Cambridge Audio Tour: Collegiate Pubs and Tales Beyond the Quads

Explore Cambridge at your own pace

In Cambridge, even the cobblestones echo with secrets-glorious scandals in ancient halls, rebel law firms scheming behind polished doors, and sudden bursts of student mischief around every corner. This self-guided audio tour peels back layers that most visitors never see, revealing the city's drama and wit through surprising stories and overlooked gems.

Who risked everything for a forbidden idea inside Christ's College during a night thick with political intrigue? What peculiar quarrel split rival solicitors on Sidney Street, leaving whispers of betrayal in their wake? And just how many cups of tea kept lawyers going through Cambridge's record-breaking 239-day legal battle?

Stride from sunlit courts to shadowy alleyways. Trace the rise and fall of empires, dodge academic rebellions, and discover how even the hum of everyday life hides deep mysteries. Cambridge waits, unruly and extraordinary.

Photo: Jean-Luc Benazet, Unsplash

Tour details

• Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes, entirely at your own pace
• Distance: around 2.5 km (1.6 miles)
• Stops: 15 landmarks, including Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge, The Baron of Beef, Cambridge Science Centre
• Audio: up to 38 minutes of narration
• Starts at: Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge

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How it works

• Book here and a redemption code arrives by email within minutes.
• Download the free AudaTours app on your phone and enter the code.
• Download the tour once and the whole thing works offline.
• Walk to the first stop and press play. The audio for each landmark starts automatically as you approach it, so your phone can stay in your pocket.

There is no fixed date and no start time. The date you pick at checkout does not matter, and the tour stays on your phone permanently, so you can use it whenever you next visit and walk it again as often as you like.

What is included

• Professionally narrated audio that plays automatically at each stop
• An interactive map showing the walking route between landmarks
• Full offline access once downloaded, so you need no data or signal
• Freedom to start, pause and resume whenever you like
• Lifetime access - your code never expires

Where you will stop

• Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge
• The Baron of Beef
• Cambridge Science Centre
• Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
• University Pitt Club
• Sidney Street, Cambridge
• Ginn & Co Solicitors
• Christ's College, Cambridge
• The Champion of the Thames
• St Radegund, Cambridge
• King Street, Cambridge
• Westcott House, Cambridge
• Jesus Lane
• All Saints' Church, Cambridge
• Jesus College, Cambridge

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What is AudaTours?

AudaTours turns a walk through a city into a story. Our guides bring landmarks to life with the history, the scandals and the detail you would never get from a plaque.

• Immersive: real stories about the places in front of you, not a dry commentary
• Offline: download once and use it with no data, anywhere
• At your own pace: start, pause and resume whenever you want
• Accurate: every story is built from verified historical sources and checked before release

Good to know

• This is a self-guided audio tour on your own phone. There is no in-person guide.
• It does not include entry to any building or site along the route.
• The landmarks on the tour are not affiliated with AudaTours.
• You need a smartphone with Android 7.0 or later, or iOS 16 or later.
• Bring headphones and start with a charged phone.

Who it suits

Solo travellers, couples, families and small groups who would rather explore on their own schedule than follow a guide and a fixed departure time. It suits a first visit, and it suits anyone who has already seen the famous sights and wants to know what actually happened in them.

Image credits

Photos: Jean-Luc Benazet, Malgorzata Bujalska (Unsplash); AudaTours.