City and Colleges

A great walk with historic buildings, academic institutions, museums, waterways and shopping.


Distance    Distance: 4.2 miles (6.8 km)
Ascent    Ascent: 12 metres
Route Grade    Route grade: 14 (equivalent to )
Time to allow    Time to allow: From 1h 30m to 1h 30m
Starting Point    Starting point: YHA Cambridge Start Point
               Grid reference: TL 460 575
               What3Words: ///shirt.epic.unions
End Point    End point: , to YHA Cambridge
Region    Region:
Type of walk    Type of walk:
Trails and Ways    Trails and Ways:

Wheelchair accessible    Wheelchair accessible:  Partly wheelchair accessible
Pushchair accessible    Pushchair accessible:  Pushchair accessible
Stiles    Stile free:  Stile free
Seats    Seats on route:  Seats on route
Toilets    Toilets:   Toilets on route
Touch Free    Touch free:  Touch free route
Touch Food and Drink    Food and Drink: , , ,   Food and drink on route


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YHA and walking have been perfect partners since 1930. YHA celebrates with a walking festival in autumn so everyone gets the chance to discover the joy of walking. This walk was produced as one of the 180 self guided walks which start and finish at hostels.
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