Unique Places in Cambridge

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At Newmarket Road, just a few steps away from the roundabout, you will find a grafitti art project from a group of artists called "Blight Society". The murals were finished in late 2010 and brighten up this rather deteriorated area with a large disused building and two closed down pubs. Hopefully, they are still there when you are on your next visit to Cambridge.

The Grafittis are on what looks to be a former warehouse, close to the roundabout and the Grafton shopping mall.

Next to the Holy Trinity Church, there is a small graveyard attracting some attention. That does not only come from its small size (although it is of course only the remain of a larger cemetery), but also from the unusual family name of the people buried there: Hunnybun. These 18 th century gravestones come from a time, when people’s surnames still were connected to their trade. The family was probably known for their sweet bakery.
The stones are nothing to make a detour for, but just a nice curiosity right in the middle of Cambridge.

Although it is one of the oldest surviving buildings in Cambridge, few people know it even exists. It is a beautiful, well-preserved Romanesque building. The Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene (better known as the Leper Chapel) was built in the 12 th century and was once part of a Leper Hospital. Since then, it has remained pretty unchanged. King John granted the Leper Hospital the right to host an annual fair from 1199 on and this fair existed until 1933. Today, the fair was revived as a medieval event which raises funds to maintain the chapel. The chapel is usually closed for visitors, but can be visit with prior appointment or on special occasions like storytelling evenings, exhibitions or the fair.
Coming from the city centre, the Chapel is located just over the railway bridge at Newmarket Road, on the left hand side. It is more or less in front of the Cambridge United Stadium. For further info or an appointment to visit the chapel, please contact the Cambridge Society for Past, Present and Future or the Friends of the Leper Chapel under the following URL:

http://www.cambridgeppf.org/leper-chapel.shtml
http://www.leper-chapel.24to24-hosting.co.uk/index.html

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I thought this little village was quite a find!
Full of thatched roofed Cottage's, a Mill, church and a gorgeous thatched roof 17th Century Red Lion Inn, it had all the essential's that I thought an English village would look like, I loved it!
Come and step back in time!

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A quick walk up a back lane way to Marks and Spencers took us a past the back of one of the churches - Holy Trinity Church - the laneway it appeared had been made through the old cemetary site with a few gravestones out on the opposite wall - looking at the gravestones that we went past made me laugh as knowing the old tradition of surnames coming about from the craft or employment that a man was involved here on some gravestones from the 1700s were the Hunnybuns! Conjured up all sorts of pictures of sweet and romantic characters!

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As it's often the case in small,English villages you can see very impressive churches there.

I liked visiting the St John's church in Waterbeach.It's a very old church, part of it is from early 13th century, but it was restored in 19th century. From this time there are some mosaic ornaments on the pulpit, really beautiful. They added to the colourdul impression of the inside of the church, together with flowers and paintings.

Sitting between the pipes of the organ we saw a special guest, raising its long ears to listen to the music? See for yourself, picture 3.

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My son and I went on a very nice bicycle tour along the Cam to Waterbeach. On the way out of Cambridge, there is a bike lane, later this is shared with walkers. It was a beautiful ride, watching the boats on the Cam, passing the lock , going through a very green area to Waterbeach.
From what I saw this is a very small place, very quiet when we were there in early afternoon.
We didn't ride very fast, as I wanted to enjoy the scenery, but we didn't need more than 30 minutes. It takes longer to get out of Cambridge than to ride on the path to Waterbeach.

It's about 8 km from Cambridge, on the trainline to Ely, so in case of bad weather we'd have taken the train to go there.

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In Cambridge there are two semi-professional clubs, and your nearest to the centre is at Milton Road, just north of the river. At Cambridge City you can watch a game in friendly surroundings kick off normally at 3pm Saturdays and 7.45 pm Tuesdays.

Around 500 people attend for £10 adults and £5 for under 16's. Food is available and the bar is open to all before and after the game

Check the website for matches. The new season starts early August