# Things to see in Cambridge (United Kingdom): 81 places and when to go

> Cambridge is a city in United Kingdom with around 128,000 inhabitants, and this site lists 81 places in and around it, mainly Nature (31), Wildlife (30), Museums and art (15). The best known are Fitzwilliam Museum, King's College Chapel, Cambridge and Imperial War Museum Duxford. The best time to come is April to September; also possible: February to March, October and December. In June there are 16 h 30 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 30. Here is what there is, when to go, how to get there and what else is nearby.

- Address: https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/cambridge/
- Reviewed on: 2026-10-02
- Language: en

## In a nutshell

- **Where:** United Kingdom · 52.2004, 0.1166
- **Population:** About 128,000
- **Places:** 81 places on this site, in the town and around it.
- **What people come for:** [Nature](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/naturaleza/) (31) · [Wildlife](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/fauna/) (30) · [Museums and art](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/museos/) (15) · [Temples](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/espiritual/) (15) · [History](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/historia/) (10) · [Architecture](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/arquitectura/) (4)
- **Best time:** April to September.
- **Also possible:** February to March, October and December.
- **Nearest airport:** STN London, Essex, 36 km as the crow flies

## What to see in Cambridge

The places in and around Cambridge, best known first, each with its own page: what it is, when to go and what is next to it. Distances are from the centre, as the crow flies.

- [Fitzwilliam Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/fitzwilliam-museum/): Art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom · 225 m
- [King's College Chapel, Cambridge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/king-s-college-chapel/): Chapel in King's College, University of Cambridge, UK · 488 m
- [Imperial War Museum Duxford](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/iwm-duxford/): Britain's largest aviation museum · 12 km
- [Mathematical Bridge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/mathematical-bridge/): Wooden arch bridge in Cambridge, England · 228 m
- [Cambridge Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/cambridge-castle/): Castle in Cambridge, England · 1.3 km
- [Cambridge Central Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/cambridge-central-mosque/): Mosque in Cambridge, United Kingdom · 2.5 km
- [Church of St Mary the Great, Cambridge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/great-saint-mary-the-university-church/): Church in Cambridge, UK · 561 m
- [Bridge of Sighs, Cambridge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/bridge-of-sighs/): Bridge at St John's College, Cambridge University, England · 893 m
- [Kettle's Yard](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/kettle-s-yard-gallery/): Art museum in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England · 1.2 km
- [Anglesey Abbey](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/anglesey-abbey/): National Trust property on a former monastic site in Cambridgeshire, England, UK · 9.3 km
- [Denny Abbey](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/denny-abbey-and-farmland-museum/): Church in South Cambridgeshire, England, UK · 11 km
- [Cambridge University Museum of Zoology](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/museum-of-zoology/): University museum in Cambridge, United Kingdom · 420 m
- [Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/round-church/): Church in Cambridge, UK · 914 m
- [Royston Cave](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/royston-cave/): Grade I listed building in North Hertfordshire, England, UK · 19 km
- [Whipple Museum of the History of Science](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/whipple-museum-of-the-history-of-science/): Museum, part of the University of Cambridge, England, UK · 339 m
- [Wimpole Hall](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/wimpole-hall/): Grade I listed building in Cambridgeshire, England, UK · 13 km
- [Burwell Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/burwell-castle/): 12th-century castle in England · 16 km
- [Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/catholic-church-of-our-lady-and-the-english-martyrs/): Roman Catholic church in Cambridge · 758 m
- [Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/museum-of-archaeology-and-anthropology/): University museum in Cambridge, United Kingdom · 400 m
- [St Bene't's Church](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/st-bene-t/): Church in Cambridge, UK · 389 m
- [Belsar's Hill](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/belsar-s-hill/): Hillfort in Cambridgeshire, England, UK · 13 km
- [Clare College Bridge, Cambridge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/clare-bridge/): Grade I listed bridge in Cambridge, England · 541 m
- [Fulbourn Fen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/fulbourn-fen-nr/): Nature reserve in Cambridgeshire, England, UK · 8.4 km
- [Leper Chapel, Cambridge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/leper-chapel-of-st-mary-magdalene/): Church in Cambridge, UK · 2.9 km

And the other 57, by what you come to do:

