Fort St George
A timber-framed riverside pub on Midsummer Common, with parts dating from the 16th century.
The hill where Cambridge began, north of the river, with museums and a quiet street below.
The ward is named for a lost fortress, Cambridge Castle, whose earthen mound survives as Castle Mound. The ward lies north-west of the centre, across the river, and had 7,861 residents at the 2021 census. Castle Hill matters far beyond the castle: the Roman settlement of Duroliponte and the later British and Saxon centres stood here, and the hill's Old English name was Grantabrycge.
Castle Hill is the mound itself, the best place to start. Down the slope on Castle Street are Kettle's Yard, a gallery of modern art, and the Museum of Cambridge, the city's local-history museum. The Castle Inn is a pub in the same neighbourhood.
The area is quieter and more residential than the colleges. It is also changing: the North West Cambridge Development, with Eddington at its centre, has been adding homes nearby since the first residents moved in during 2017.
From the city centre you cross the Cam to reach Castle. It neighbours Arbury, Market and Newnham wards, and Chesterton begins just east of Castle Hill. Castle Hill is one of the few noticeable rises in a flat city; the climb is short and worthwhile.
A timber-framed riverside pub on Midsummer Common, with parts dating from the 16th century.
A family-run freehouse with real ales, Italian food and a secret-door back bar.
A Young's pub with rooms, a courtyard and an all-day opening.
Szechuan and Cantonese food in a listed building on Bridge Street, between St John's and Magdalene.
A Victorian riverside house on Midsummer Common, serving surprise set menus.
Everyday life in Cambridge and the Fens since 1700, in a Grade II listed 16th-century former inn.
A riverside college founded for Benedictine monks, home of Samuel Pepys's library and a Stirling Prize-winning new building.
The Norman castle mound on Castle Hill, where Cambridge's earliest settlement grew.
A street in north Cambridge below Castle Hill, home to the Museum of Cambridge and Kettle's Yard.
A Grade II listed Methodist church of 1914 on Castle Street, with a 1929 Binns organ and a chapel history back to 1823.
A north-bank road running from Chesterton Lane towards Elizabeth Way, with a run of restaurants facing Jesus Green.
A Grade II* garden cemetery of 1843 off Histon Road, tied to the landscape designer John Claudius Loudon.
A street on the ring road north of the Backs, with Kettle's Yard, the Museum of Cambridge and St John's College nearby.
A house of around 1200 within St John's College, described as the oldest secular building in Cambridge.
A Grade II* Victorian church of 1875 near Castle Mound, on a site founded in 1092 and open daily to visitors.
A small medieval church by Kettle's Yard, no longer a parish church and cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust.
A largely residential road west of the centre with two college entrances, a conservation area and a charity's long history.
A single-arch bridge over the Cam, opened in 1890 to link Chesterton with the city.
An independent riverside cafe bar on Quayside, from morning coffee to evening cocktails.
An all-day brunch and coffee cafe on Chesterton Road, open seven days.
A café and events space devoted to Cambridge's Syd Barrett.
A riverside pub on Thompson's Lane with views across Jesus Green.
A modern British bistro with a seasonal, shared menu, and the younger sibling of Restaurant 22.
A halal, alcohol-free Kurdish and Persian restaurant on Chesterton Road.
A set-menu restaurant on Chesterton Road, open Wednesday to Saturday.
A fully halal Indian and Bangladeshi restaurant and takeaway on Chesterton Road.
A family-run Vietnamese restaurant opposite Magdalene College.
A Chinese restaurant on Chesterton Road built around hotpot and handmade dumplings.
Authentic vintage football shirts from across the decades, with a Cambridge United corner, on Magdalene Street.
A clothing store on Magdalene Street, with collections for women and men.
An independent vinyl shop on Magdalene Street, stocking new releases as well as long-standing favourites.
A Magdalene Street shop selling its own handmade soap and bath range alongside local pottery and nature-inspired gifts.
An arterial B1049 road running north from the Victoria Road junction towards the A14 and Impington.
A collector's home turned University gallery, kept as its owners left it, beside a modern exhibition space.
The A1303 west out of Cambridge towards the M11, past West Cambridge, Churchill College and Lucy Cavendish.
More than 600 works by women artists, hung throughout the modernist buildings of Murray Edwards College.
A residential stretch of the A1134 in north Cambridge, joining the Histon and Huntingdon Road junction to Chesterton Road.