Why go
- City and district in Cambridgeshire, England.
- Served by RAF Wyton (QUY).
History
Cambridge is a city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is the county town of Cambridgeshire and is located on the River Cam, 55 miles (89 km) north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of the City of Cambridge was 145,700; the population of the wider built-up area was 181,137. There is archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dating back to as early as the Bronze Age, and Cambridge became an important trading centre during the Roman and Viking eras. The first town charters were granted in the 12th century, although modern city status was not officially conferred until 1951.
Airports
✈ Airlines & flight paths — 10 airlines, 153 direct destinations
- Ryanair FR (737-800) · 124 routes: Aarhus, Alghero, Alicante, Almeria, Ancona, Arrecife, Athens, Barcelona, Bari, Bergamo, Bergerac, Berlin, Biarritz-bayonne, Billund, Bologna, Bordeaux, Bratislava, Bremen, Brindisi, Brive, Brno, Bucharest, Budapest, Bydgoszcz, Carcassonne, Chania, Comiso, Connaught, Cork, Dinard, Dortmund, Dublin, Eindhoven, Faro, Fes, Fuerteventura, Gdansk, Genoa, Gerona, Gothenborg … +84 more
- easyJet U2 (A319, A320) · 23 routes: Amsterdam, Aviles, Belfast, Bilbao, Bodrum, Cagliari, Copenhagen, Dalaman, Dubrovnik, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Ibiza, Ljubljana, Lyon, Malaga, Marrakech, Munich, Naples, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Prague, Sharm El Sheikh, Sofia
- Transavia France TO (737-800) · 13 routes: Arrecife, Dalaman, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Kos, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Rhodos, Sharm El Sheikh, Tenerife
- Germanwings 4U (A319) · 3 routes: Cologne, Hannover, Stuttgart
- Thomsonfly BY (737-800) · 3 routes: Arrecife, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife
- Aurigny Air Services GR (ATR 72) · 2 routes: Guernsey, Jersey
- Pegasus Airlines PC (737-800) · 2 routes: Istanbul, Izmir
- Air Berlin AB (Dash 8-400) · 1 route: Duesseldorf
- Air Moldova 9U (A320, Embraer 190) · 1 route: Chisinau
- Flybe BE (D38) · 1 route: Dundee
Routes and aircraft from OpenFlights (open data; a point-in-time snapshot). * = codeshare. Linked destinations open their own guidebook. Flight numbers are not in the open data — they come from the airline or a paid schedule feed.
Getting there by ferry
Where things are
Photographs
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When to go
The warmer, longer-day half of the year is the safest bet for a first visit.
Cooler and quieter, with fewer visitors and better value.
Short days and the coldest weather — check local conditions before travelling.
Getting there & around
Getting there. The nearest airport on record is RAF Wyton (QUY); 31 other airports serve the wider area. Check rail and road links from the tourism sources below. By water: 1 ferry terminal within 12 mi (nearest: Cambridge punt tours, 0.6 mi).
Getting around. Use the map above to orient yourself; nearby hotels, attractions and places to eat are listed from the live Ultimate data for Cambridge, United Kingdom. Local transit details will be added as the guide is expanded.
Trains & rail
Coaches & shuttles
Private aviation
On-demand charter, jet cards and the semi-private scheduled carriers that serve this city.