- **Nature**: [Rowley's Hill](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/rowley-s-hill/), [Little Trees Hill](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/little-trees-hill/), [Fowlmere RSPB reserve](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/rspb-fowlmere-nature-reserve/), [Barnwell East](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/barnwell-east-nature-reserve/), [Bramblefields](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/bramblefields-local-nature-reserve/), [Byron's Pool](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/byron-s-pool-local-nature-reserve/), [Cambourne Nature Reserve](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/cambourne-nature-reserve/), [Chippenham Fen and Snailwell Poor's Fen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/chippenham-fen/), [Limekiln Close and East Pit](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/east-pit/), [Hardwick Wood](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/hardwick-wood/), [Kingston and Bourn Old Railway](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/kingston-bourn-old-railway-local-nature-reserve/), [Logan's Meadow](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/logan-s-meadow/), [Mare Fen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/mare-fen/), [Nine Wells](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/nine-wells/), [Orwell Clunch Pit](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/orwell-clunch-pit/), [Overhall Grove](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/overhall-grove/), [Paradise Local Nature Reserve](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/paradise-nature-reserve/), [Shepreth L-moor](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/shepreth-l-moor-nature-reserve/), [Skaters' Meadow](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/skaters-meadow/), [Somersham Local Nature Reserve](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/somersham-local-nature-reserve/), [Therfield Heath](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/therfield-heath/), [West Pit](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/west-pit/), [Adams Road Bird Sanctuary](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/adams-road-bird-sanctuary/), [Beechwoods](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/beechwoods/), [Coton Countryside Reserve](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/coton-countryside-reserve/), [Croft Close Set-Aside](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/croft-close-set-aside/), [Long Meadow](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/long-meadow/), [Lower Wood NR](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/lower-wood-nr/), [Ouse Fen Nature Reserve](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/ouse-fen-nature-reserve/), [Pickering Woods](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/pickering-woods/)
- **Museums and art**: [Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/sedgwick-museum-of-earth-sciences/), [Cambridge Museum of Technology](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/cambridge-museum-of-technology/), [Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/museum-of-classical-archaeology-and-faculty-of-classics-univ/), [Cambridge Science Centre](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/cambridge-science-centre/), [Primavera Gallery](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/primavera/), [Centre for Computing History](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/the-centre-for-computing-history/), [Museum of Cambridge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/the-museum-of-cambridge/)
- **Temples**: [Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/trinity-college-chapel/), [Little St Mary's, Cambridge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/little-st-mary-s-church/), [Beth Shalom Reform Synagogue](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/beth-shalom-reform-synagogue/), [Cambourne Church](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/cambourne-church/), [Castle Street Methodist Church](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/castle-street-methodist-church/), [St Giles' Church, Cambridge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/saint-giles/), [St Andrew's Church, Chesterton](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/st-andrew-chesterton/), [Church of St Cyriac and St Julitta, Swaffham Prior](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/st-cyriac-and-st-julitta/)
- **History**: [Mill Road Cemetery, Cambridge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/mill-road-cemetery-chapel/), [Moulton Packhorse Bridge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/moulton-packhorse-bridge/)
- **Food and drink**: [Market Hill, Cambridge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/market-square/), [Calverley's Brewery](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/calverley-s-brewery/), [Cambridge Moonshine](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/cambridge-moonshine/), [Milton Brewery](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/milton-brewery/)
- **With kids**: [Shepreth Wildlife Park](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/shepreth-wildlife-park/)
- **Hiking**: [Fen Rivers Way (Final Cambridge section)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/fen-rivers-way-final-cambridge-section/), [Icknield Way Path](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/icknield-way-path/), [Ouse Valley Way 3 (Eaton Socon to Brandon Creek)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/ouse-valley-way-3-eaton-socon-to-brandon-creek/), [Stour Valley Path part 1](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/stour-valley-path-part-1/)
- **Hot springs**: [PAUS](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/paus/)

## When to go to Cambridge

The best time to visit Cambridge is **April to September**; also possible: February to March, October and December. This comes from its own places: a month counts as the town's best time when it is the best time for half of what there is to see.

| Mes | Época | Hours of daylight |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | Better not | 7 h 59 |
| February | Possible | 9 h 38 |
| March | Possible | 11 h 31 |
| April | Best time | 13 h 39 |
| May | Best time | 15 h 28 |
| June | Best time | 16 h 30 |
| July | Best time | 16 h 04 |
| August | Best time | 14 h 27 |
| September | Best time | 12 h 23 |
| October | Possible | 10 h 19 |
| November | Better not | 8 h 27 |
| December | Possible | 7 h 30 |

In June there are 16 h 30 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 30. In April, 81 of the 81 places are at their best.

When to go to United Kingdom in general, with its festivals and peak seasons, is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/#cuando-ir).

## Getting to Cambridge

The nearest main airport is London Stansted Airport (STN, London, Essex), 36 km as the crow flies. How to get around United Kingdom (train, car, bus) is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/#moverse), and what to sort out before you leave is in [its checklist](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/#antes-de-salir).

- [Where it is](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=52.2004%2C0.1166)
- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=52.2004%2C0.1166)

## Other towns nearby

- [Saffron Walden](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/saffron-walden/): 22 places · 21 km
- [Ely](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/ely/): 28 places · 24 km
- [Sandy](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/sandy/): 30 places · 26 km
- [Huntingdon](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/huntingdon/): 38 places · 27 km
- [Halstead](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/halstead/): 20 places · 40 km
- [Bury St Edmunds](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/bury-st-edmunds/): 27 places · 44 km

And all of United Kingdom, in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/).

## Frequently asked questions

### What is there to see in Cambridge?

The best known: [Fitzwilliam Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/fitzwilliam-museum/), [King's College Chapel, Cambridge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/king-s-college-chapel/), [Imperial War Museum Duxford](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/iwm-duxford/), [Mathematical Bridge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/mathematical-bridge/), [Cambridge Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/cambridge-castle/). In all, 81 places in the town and around it, all on your trip map from day one.

### When is the best time to visit Cambridge?

April to September; also possible: February to March, October and December. In June there are 16 h 30 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 30.

### How do you get to Cambridge?

The nearest main airport is London Stansted Airport (STN), 36 km away. From there, [directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=52.2004%2C0.1166) opens the route on the map.

### How do I add it to my trip?

Create a trip with Cambridge as the destination and these 81 places are on your map, each with its category. The ones you like go into a day's plan with one tap, and Kokai reminds you when you pass nearby.

Data from [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), licensed under the ODbL, from [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/), CC0, cities from [Natural Earth](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/) and airports from [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/). Daylight hours are calculated from the latitude. More in [credits](https://kokai.app/en/aviso/#creditos).