrijk4h 17
- Berwick-upon-Tweed4h 18
- Bolton4h 21
- Shrewsbury4h 21
- Torquay4h 26
- Kraainem4h 32
- Saint-Cloud4h 34
- Burnley4h 34
- Swansea4h 36
- Aalst4h 40
- Versailles4h 42
- Accrington4h 42
- Blackpool4h 47
- Plymouth4h 50
- Disneyland Paris4h 52
- Mechelen4h 53
- Ghent4h 54
- Leuven4h 58
- Fontainebleau4h 59
- Stratford-upon-Avon4h 59
From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Great Saint Mary, The University Church Attraction · 240 m
- Museum of Zoology Museum · 240 m
- Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences Museum · 250 m
- Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Museum · 280 m
- Primavera Gallery · 290 m
- Whipple Museum of the History Of Science Museum · 310 m
- St Catharine's College (University of Cambridge) Attraction · 430 m
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- The Museum of Cambridge Museum · 780 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Cambridge Science Festival
March
The Cambridge Science Festival was a series of events typically held annually in March in Cambridge, England and was the United Kingdom's largest free science festival.
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Cambridge Beer Festival
May
The summer Cambridge Beer Festival is the longest-running CAMRA beer festival in the United Kingdom, having started in 1974. It is held at the end of May just before the Whitsuntide Bank Holiday.
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Rowing
May – July
Cambridge is renowned for rowing on the Cam. All colleges and some schools have their own clubs, and there are over half a dozen large 'town' clubs.
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Cambridge Folk Festival
July
The Cambridge Folk Festival is an annual music festival, established in 1965, held in the grounds of Cherry Hinton Hall in Cherry Hinton, one of the villages subsumed by the city of Cambridge, England.
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Cambridge Shakespeare Festival
July – August
The Cambridge Shakespeare Festival is a festival of the plays of William Shakespeare held annually in Cambridge, England. The festival was founded in 1987 by Artistic Director Dr David Crilly.
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Cambridge Film Festival
October
The Cambridge Film Festival is the third-longest-running film festival in the UK. It is a qualifying event for both the BAFTA and BIFA awards. Historically, the festival took place in early July, but now it occurs annually during autumn in Cambridge.
10 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Cambridge); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 72 places to eatSomewhere to run
Getting around
- Drummer Street Bus Station 150 m
- Parkside bus stops 550 m
- Cambridge punt tours 740 m
- Grafton Centre Bus Station 910 m
- Beehive Centre bus station 1.5 km
- Cambridge 1.7 km
More train stations: Cambridge North 3.3 km, Cambridge South 3.5 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.