CAMBRIDGE - STAY FOR LESS "£££"

CAMBRIDGE is located on the Southern edge of the East Anglia Fens (reclaimed marshlands) an area of low land which is no more than 50 ft above sea level & where the an icy East wind blows straight from the Steppes of Russia. The Romans established a camp here in the 1 st C & then the Anglo Saxons came to establish a prosperous Town due to the fact that the River Cam was navigable to the North Sea . The Colleges grew in the 12 th C after King Harold 2's quarrel with the French in 1167 & the subsequent expelling of English students from Paris who then re located in Oxford . Due to further quarrels with the Oxford townsfolk a number of students fled in 1209 & settled in Cambridge where there must have been famous teachers. The First College was Peterhouse in 1284

ACCOMMODATION

NO 1 – YHA Cambridge, at 97 Tenison Road . CB1 2DN (15 mins. from City centre near Rail Stn) tele 0870 770 5742 – Email. cambridge@yha.org.uk - £17 pn in 8 x dorms incl sheets. Self-catering kitchen, lounges, games room & laundry. Victorian townhouse, GB wants feed back on this Hostel.

FOOD Sainsbury Supermarkets & delicatessens are located in the City centre plus open air Market

TRAVELLING AROUND is mostly on foot, but you could hire a bicycle & join the students whizzing around the place. Another challenge is to try a Punt on the River, a long flat boat propelled with a pole, where, at Cambridge , you stand at the “blunt end”

FREE SIGHTS TO SEE

1. Kings College Chapel – 1446 , one of the finest Medieval Buildings in Europe , vaulted fan roof
2. Peterhouse – 1 st College, founded by Bishop of Ely in 1284, with Chapel in the centre Court 1634
3. Trinity College – largest & richest College, founded by Henry 8 in1546, with wealth from Mons .
4. Churchill College – 20 th C 1960 College a memorial to Sir Winston Churchill for Science & Tech.
5. Castle Mound – original Castle built by Will. The Conqueror 1071, gone but the Motte survives
6. Backs Walk – comprising land on either side of the River Cam, between St Johns & Queens College
7. Fitzwilliam Museum – wonderful Old Masters & Manuscripts, Greek & Egyptian Antiquities
8. Botanic Garden – between Trumpinton & Hills Road, cultivation's & displays of great beauty
9. River Cam – the river side pathways & occasional bridges skirt most of the historic Colleges
10. Central Library – in Lyon Yard with news papers, local information & free Internet

CHARGE SIGHTS NOT TO MISS

1. ELY CATHEDRAL – 16 miles North, magnificent Romanesque Nave & massive West Tower
2. SAFFRON WALDON – 3 miles South, most attractive Town in area, 15 th C timber-frame Houses

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