Cambridge on foot
A free world-famous museum, the Backs and punts you watch rather than pay for. A college town you can do for nothing.
FREE
The lowdown
Cambridge is built to be walked. Stroll the Backs along the river behind the colleges, cross the little bridges and watch the punts go by without paying for one yourself.
Duck into the Fitzwilliam Museum, a free treasure house of paintings, antiquities and armour that would charge a fortune anywhere else. Wander King's Parade, the market square and the old courts and you have done one of England's great cities for the price of the train and a sandwich.
Getting there from London
The Backs, the streets and the Fitzwilliam are free. Trains run from King's Cross and Liverpool Street, so book advance on whichever suits.
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