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Unique Cambridge
From making your own gin with one of the world’s most innovative distilleries, to trying the best of the Cambridge food scene – here are some uniquely Cambridge experiences to seek out during your stay
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Pubs
Cambridge is overflowing with pubs from the traditional to the trendy. You can find home-cooked food, tasty pub grub, family-friendly meals and gastro pubs to satisfy all appetites.
Choose your spot, from a riverside location where you can sip a drink and watch the punts glide by to a cosy country pub full of olde-worlde village charm and a roaring log fire. History and culture is never far away in Cambridge; where else can you stop for a pint at The Eagle pub where Nobelists Crick and Watson sketched the structure of DNA on a napkin?
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The Eagle
Drinking and thinking hub where Watson and Crick announced they had discovered 'the secret of life'
The Earl of Derby
The Earl of Derby in Cambridge offers excellent-value rooms just minutes away from the City Centre. Conveniently located within a 5-minute walk from Cambridge Train Station and 100 yards from the nearest bus stop, it provides easy access to major tourist attractions and surrounding areas. Fenders Cricket ground and Kings College are also within a short walking distance. The rooms in this Traditional Public House are equipped with TV, Wifi, tea and coffee-making facilities, bathrooms with baths and/or power showers, and complimentary toiletries. Overnight stay rooms are booked on a room-only basis, but guests can opt for a traditional cooked or continental breakfast served from 7:30 to 11:00 am, which can be booked on arrival. Additionally, the pub offers various home-cooked meals throughout the day at an extra charge.
The Elm Tree
In our fridges, we stock a fantastic range of specialist Belgian beers, carefully selected to reflect the diversity of Belgian brewing styles.
The Free Press
The Free Press is a traditional backstreet public house within walking distance of the heart of Cambridge.
The LAB Cocktail Bar and Kitchen
The LAB Cocktail Bar and Kitchen is a 1920s themed bar with a twist of science. The LAB boasts a menu that is both classy and playful, including unique signature cocktails as well as all the classics. At The LAB you’ll feel special. Full table service means you can sit back and enjoy the unique décor, which offers 1920s luxury with a twist of science.
The Mill
Renovated traditional riverside pub serving cask ales, craft beer and hearty food.
The Mitre
We pride ourselves on bringing you the very best quality classic pub dishes that reflect the latest seasonal ingredients and flavours you know and love.
The Orator
Stylish British bar and brasserie in a beautiful Victorian building, offering cocktails, classic small and large plates & one of Cambridge's largest beer garden's. The Orator is part of The Cambridge Union, a charity owned members club which is home to the world's oldest debating society.
The Plough – Fen Ditton
The Plough is a premium pub, bar, and restaurant with its very own courtyard and garden, centrally located in the heart of the picturesque town of Fen Ditton.
The Punter
Minutes walk from the river and the oldest colleges, The Punter Pub is snug in winter and cool in summer.
The Three Horseshoes
The Three Horseshoes is a picturesque, thriving, thatched country pub.
The Tivoli
The Tivoli, a unique social experience. 2 street food stalls, 4 bars, two 9-hole indoor crazy golf courses, a shuffleboard basement, numerous event spaces & a roof terrace!
The Tram Depot
The Tram Depot is a pub steeped in history - originally the stables for Cambridge Street Tramways who operated a horse-drawn tramway service from 1880 to 1914. There’s an original section of track by the front door leading to a former tram shed, and you’ll find a life-size model tram coming out from the front of the pub, which gives the pub that memorable wow factor! The Tram Depot is an iconic building within the stunning city of Cambridge.
The Waterman
A modern-day meeting place and contemporary inn! Open all day and just a short stroll across the beautiful Midsummer Common.
Did you know?
The imposing lamppost in the centre of Parker’s Piece bears the words Reality Checkpoint – believed to be a reference to the end of the university ‘bubble’ and the beginning of the real world, aka the rest of the city.