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Event Date On: 27 April, 2012

 

Friday 27 April 2012   (128 events)  

ART & EXHIBITIONS See all 21 events for Fri 27 Apr  

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Fri 26 Apr Kettle's Yard (Cambridge) Katie Paterson

 

Sun 16 Jun Curwen Print Study Centre (Linton) From Paper to Print to Book

ArtCell (Cambridge)
Three Men on the Road   10:00 - 17:00, Free
An exhibition of street photography by Paul Bowman, Martin Spott & Bruce Stuart. From...

Critic's choice
Babylon Gallery (Ely)

Natural Rhythm   12:00 - 16:00, Free
Natural Rhythm: A Year At Wicken Fen is an exhibition of work by Bob and Carol Banks inspi...

Bury St Edmunds Cathedral

Exhibitions at Edmund Gallery   10:00 - 16:30, Free entry
11 May - 23 May: Constance Stubbs 25 May - 30 May: Michael Hillier, Colin Burrows, Da...

Byard Art (Cambridge)
Order and Expression   Free entry
Two of Cambridge´s leading abstract artists, Charlotte Cornish and Martha Winter ha...

Cambridge Contemporary Art (Cambridge)
London Calling   Free entry
Exhibition of prints by Paul Catherall, John Duffin, Trevor Woods, Gail Brodholt, Frank Ki...

Cambridge University Library (Cambridge)

Shelf Lives: Four Centuries of Collectors and their Books
  Free entry
With more than 8 million items on its shelves, Cambridge University Library is one of the ...

Cambridge and County Folk Museum (Cambridge)
In the Frame   10:30 - 17:00, £3.50-£1
Choosing from its extensive range of prints, paintings, posters, needlework, crafts and ph...

Churchill College (Cambridge)
London Calling: An Exhibition of Paintings by Vic Stedman
  09:00 - 17:00, FREE
An exhibition of paitings for sale by local artist Vic Stedman.

Clare Hall (Cambridge)

Swimmers by Quentin Blake   09:00 - 18:00, Free entry
The Art Committee is proud to present new work by Quentin Blake who has chosen to show dra...

Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge)

Exhibitions at The Fitzwilliam   10:00 - 17:00, Free
Quentin Blake: Drawn by Hand. Book illustrations, etchings, lithographs, drawings a...

Sculpture Promenade   Free
Showcase for contemporary and modern sculpture on the lawns of the Fitzwilliam Museum. Th...

Fry Art Gallery (Saffron Walden)
Long Live Great Bardfield!   14:00 - 17:00, Free entry
´Long Live Great Bardfield´ will bring together a fascinating collection of pa...

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Haddenham Galleries Craft Centre (Ely)
The Owl & The Pussycat   10:00 - 17:00, Free entry
paintings - prints - ceramics - jewellery - sculptures - pea green boats - honey - and may...

Critic's choice
Kettle's Yard (Cambridge)

Alfred Wallis: ships and boats   13:30 - 16:30, Free entry
Alfred Wallis (1855-1942) is one of the most original and inspiring British artists of the...

Lynne Strover Gallery (Cambridge)
Padstow Studio Special Collection   10:00 - 17:00, Free entry
Artworks from Sarah Adams, Chris Thomas, Mo Farquharson & Rachel Budd

Makers Gallery (Cambridge)
Exhibitions   11:00 - 19:00, Free entry
25th May - 3rd June: Vessels & Visions - paintings and studio porcelain works by Gail...

Michaelhouse Centre (Cambridge)
Art and Faith: New Ways of Seeing   08:00 - 17:00, Free entry
This innovative art exhibition seeks to explore inter-faith dialogue in the world of aesth...

Old Fire Engine House (Ely)
Spring Exhibitions   Free entry
4 May - 3 June: Robin Stemp - `A View with a Room´ Photographs Bill Evere...

Ruskin Gallery (Cambridge)
Tangenticide   10:00 - 17:00, Free
Tom Dale and Jamie George are two Fine Art PhD students and members of the Fine Art Resear...

