Cambridge Science Tour: Explore the Legacy of Eminent Scientists at Cambridge University

Discover the impressive history of science at Cambridge University. Explore the stories and scientific discoveries of eminent scientists such as Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Alan Turing, and Stephen Hawking on this engaging walking tour.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Gonville and Caius College - We begin our tour with Stephen Hawking. Outside the college where he was employed, we discuss his life and time here in Cambridge.
  • Corpus Clock - Learn about the mechanics of the hypnotic Corpus Clock and the strange creature which eats it.
  • The Eagle - Discover the story of Rosalind Franklin and the…
What's Included
  • Cambridge University Student Guide
What's Not Included
  • Entry / Admission to Colleges
  • Entry to research facilities / departments
Additional Information

Discover the impressive history of science at Cambridge University. Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Alan Turing and Stephen Hawking – these are just some of the scientists that have lived and studied at Cambridge. This walking tour will explore their stories, their scientific discoveries and their time here in Cambridge. See the site where the atom was…

Location
Great St Mary's
Senate House Hill
Our guide will meet you outside Great St Mary's Church. Look out for the white umbrella!
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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384kyraj
Jul 6, 2024
Best Tour in Cambridge - The best tour I’ve been on in Cambridge. Rowena is an incredibly knowledge, enthusiastic, engaging, and kind tour guide. This tour in particular was unique because she dives into the several scientific discoveries made at Cambridge and leads you to the buildings and important places where they were made/celebrated. Her tours are a must-do for your visit to Cambridge!
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Geoffrey_b
Jun 13, 2024
Excellent. - Excellent!! Very knowledgeable and what an informative tour we had. Highly recommended. We ran over time due to all the questions we had but that was no problem atall.
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Daytrip45240183262
May 25, 2024
Excellent tour, super enriching! - Our family of three did the science tour. It was wonderful and super enriching. Our guide is a doctor student who is highly knowledgeable, professional, and friendly. We learned many stories about scientists affiliated with Cambridge. Visited several main colleges of Cambridge and some famous sites. For science lovers, I also recommend visiting a couple of museums before and after the tour. We did the museum of earth sciences before the tour and the polar museum after the tour. Amazing! We also purchased separate tickets to visit the King's college chapel. Magnificent!
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Compass573661
May 19, 2024
Brilliant tour - We had the pleasure of being guided around cambridge by Rowena yesterday. Her knowledge of the science and the stories of the people behind the discoveries is outstanding. Thoroughly recommended and a great introduction to the landmarks and colleges of Cambridge.
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306annabeln
May 17, 2024
A great experience in Cambridge supporting local business - The guide was very knowledgable able and very interesting! It was also nice to know it is a small, local female owned business.
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8kadenk
May 4, 2024
Science of Cambridge through the centuries... - Rowena was a fantastic, and personable, guide. She took us through the scientific history of Cambridge, both known and more relatively unknown and it was exactly what we were looking for! Good luck on your studies and cheers from Canada!
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Estela_p
May 4, 2024
Fun and informative! - Really informative tour. The guide was very nice and accommodating. Would recommend to anyone visiting Cambridge!!
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Alyssamm2024
May 4, 2024
Incredible tour of science and history - Short review: Rowena was very knowledgeable, extremely friendly. Overall a really lovely your. Highly highly recommend. If you are interested in science, Cambridge, history/women's history, I would definitely recommend this tour. Rowena gave us such wonderful details about the campus and the famous scientists that have studied and conducted research here. I would recommend booking a morning tour as Cambridge can get quite busy throughout the day. Absolutely a wonderful tour. Cannot recommend it enough
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A3642xsellenb
May 2, 2024
Amazing tour of Cambridge and science - The tour was fantastic. Rowena covers the history of the university, explains the university system, and, of course, covers the science of Cambridge as well. She is extremely knowledgeable and very accommodating. I spent a year in Cambridge studying (a number of years ago), and I found this tour accurate, illuminating and fascinating. Great pace of speaking and walking.
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Scandinavleah
Apr 8, 2024
Great tour guide - The tour guide was so nice and went out of her way to help us meet up with the tour group when we were late. She was so passionate about science which made the tour truly enjoyable.
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