The Cambridge Highlights Tour

The heart of Cambridge on foot, with a local who has lived here for 27 years. One route, two lengths. Take the Essential walk if you have a morning, or the Full walk if you want the colleges, the river and the old streets at a slower pace. English or French.

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Two ways to walk it

I run this as a private tour, just your group and me. You choose the length. The Essential covers the centre and the river in 90 minutes. The Full keeps going, up Trinity Street to the bigger colleges and the Round Church, then back through the Market.

Option	Duration	Price
Cambridge Highlights Tour (Essential)	60 to 90 minutes	From £160 per group
Cambridge Highlights Tour (Full)	120 to 150 minutes	From £260 per group
In French (visite guidée en français)	As above	Same price

The Essential walk (90 minutes)

The centre of Cambridge in a single loop. We start at King’s, the view everyone comes for, then slip into the quieter corners most visitors miss.

We begin at King’s College, then walk to St Catharine’s and Corpus Christi. Down Silver Street to Queens’ College and the Mathematical Bridge, then out to the Backs for the river and the colleges from the water’s edge. We come back through Garret Hostel Lane, Trinity Lane and Senate House Passage, some of the oldest and most photogenic streets in the city, and finish where we started at King’s.

If we have time at the end, we stop at the Eagle, the old coaching inn just off the centre, and you can finish with food or a beer at the Pint Shop nearby.

This is the right walk for a first visit, a free morning, or a stop on the way through from London.

The Full walk (about 2.5 hours)

Everything in the Essential walk, then we keep going.

We follow the same route through the centre, the river and the Backs. After Senate House Passage, instead of looping back to King’s, we turn left into Trinity Street and head up towards Trinity College and St John’s, the two giants of the colleges. From there to the Round Church, one of only a handful of medieval round churches left in England, then back down past Sidney Sussex to the Market Square in the middle of the city.

We finish, as on the Essential walk, at the Eagle, with food or a beer waiting at the Pint Shop.

This is the walk for visitors who want the bigger colleges and a bit more time, not a rushed lap.

A note on college access

Cambridge’s colleges are private. This tour follows public streets, paths and riverside routes throughout. We view the college buildings from public vantage points, so there are no entry fees and no access limitations. The best views of Cambridge are from the streets anyway.

A note on flexibility

This is a live, private walk. The exact route, the stories and the stops can shift with the season, the weather and whatever is happening in the city that day. A guide who reads the city as it actually is will always give you a better walk than one reading a fixed script. If a particular stop is closed or busy, I will always find you the equivalent.

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Perfect for

• First-time visitors who want the essential Cambridge in one walk
• Couples and families on a day trip from London
• Francophone visitors, the walk runs in French at no extra cost
• Anyone who would rather see the quiet streets than queue for the obvious ones

Booking Information & Terms

Cambridge Tours reserves the right to modify tour content, substitute stops, and adjust routes at short notice. Where a specific location or business features as part of a tour, an equivalent alternative will always be provided if circumstances require it.

All tours operate on public routes. No college entry is required or included. Pricing is per group, not per person. All tours available in English and French.

Rate: From £160 per group for 90 minutes. Bespoke and extended sessions priced on request.