Travelling to and around Cambridge

For details of how to get to the Computing Lab, please see the venue page.

Getting to Cambridge
By plane
By train
By coach

Getting around Cambridge
Bus services
Taxis
Bike hire

Getting to Cambridge

Cambridge is located 60 miles (approximately 100km) north of London. The nearest airport is London Stansted, which is 50 minutes away by bus and roughly 45 minutes by train, with hourly connections available from the airport terminal. The city is also well connected to Heathrow airport, with National Express Coaches running from Heathrow-Cambridge as well as a convenient rail-link via London Kings Cross station.

More information on transport and travel to and around Cambridge can be found on the University website.

By plane

FROM STANSTED

Train to Cambridge

Stansted Airport railway station is part of the terminal.
Journey time: about 30 minutes. (Note that there are also indirect trains, involving a change at Bishop's Stortford and a longer journey time.)
Online timetable and fare calculator: www.nationalrail.co.uk

Bus to Cambridge

There is a National Express coach from Stansted Airport to Cambridge (Parkside, Parker's Piece).
Coaches leave hourly. Journey time: up to 1 hour.
Online timetable and fare calculator: www.nationalexpress.com
Pre-booking is possible on the website, but tickets can also be bought at Stansted (at a National Express office, or from the bus driver).
More information: http://www.nationalexpress.com/Airport/stansted.cfm

FROM HEATHROW

Bus to Cambridge

There is a National Express coach directly from Heathrow Airport to Cambridge (Parkside, Parker's Piece).
Coaches leave hourly. Allow up to three hours for the journey.
Online timetable and fare calculator: www.nationalexpress.com
Pre-booking is possible on the website, but tickets can also be bought at Heathrow (at a National Express office, or from the bus driver).
More information, including where to find National Express at the different Heathrow terminals: http://www.nationalexpress.com/Airport/heathrow.cfm

Trains to Cambridge

EITHER: Take the underground (Piccadilly line) from Heathrow Airport to King's Cross St. Pancras.
Journey time: about 1 hour / 1 hour and 15 minutes.
More information and map: www.tfl.gov.uk/tube

OR: Take the Heathrow Express train from Heathrow Airport to London Paddington railway station.
Journey time: around 15-20 minutes.
More information: www.heathrowexpress.com
From London Paddington, take the underground/metro (Hammersmith & City line) to King's Cross St. Pancras.

THEN: From King's Cross railway station, take a direct train to Cambridge.
Journey time: from 50 mins to 1 hour 40 mins, depending on whether the train is a King's Cross - Cambridge express or a stopping train.
Online timetable and fare calculator: www.nationalrail.co.uk

By train

For train timetables within the UK visit www.nationalrail.co.uk.

Tickets can be bought online from www.thetrainline.co.uk.

By coach

For coach travel within the UK visit www.nationalexpress.com.

Getting around Cambridge

Bus services

Bus route maps and timetables can be found on the Cambridgeshire County Council website.

Detailed maps for Stagecoach citi buses can be found on the Stagecoach Cambridge website.

If you are making a return journey in Cambridge (e.g. going both to and from the Computer Laboratory by bus), it is cheapest to buy a "dayrider" ticket.

Taxis

You can get taxis from the rank outside the station and also from St. Andrews Street, in the city centre.

For private hire taxis call:

CamCab Tel: 01223 704704
Panther taxis Tel: 01223 715715

Bike hire

If you would like to hire a bike while you are in Cambridge, visit Station Cycles. They have shops both by the train station and in the basement of the Grand Arcade shopping centre, in the city centre.