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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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Coffee Shops & Tea Rooms
From cute tearooms to quirky cafes, you’re spoilt for choice when it comes to coffee shops in Cambridgeshire. Hot Number Coffee serves up what many locals believe to be the best brew in the city, Bould Brothers is a quaint little cafe that creates an oasis of calm and tranquillity, and Fitzbillies is a world- famous cake shop; Stephen Fry tweeted about its Chelsea buns, celebrating them as ‘unmatched anywhere’.
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Agora at the Copper Kettle
Kings Parade
Ben’s Yard
Launching Spring 2023, Ben's Yard is a rural retail village on the edge of Ely welcoming your new go-to café/restaurant, fashion and lifestyle boutiques, head-to-toe spa services, artisan food hall, playground and a 6 acre event space all beautifully landscaped on the Stuntney Estate with marked trails through woodland, fenland and wildflower meadows.
Bridges
Bridge Street
Cafe Abantu
Small Independent Cafe in Cambridge.
Café au Chocolat
Savour a true taste of France in Cambridge with our authentic French crêpes, exquisite pastries, hot chocolates and speciality coffee.
Café Foy
Quayside
Café Oriental & Dumpling Bar
Burleigh Street
Charlie’s Coffee Company & Pizzeria
Burleigh Street
Chill#2 Cafe & Bar
With speciality coffee from Climpson & Sons and proper teas & hot chocolate, this is the perfect place to relax within reach of Cambridge rail station.
Courtyard Kitchen
Combining food and culture, our modern eatery is the perfect spot to enjoy freshly prepared, homemade food whilst being able to peruse the contemporary exhibitions, art and antiquities within the museum walls.
Crosstown Doughnuts
Crosstown Cambridge located at 8 Bridge Street, CB2 1UA, offers our full range of award-winning doughnuts, small-batch ice cream, and specialty coffee with indoor seating.
Fitzbillies
Cambridge Baker & Provisioner. Est. 1920 Serving you breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, coffee and cakes every day of the week.
Gardenias Take Away
Rose Crescent
Hilton Cambridge City Centre
The largest hotel set in the heart of the city, minutes from the University of Cambridge colleges with an executive lounge, restaurant and bar.
Hot Numbers Coffee
Hot Numbers Coffee Roasters are an Independent specialty coffee company with two successful coffee shops in Cambridge.
Indigo Coffee House
St Edwards Passage
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.