Scott Polar Museum (Cambridge)
These Rough Notes: Captain Scott´s last expedition
  10:00 - 16:00, Free
This exhibition brings together the last volume of Scott´s diary, on loan from the B...

Williams Art (Cambridge)
Rolling Structures   11:00 - 18:00, Free entry
Matthew Howard, Simon Jowitt, Jonathan Lloyd & Doug Fitch. Four artists who...

BUSINESS See all 1 events for Fri 27 Apr  

Holiday Inn Express (Cambridge)

South Cambridge Coffee Morning   10:00 - 12:00, £5
The South Cambridge Coffee Morning is aimed at strengthening business relationships betwee...

CINEMA See all 64 events for Fri 27 Apr  

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Thu 16 May Cambridge Arts Picturehouse (Cambridge) The Great Gatsby 2D (12a)

 

Thu 30 May Haverhill Arts Centre (Haverhill) Oz: The Great And The Powerful 2D (PG)

Abbeygate Picturehouse (Bury St Edmunds)
Albert Nobbs   14:00, 18:00, 20:30,
ALBERT NOBBS has been a personal passion for its star, co-writer and producer Glenn Close ...

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Albert Nobbs   11:30, 14:00, 18:50,
ALBERT NOBBS has been a personal passion for its star, co-writer and producer Glenn Close ...

Elles - provocative cinema from the streets of Paris
  12:15, £6 - £9
In this provocative and frank drama, a journalist reassess her views on relationships whil...

Headhunters   16:00, 21:20,
Hot on the heels of Stieg Larsson´s Millennium adaptations comes this riveting film ...

Jo Nesbo´s Jackpot   12:30, 14:40, 19:10, 21:15,
Based on a story by Scandinavian literary sensation Jo Nesbø, this tense Norwegian crime c...

Marley   14:30, 20:30,
Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald (STATE OF PLAY, THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND) returns ...

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen   12:00, 14:15, 16:30, 21:10,
almon Fishing in the Yemen is a touching story of love and beating the odds from the write...

This Must Be The Place  
Directed by Paolo Sorrentino and starring Sean Penn, this film was received at Cannes with...

Town of Runners   18:15,
The world´s best long-distance runners hail from one small town in Ethiopia. See how...

Cambridge and County Folk Museum (Cambridge)
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen   14:15, 17:30, 20:00,
almon Fishing in the Yemen is a touching story of love and beating the odds from the write...

Cineworld (Huntingdon)
Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists 2D
  14:15, 16:45,
Walk the plank with Hugh Grant´s Pirate Captain in a brilliant animated adventure from the...

2D - Marvels Avengers Assemble   13:20, 15:50, 16:30, 19:45,
Thor, The Hulk, Iron Man and captain America team up in the ultimate Marvel superhero spec...

3D - Marvels Avengers Assemble   14:10, 14:50, 17:20, 18:00, 19:00, 20:30, 21:15,
Thor, The Hulk, Iron Man and captain America team up in the ultimate Marvel superhero spec...

Anna Karenina   15:10,
Keira Knightley and Jude Law star in a spectacular new adaptation of Tolstoy´s epic love s...

Battleship   14:30, 17:45, 20:45,
Based on Hasbro´s classic naval combat game, Battleship stars Taylor Kitsch as Hoppe...

Lokout   14:20, 19:15, 21:30,
Lockout is an adrenaline-fuelled movie, packed with gripping action. It´s set in the...

Mirror Mirror   16:40,
Mirror Mirror is a smart and funny update on the classic story of Snow White and the Seven...

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen   15:10, 17:40, 20:20,
almon Fishing in the Yemen is a touching story of love and beating the odds from the write...

The Cabin In The Woods   14:40, 17:10, 19:20, 21:40,
A terrifying variation on the classic horror film format from the ingenious people behind ...

The Hunger Games   13:30, 17:00, 20:10,
The Hunger Games is a fantasy set in the future where young people have to fight to the de...

