How to get to Cambridge.
Rail
There is a fast, frequent rail service from both London Kings Cross (50
mins) and London
Liverpool Street
(1hr 10mins)
(WAGN freephone Tel: 0800 566566). There are also good connections from Scotland
and the North via Peterborough,
and regional services from Birmingham
and the Midlands, East Anglia
and the Northwest.
Air
Stansted Airport is the nearest
international airport to Cambridge – just a 30
minute train ride or 60 minutes by bus. A taxi will cost approx £50. If you take the bus or train once
in the city centre you can get a cab or take a 15 minute walk.
Heathrow affords less
easy access. You will need to take the Heathrow express train to central London (15 mins) and then get a train to Cambridge from Kings Cross
(45 mins) or Liverpool
Street (60 mins).
Alternatively you can take a bus to Cambridge (approx 2-3
hours). Do not take a taxi from Heathrow as it is very expensive.
Road
Cambridge has excellent
communication links, accessed by the M11 from
the South and London (M25), and by the A14 from the North (A1) and from the
East coast.