Thetford

Cambridge to Grantchester Circular

We had a beautiful day for our walk which started from Kings College, Cambridge. We very quickly left Cambridge and headed out alongside the River Cam across meadows, through a nature reserve and then along a lovely street of mainly older houses. This led us to Grantchester Meadows and we walked along by the river and came across a heron which did not seem worried about us walking past at all! We continued along the river until we came to Grantchester. We had drinks and cake at the famous Orchard Tea Garden which was delicious! We wondered through the village and stopped to look at the Church of St Andrew and St Mary and the Vicarage which are used in the Grantchester TV Series. We then headed out past the Red Lion pub and back onto the top path along the meadows. Once we had retraced our steps through the nature reserve we took a slightly different route back which took us past former mills and a pond. We crossed the river to walk behind the colleges which gave us lovely views of Kings College and punters along the Cam.