Titanic 3D   19:10,
Titanic is a legendary movie of love and disaster now given the full 3D treatment. Rose (K...

Cineworld (Cambridge)
Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists 2D
  12:50, 14:55, 17:00,
Walk the plank with Hugh Grant´s Pirate Captain in a brilliant animated adventure from the...

2D - Marvels Avengers Assemble   12:40, 15:50, 16:30, 19:00,
Thor, The Hulk, Iron Man and captain America team up in the ultimate Marvel superhero spec...

2D - Wrath Of The Titans   22:40,
Perseus descends into the underworld for a thrilling battle to overthrow the Titans and sa...

3D - Marvels Avengers Assemble   13:20, 14:10, 14:50, 17:20, 18:00, 19:45, 20:30, 21:15,
Thor, The Hulk, Iron Man and captain America team up in the ultimate Marvel superhero spec...

Battleship   15:30, 20:45,
Based on Hasbro´s classic naval combat game, Battleship stars Taylor Kitsch as Hoppe...

Gambit [12A]   11:30, 13:40, 16:10, 18:20, 20:50, 23:10,
Colin Firth leads an all-star cast in this hilarious Coen brothers-scripted remake of a cl...

Hans Kloss   20:00, £6 - £9
Look out for a truly different take on the action thriller, coming to Cambridge cinemas ne...

Lokout   13:10, 18:15,
Lockout is an adrenaline-fuelled movie, packed with gripping action. It´s set in the...

Mirror Mirror   12:45, 15:15,
Mirror Mirror is a smart and funny update on the classic story of Snow White and the Seven...

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen   12:55, 15:20, 17:45, 20:15,
almon Fishing in the Yemen is a touching story of love and beating the odds from the write...

The Cabin In The Woods   19:10, 21:20, 22:20,
A terrifying variation on the classic horror film format from the ingenious people behind ...

The Hunger Games   17:35, 20:35,
The Hunger Games is a fantasy set in the future where young people have to fight to the de...

Cineworld (Bury St Edmunds)
Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists 2D
  12:40, 14:50, 17:00,
Walk the plank with Hugh Grant´s Pirate Captain in a brilliant animated adventure from the...

2D - Marvels Avengers Assemble   12:00, 15:10, 18:20, 21:30,
Thor, The Hulk, Iron Man and captain America team up in the ultimate Marvel superhero spec...

3D - Marvels Avengers Assemble   11:00, 13:10, 14:10, 16:20, 17:20, 19:30, 20:30,
Thor, The Hulk, Iron Man and captain America team up in the ultimate Marvel superhero spec...

Battleship   12:50, 15:35, 18:30, 21:20,
Based on Hasbro´s classic naval combat game, Battleship stars Taylor Kitsch as Hoppe...

Hans Kloss   13:40, 16:00, 18:20, 20:40,
A gripping and suspenseful Polish WWII espionage thriller. In 1945 Konigsberg, Polish int...

Lokout   15:40, 21:10,
Lockout is an adrenaline-fuelled movie, packed with gripping action. It´s set in the...

Mirror Mirror   12:00, 14:30, 17:00,
Mirror Mirror is a smart and funny update on the classic story of Snow White and the Seven...

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen   13:00, 15:30, 18:10, 20:40,
almon Fishing in the Yemen is a touching story of love and beating the odds from the write...

The Cabin In The Woods   19:20, 21:40,
A terrifying variation on the classic horror film format from the ingenious people behind ...

The Hunger Games   12:30, 18:00,
The Hunger Games is a fantasy set in the future where young people have to fight to the de...

Titanic 3D   19:10,
Titanic is a legendary movie of love and disaster now given the full 3D treatment. Rose (K...

Cineworld (Haverhill)
2D - Marvels Avengers Assemble   16:20, 19:30,
Thor, The Hulk, Iron Man and captain America team up in the ultimate Marvel superhero spec...

3D - Marvels Avengers Assemble   14:10, 17:20, 20:30,
Thor, The Hulk, Iron Man and captain America team up in the ultimate Marvel superhero spec...

