
What’s there
- Buggy friendly
- Birthday parties
No parking at the punting location. Use Cambridge Park & Ride (Madingley Rd service stops on Bridge St, ~5 min walk) or city-centre car parks (~10 min walk); 2-hour pay-and-display on Pound Hill / Chesterton Lane free after 5pm.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Let's Go Punting offers chauffeured punting tours along Cambridge's college backs. On 50-minute return tours, you'll pass 7 Cambridge University colleges and 9 bridges, gliding past the King's College Chapel, the Bridge of Sighs and the Mathematical Bridge. The punts have raised seating, extra legroom and tables. You can book shared tours (with rows for 2–3 people, sections for up to 6, or sections plus a row for up to 9) or private tours for up to 2, 6 or 12 passengers. Add-ons include grazing box picnics in Deli, Afternoon Tea or Brunch styles. A free audio tour app is available in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.
Operates year-round with seasonal pricing: low season 1 Oct-31 Mar, high season Apr-Sep, peak at Easter and summer. Special events: Halloween Punt & Hunt, Christmas Carols on the River, Christmas Punt and Hunt, Easter Punt & Hunt, May Week Fireworks.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Swimming costume
- Swim nappies
Towel
Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
Flask of tea
Travel thermometer- Sudocrem
Loose changeLockers and old-fashioned car parks.- Travel games
- Bubble wandSettles a meltdown faster than anything in the café.
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