Cambridge – Tuesday March 10th

Our travel journal of our time in Cambridge continues here from March 2026.

It was nice to enjoy our French press coffee on this morning before we headed out for breakfast at The Copper Kettle on King’s Parade in Cambridge.

It was a lovely morning and I took some photos along the way to breakfast.

We would sign up for a tour of Trinity College later in the week.

Looking out the window of the Copper Kettle.

I’ve never met a scone I didn’t like.

Greg went for the full English.

The Views from breakfast were lovely. This is the college and especially the chapel that would be part of our tour on this day.

This cafe was used in some of the filming for Grantchester. (Possibly as a tea-room?)

After breakfast we met up with our alumni tour guide and group for a 2 hour tour that would include King’s Chapel.

St Bene’t’s church on Bene’t’s street was one of our stops.

St Bene’t’s has been a place of Christian prayer and worship for nearly a thousand years. The exact date is in dispute; estimates vary between the tenth century and the reign of Edward the Confessor, but there are good grounds for placing it in the reign of King Canute about the year 1020. More history at this link.

St. Catharine’s College.

We continued on Silver Street to Queen’s college where the famous Mathematical Bridge spans the River Cam. I was chuckling here as I remembered the new quirky Ludwig murder series filmed in Cambridge. One of the episodes featured the bridge, the building on the left which is part of Queen’s college and a chapel. Have you watched the series. I highly recommend it.

The bridge was designed in 1748 by William Etheridge (1709–76), and was built in 1749 by James Essex the Younger (1722–84). It has subsequently been repaired in 1866 and rebuilt to the same design in 1905. More info here.

We continued on Silver Street to Queen Street on ‘the backs’ with some nice views of King’s College Chapel.

This is Trinity College Bridge.

St. John’s with the clock tower without an actual clock.

This bridge might be the Kitchen Bridge.

Working our way back to the King’s Parade to King’s College where our tour began and would end except for those of us who paid extra to go into King’s College to be able to visit King’s College Chapel.

The Chapel deserves a post of it’s own and that will come on another day.

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12 thoughts on “Cambridge – Tuesday March 10th”

  2. Ellen, thank you for sharing a bit of Cambridge with us. I’m like you in the respect that I have never met a scone I didn’t like. 🙂 Greg’s full English breakfast looks delicious, but I couldn’t eat that much in the morning. Your pictures are beautiful. Looking forward to seeing the chapel post.

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  4. Such a pretty city. The colleges are all beautiful and filled with history and such lovely architecture. My daughter and her family are wrapping up a holiday in the UK now, and spent three days back in Cambridge visiting their old stomping grounds and staying in the same Air B/B they lived in. They went on to the Peak District and I think are tempted to relocate 🙂 They’re staying in Castleton and are loving it. Such a gorgeous part of England! Thanks for taking us along on your tour.

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  7. Such beautiful architecture in Cambridge! Your full English breakfast is very similar to ones we had at hotels when we toured Ireland a few years ago–very delicious and filling–we never needed to eat lunch.

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  8. What a wonderful vacation. Impressive photos. Wow that was some breakfast. That was like the whole days food for breakfast! 🙂

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  9. That looked like a marvelous tour! I haven’t met a scone I didn’t like either, or a full English breakfast for that matter, ha! As always I loved each and every photo. Thank you for such a great tour Ellen 🙂

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