3D - Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists
  16:30,
Walk the plank with Hugh Grant´s Pirate Captain in a brilliant 3D animated adventure...

Battleship   20:40,
Based on Hasbro´s classic naval combat game, Battleship stars Taylor Kitsch as Hoppe...

Lokout   18:30,
Lockout is an adrenaline-fuelled movie, packed with gripping action. It´s set in the...

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen   15:40, 18:00, 20:20,
almon Fishing in the Yemen is a touching story of love and beating the odds from the write...

The Cabin In The Woods   14:15, 16:25, 18:35, 20:50,
A terrifying variation on the classic horror film format from the ingenious people behind ...

The Croods 3D (U)   10:20, 10:30, 12:50, 15:10, 17:50,
The Croods 3D is a spectacular 3D animated adventure that is as inspirational as it is enj...

VUE Cinema (Cambridge)
21 Jump Street   22:50,
21 Jump Street is a nutty knockabout cop movie with a difference. When Jenko (Channing Tat...

African Cats   12:40,
African Cats is a simply stunning nature documentary, focusing on two big cat families as ...

Audio Described Performances: Battleship   15:10, 21:10,
Battleship is a high-octane battle movie with out-of-space fighting machines that will mak...

Battleship   15:10, 21:10,
Based on Hasbro´s classic naval combat game, Battleship stars Taylor Kitsch as Hoppe...

Cabin In The Woods   12:20, 14:45, 17:05, 19:20, 21:40,

Marvel Avengers Assemble 2D   11:00, 14:10, 17:20, 20:40, 21:20, 23:50,
The Avengers is the much anticipated multi-superhero movie from Marvel. Nick Fury (Samuel ...

Marvel Avengers Assemble 3D   10:20, 13:30, 16:40, 18:10, 20:00, 23:20,
The Avengers is the much anticipated multi-superhero movie from Marvel. Nick Fury (Samuel ...

Outside Bet   20:30,
Set against the turbulent mid 80´s of money, privatization, unions and dramatic medi...

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen   12:50, 15:30, 18:00,
almon Fishing in the Yemen is a touching story of love and beating the odds from the write...

The Hunger Games   12:10, 15:15, 18:20, 21:30,
The Hunger Games is a fantasy set in the future where young people have to fight to the de...

The Hunger Games   12:10, 15:15, 18:20, 21:30,
The Hunger Games is a fantasy set in the future where young people have to fight to the de...

Titanic 3D   14:10,
Titanic is a legendary movie of love and disaster now given the full 3D treatment. Rose (K...

CLASSICAL MUSIC See all 4 events for Fri 27 Apr  

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Sun 16 Jun Haverhill Arts Centre (Haverhill) Haverhill Choral Society

Bury St Edmunds Cathedral
Lunchtime Recitals   13:10 - 13:50, Free
All free entry with retiring collection. Bring your lunch! Refreshments available. See w...

Kings College Chapel (Cambridge)
Gala Charity Concert   19:30, £60, £40, £25 & £12
Richard Strauss´s oboe concerto, begun in the last days of the war, has a Mozartian ...

St Giles' Church (Cambridge)
Friday Lunchtime Concerts   13:10 - 13:50, Free/donations
Passionate playing by rising musical talent from the University of Cambridge. See website ...

West Road Concert Hall (Cambridge)
Cambridge Handel Opera   19:30, £12/£5
Sarah Power (soprano) with the Cambridge University Collegium Musicum, directed by Margare...

CLUBS & NIGHTLIFE See all 1 events for Fri 27 Apr  

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Sat 01 Jun Wood Green The Animals Charity (Godmanchester) Meeting Point

 

Sat 01 Jun Cambridge Junction (Cambridge) White Noise

Cow (Cambridge)
Club Supernova   21:30 - 02:30, £5 - £3
A night of 60s and Northern soul, Mod, Ska, Punk, Classic Indie, Britpop and the very late...

