Benable — create shareable lists of things you recommend!
E.g., products you love, local businesses, travel recs - you can add anything to a Benable list!
Things to do in Cambridge UK
19
items Cambridge is awash with museums, galleries and places to vsit. There is so much to do it's hard to choose! Here are some of my favourites.
One of the best museums in the country housing a collection of over half a million objects including Ancient Egyptian artefacts, rare coins and mediaeval illuminated manuscripts, as well as modern and contemporary art, historic paintings and classica...
The Fitzwilliam Museum - University of Cambridge
Beautiful gardens at all times of the year, if it's raining go inside the amazing range of hothouses. The garden coveres 40 acres and contains over 8,000 species including several national collections and an arboretum. Lovely cafe and a gift and plant shop.
Welcome to Cambridge University Botanic Garden - Find Out ...
The only Polar museum in the UK. “From penguins to paintings, sleeping bags to sextants, Inuit art to explorers’ diaries – come find out about exploration, science and survival at the extreme ends of the earth.”
The Polar Museum - Scott Polar Research Institute
You cannot visit Cambridge without going punting! Lots of companies touting for business in Cambridge especially in the summer months, they are hard to avoid!
Punting - Visit Cambridge
Lovely little museum in the heart of Cambridge. Don't miss (you can't ) the 14 metre high totem pole that sits right in the middle and rises up three floors! Much easier to miss is the exquisite Trumpington Cross: an early Christian brooch found in t...
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology |
Tucked away on Downing Street and easy to miss, although once inside the 21 metre lon fin whale is harder to miss! “From moths to monkeys, mammoths to manatees, discover stories of extinction, survival, evolution and exploration.”
Museum of Zoology | - University of Cambridge
Formerly known as the Folk Museum and set in a 400 year old former pub and coaching inn the volunteer operated museum is one of only a few independent museums in Cambridge “Our fascinating collection of objects from across Cambridgeshire and the Fens...
The Museum of Cambridge – A small museum, with a big story ...
Kettle’s Yard was the home of Jim and Helen Ede from 1957 to 1973. It contains their diverse collection of art, ceramics, textiles, furniture and natural objects. The Kettle’s Yard collection includes modern art including paintings, drawings, sculptu...
Kettle's Yard - University of Cambridge
The oldest of the University of Cambridge museums housing a collection of around 2 million rocks, minerals and fossils, spanning a period of 4.5 billion years including approximately 2000 rocks and fossils collected by Charles Darwin during the voyag...
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
The Museum of Classical Archaeology in Cambridge houses one of the largest plaster cast collections in the world ranging from enormous plaster casts of Greek and Roman sculpture to the smallest sherds of ancient pots. I have visited this unusual muse...
Museum of Classical Archaeology | Faculty of Classics
If you are looking for unusual and unique handmade items this little is for you.
All Saints Garden Art and Craft Market (2025) - Tripadvisor
One of the most intriguing and unusual attractions in the city "The Corpus Clock in Cambridge is far more than just a decorative piece—it is an intricate blend of art, science, and engineering, designed to challenge our perception of time. Created by...
Corpus Clock
You won't find these anywhere else! Can you find them all? “Miniature sculptures (with doors), lovingly made and hidden just out of plain sight in the beautiful city of Cambridge.”
Dinky Doors
There has been a market here dating back to the middle ages. Today you will find fruit and veg, bike repairs, second hand books, vintage clothes, art, pottery, cheese and more.
Markets - Cambridge City Council
I haven't been on this, I don't like heights, but I am reliably informed it's worth doing. “Get a truly unique perspective of this beautiful City from a view point never seen before. Capture some amazing images, whilst creating a plan for the day or ...
Big Wheel Cambridge - Standard and VIP Carriages - City ...
Arthouse cinema in a beautiful art deco building with a stylish bar and cafe overlooking the street
Arts Picturehouse Cambridge - Picturehouse
It’s the largest pool in Cambridge and one of the longest outdoor pools in Europe at 90 metres long. Only open in the summer months so check before heading for a swim.
Jesus Green Lido: Home
Thriving regional theatre with a wide variety of performances.
Cambridge Arts Theatre: Home
The oldest University playhouse in the country. The ADC Theatre is the centre of University drama in Cambridge, run almost entirely by students.
Home | ADC Theatre | Cambridge