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
Find out moreFrom 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’.
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.
Bene't Street
Bridge Street
Small Independent Cafe in Cambridge.
Savour a true taste of France in Cambridge with our authentic French crêpes, exquisite pastries, hot chocolates and speciality coffee.
Quayside
Burleigh Street
With speciality coffee from Climpson & Sons and proper teas & hot chocolate, this is the perfect place to relax within reach of Cambridge rail station.
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.
Cambridge Baker & Provisioner. Est. 1920 Serving you breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, coffee and cakes every day of the week.
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 Roasters are an Independent specialty coffee company with two successful coffee shops in Cambridge.
St Edwards Passage
Bene't Street
The Knoops concept is based around our carefully curated percentage menu which offers chocolates to suit every taste and mood. We find joy in helping you to discover your perfect chocolate drink, and encourage experimentation with different % chocolates and flavours in a process we call ‘Knoopology’. This process is simple; choose your chocolate %, milk, and extra flavours like sea salt, orange zest or chilli to be made into a hot chocolate, milkshake or iced chocolate.
Station Road
The first game of football, as we know it, was played in Cambridge in 1848.