COMEDIANS & POETS See all 2 events for Fri 27 Apr  

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Fri 24 May Cambridge Junction (Cambridge) Mitch Benn

 

Tue 18 Jun ADC Theatre (Cambridge) Footlights Smokers

Burgess Hall (St Ives)
Jesterlarf Comedy Club   20:00, £12adv/£14door
Headlining the show is the daft and surreal Geordie Gavin Webster who has supported both L...

Castle (Cambridge)
I Love Comedy   21:00, Free
If you love comedy and love some gut busting laughs, then you need to be at the Castle on ...

COMMUNITY See all 2 events for Fri 27 Apr  

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Sat 18 May Red Cow (Chrishall) Car Breakfast Club

 

Sat 08 Jun Malthouse Project - Kiln Café (Bury St Edmunds) Malthouse Fete

Addenbrooke's Clinic (Cambridge)

Blood Doning   08:00 - 16:00, Free
Please make an appointment! Times can vary, please see website for details.

Anchor (Burwell)
Coffee Mornings   09:30 - 13:00,
With Knit and natter for all keen Knitters!

DANCE See all 1 events for Fri 27 Apr  

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Thu 30 May Cambridge Junction (Cambridge) Ours Was The Fen Country

University Sports and Social Club (Cambridge)
Salsa Classes   19:30, £8-£2
Choose your level with three teachers from the Latin Collective. Social dancing follow...

FOLK See all 2 events for Fri 27 Apr  

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Tue 11 Jun ADC Theatre (Cambridge) The Coach House Company and Saxual Healing

Golden Hind (Cambridge)
Cambridge Folk Club - April   £varies
Friday 6 Apr: Open Stage. Friday 13 Apr: Keiran Halpin, Support: Red Velvet. Friday ...

Cambridge Folk Club - November   20:00, £varies
Friday 2 Nov: Open Stage with guest, David Cambridge Friday 9 Nov: Clive Gregson - wh...

FOOD & DRINK See all 2 events for Fri 27 Apr  

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Sat 25 May Cambridgeshire Wine School (Cambridge) Saturday Introduction to Wine

Apex (Bury St Edmunds)

East Anglia Beer Festival   12:00 - 23:00, £3
The East Anglia Beer Festival is not just any old beer festival. This event promotes local...

Critic's choice
Chilford Hall (Linton)

Vineyard and Winery Tours   £12.50
Interested in the production of wine, or do you just like to drink it and want to learn mo...

GIGS See all 4 events for Fri 27 Apr  

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Tue 28 May Cambridge Junction (Cambridge) The Christians

 

Thu 13 Jun Haverhill Arts Centre (Haverhill) The Searchers

Cambridge Corn Exchange (Cambridge)
Thank You For The Music   19:30, £23+fee
Now in their fabba-ulous 19th year, the superb, all-star cast have entertained the nation ...

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Cambridge Junction (Cambridge)

Band Competition Finals!   19:30, £7
It´s going to be a great night, with 7 winning acts competing for the judges´ decision. S...

Man on the Moon (Cambridge)
Frank Hamilton  
+ Ilona + Frazer Lowrie + Alice Walker

Unitarian Church (Cambridge)
2 Days of International Electronic & Experimental Music and Sound.
  19:30,
Presented by Kesh & Bad Timing. 27 Apr: All-dayer with Pimmon, The godfather of Austra...

JAZZ See all 3 events for Fri 27 Apr  

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Fri 07 Jun Haverhill Arts Centre (Haverhill) Roger Beaujolais and the Hannah Horton Quartet

Hidden Rooms (Cambridge)
The Tony Woods Project   20:00, £16-£12
With a style often compared to Jan Garbarek, Tony Woods has been described as a ´dec...

Mumford Theatre (Cambridge)
Anglia Ruskin Jazz Voices   13:10, Free
Part of the Lunchtime Concert Series. Dimitra Tzanakaki and Louise Smith with Chris Ingha...

