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Grand Arcade
Browse some of the 60 prestigious shops
in Cambridge’s glitzy Grand Arcade.
It’s one of the few places you can park
STRETCH centrally, so it’s a good place to start.
The Walk » Head for the Lion Yard entrance; exit
YOUR LEGS onto Petty Cury, crossing the square to emerge
onto stately King’s Parade. Cut left to King’s
CAMBRIDGE College Chapel.
King’s College Chapel
In a city crammed with showstop-
ping buildings, King’s College Chapel
(%01223-331212; www.kings.cam.ac.uk/
chapel; King’s Pde; adult/child £9/6; h9.30am-
3.15pm Mon-Sat & 1.15-2.30pm Sun term time,
Start/Finish: Grand Arcade 9.30am-4.30pm daily, to 3.30pm Dec, Jan &
university holidays) is the scene-stealer. The
Distance: 3 miles grandiose structure is one of England’s
most extraordinary examples of Gothic
Duration: Three hours architecture. Its intricate 80m-long, fan-
vaulted ceiling is the world’s largest.
The Walk » Stroll north up King’s Parade.
University city Cambridge is a place Great St Mary’s Church
in which to walk. This tour takes in A major expansion of Great St Mary’s
a prestigious college, magnificent (www.gsm.cam.ac.uk; Senate House Hill;
h10am-4pm Mon-Sat, 1-4pm Sun) between
chapels, an ancient library, a cosy 1478 and 1519 resulted in the late–Gothic
teashop and gardens lining a river Perpendicular style you see today. Strik-
ing features include the mid-Victorian
filled with punts. stained-glass windows, seating galleries
and two organs. Climb the tower (adult/
child £3.90/2.50) for superb vistas.
The Walk » Dodge bicyclists and touting tour
guides to marvel at the ornate gates of Gonville
& Caius College. Soon Trinity’s elaborate Tudor
entrance way towers up on the left.
Trinity College
The largest of Cambridge’s colleges,
elegant Trinity College (www.trin.cam.ac.uk;
Trinity St; adult/child £3/1; h10am-4.30pm,
closed early Apr–mid-Jun) features a sweeping
Great Court: the biggest of its kind in the
world. It also boasts the renowned Wren
Take this walk on Trip Library (hnoon-2pm Mon-Fri, plus 10.30am-
12.30pm Sat term time only), containing
f 55,000 books dated before 1820. Works
include those by Shakespeare and Swift.

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