AudaTours Cambridge Audio Tour: Bedders, Bargees and Booksellers
Magdalene Bridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0AG
Follow a self-guided audio walk through Cambridge’s everyday working history, using headphones and the route in the app at your own pace. Starting at Magdalene Bridge and ending at The Mill, the 17 stops take you from Quayside and the old river trade past inns, passages, shopfronts and colleges to the market and the mill by the water. Expect about 2 hours of audio, or around 3 hours in total including walking. This tour focuses on the people who kept the city going: bedders and women who lit staircases at dawn, bargees and carriers moving goods and coal, booksellers, binders and printers serving the university, brewers and market traders feeding and watering the town, and the builders and craftsmen behind the stonework and streets. It is a walk through the Cambridge most visitors miss, with practical places, working yards and familiar routes telling the story of the gown’s town as well as the colleges.
Timings
Available anytime
Location & directions
Magdalene Bridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0AG
- Directions:
- Starts at Magdalene Bridge, Cambridge, visits 17 stops, and finishes at The Mill, Mill Lane, Cambridge.
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Book on day
- Booking conditions:
- Visit the booking link and click the "Get Tour" button to receive a redemption code. Follow the link to download the AudaTours app, enter your redemption code, and you're ready to go.
- Booking email:
- [email protected]
- Booking website:
- https://audatours.com/tour/united-kingdom/cambridge/p-4127-a-working-cambridge
Accessibility details
This is an outdoor, self-guided audio walking tour. The route follows public streets and pavements and does not include access to the interior of any of the sites — they are to be admired from the outside. Please wear comfortable shoes and dress for the weather.
Additional information
You can start the tour whenever suits you during the festival and pause, resume or revisit it at any point — the route plays at your own pace from your phone. Once redeemed, the tour stays in your AudaTours library so you can come back to it any time. Headphones (or one earbud if walking with a companion) are recommended, and the tour works best in daylight hours.
- Estimated duration:
- 2 hour(s)