Vaults (Cambridge)
Live Music  
Live jazz funk bands every Friday, see website for details

OUTDOOR See all 2 events for Fri 27 Apr  

Cambridge University Botanic Gardens (Cambridge)

Botanic Gardens   10:00 - 18:00, £4 (£3.50conc)/Free
The Garden has a collection of over 10,000 plant species in beautifully landscaped setting...

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Milton Country Park (Milton)

Fen Rivers Way   Free
Following the river Cam out to Ely (and beyond for the more intrepid walker), the Fen Rive...

SHOPPING & MARKETS See all 3 events for Fri 27 Apr  

Huntingdon (Huntingdon)

Huntingdon Farmers Market   08:00 - 14:00,
An abundance of local produce, sold to you directly by the people who create it.

Primavera (Cambridge)
Personal Shopper tours at Primavera   10:00 - 17:30,
View over 5000 items of the finest contemporary jewellery, artwork and craft displayed ove...

Saffron Walden Town Hall (Saffron Waldon)

Saffron Walden Country Market   Free
Freshly baked cakes and savouries, preserves, fresh produce & craft goods are availabl...

TALKS, WORKSHOPS & COURSES See all 2 events for Fri 27 Apr  

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Thu 30 May Wood Green The Animals Charity (Godmanchester) Rescue Worker for a Day

Alliance Française (Cambridge)
Apéro culturel   19:00, £5/£4
Conversation (accompanied by an aperitif) about the latest trends in French publishing as ...

Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge)
Adult Drawing Workshops   10:00 - 12:00, £5
MUSE Drawing workshop - offers a way of working for those wanting to be more confident wit...

THEATRE See all 8 events for Fri 27 Apr  

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Tue 21 May ADC Theatre (Cambridge) Hamlet

 

Tomorrow Theatre Royal Charley´s Aunt

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Esio Trot   23:00, £6-£4
Mr Hoppy has two great loves in his life: the flowers that grow on his balcony, and his ne...

Terra Nova   19:45, £10-£7
A study of British pride and upper-class resolve and of the bravery and suffering of Capt...

Cambridge Arts Theatre (Cambridge)
Yes, Prime Minister   19:45, £30-£15
Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey are back in this production by the writers of the original ser...

Corpus Playroom (Cambridge)
A Doll´s House   21:30, £6/£5
Nora, a dedicated housewife, finds herself trapped in a tension of loyalties. In protecti...

Look Back in Anger   19:00, £6/£5
Osborne´s famous, autobiographical piece presents the unhappy, unfulfilled marriage ...

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A Christmas Carol   19:30, £8/£7
The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen´s Guild Dramatic Society´s Production of A...

Mumford Theatre (Cambridge)
The Wedding Singer   19:30, £10
Anglia Ruskin University´s Theatre Arts Society present The Wedding Singer. Robbi...

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Follies   19:30, £19.50-£7
Sondheim´s story of a reunion of the Weismann Follies flashes back to the earlier li...

TOURS, TRAVEL & EXPLORING See all 6 events for Fri 27 Apr  

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Wed 29 May Riverboat Georgina (Cambridge) River Cam Cruise & Fish & Chips

 

Wed 05 Jun Theatre Royal Backstage Past Tours

Cambridge (Cambridge)

Cambridge Bike Tours   10:30, 13:30, £20 (£18conc)
Every day except Tuesdays. Morning City Tour, meet at the lamp-post in the middle of Par...

Ghost Tours   18:00, £6 (£5conc)/£4children
The tour will lead you through the areas of Cambridge where ghostly happenings have been r...

Guided Walking Tours of Cambridge   £16-£7.50
Our Historic University and College Tours leave the Visitor Information Centre every day (...

Newmarket (Newmarket)

Newmarket Classic & All-Day Stud Tours
  09:30, £27 (£25conc)
Thur-Sat: See horses at close quarters and meet stable staff in this 2 hour behind the sc...

Scudamore's Punting (Cambridge)

Daily Punt Tours with Scudamore´s   £various
We offer bespoke services alongside a range of options created for based around common req...

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