Cambridge Bike Tours

We take in some parks and commons (minding out for the cows) as well as seeing rowing and College boathouses. Then we move into the very centre to look at St John’s College, Trinity College Great Gate and sometimes we get inside Trinity College Great Court where Harrold Abraham ran round in the time it took to strike 12 noon. From here we stop on top of Garrett Hostel Bridge to take some amazing photos of ‘The Backs’ of the Colleges and people punting.

Then we start to get off the beaten track and visit the Cambridge University Real Tennis courts and see how the game is played followed by the University Library and the Sidgwick Site, which is arguably the centre of the University of Cambridge. We then get to The Best Spot to take that iconic photo of Kings College Chapel before meandering back past the Mathematical Bridge and Queens’ College, stopping on Kings Parade to check out the most amazing Corpus Christi Gold Clock that was given to the College by John Taylor. We just have time to cycle down Kings Parade and the front of King College Chapel to take a look at the Senate House, St Mary’s Church and some guerrilla art before taking the bikes back to the garage.

We meet under the lamp in the middle of Parker’s Piece (see meeting point page here) just to the south of the City Centre at 10:30am before walking to our garage to pick up the bikes on Elm Street and off we go! The tour will finish back at the garage just after 1pm.

A City Bike Tour in the morning (as above), and a 45 minute shared punting tour of The Backs in the afternoon.
Our City Bike Tour (see above) takes in parks as well as all the ‘Must See’ sights of Cambridge. This starts at 10:30am at the meeting point and finishes just after 1pm.

When you book your Bike & Punting Package Tour the punting tickets will automatically be emailed out to you and these are valid from the day of purchase for 6 months so you can choose when you want to go punting but most people tend to go in the afternoon after their City Bike Tour. Punting tours depart approximately every 15 minutes so no need to book just walk up and jump on a punt.

Cambridge Bike Tours works in partnership with Scudamores who are the largest and longest running punting tour operator in Cambridge. Our punting tour tickets with Scudamores are the same price as you will find anywhere. The only difference or rather advantage is that during the City Bike Tour we will show you the two locations you can choose from to take your punting tour and we will explain how it works and provide you with a Cambridge City map as well as a punting map showing you the different bridges that you will see from the punt.

This tour combines our popular City Tour in the morning with the splendid countryside Grantchester Tour in the afternoon, both of which are detailed above.
What a great day out! You have the must see sights of Cambridge in the morning, which is packed full of amazing history and stories followed by a break for lunch and then the relaxing green countryside in the afternoon with a bit of poetry and a refreshments, there really isn’t a better way to spend a day.

10:30am meet at the lamp post for the City Tour that will be finished just after 1pm. Then there is a break for lunch and we can give you loads of local food options to choose from. The afternoon starts at 1:40pm at the garage before heading through Cambridge and out to Grantchester. We are usually get back around 4 or 4:30pm so there is even time to get an early evening punting tour before dinner.

We take a quiet route out of Cambridge through parks to get out west and follow the river through Grantchester Meadows, made famous for Pink Floyd to the picturesque village of Grantchester. Here we take in the Orchard Team Gardens, which was frequented by the poet Rupert Brooke and the Old Vicarage that was his home. We like to have a moment to sit by the river down at the Old Mill before either going for a Cream Tea or a drink in the local pub where we play the oldest recorded pub game called ‘ringing the bull’. You never know you might be sitting next to a Nobel Prize winner as Grantchester has the highest concentration of them in the world.

There is just enough time to take a look at the church and vicarage that is in the famous TV series Grantchester (named after the village) before we head back along the river. If you’re daring enough you could bring your swimwear and cool off in the river Cam. We usually get back to the garage at around 4pm but we often get chatting in the pub and so this can easily become 4:30pm!