Grantchester

A riverside village south of Cambridge, reached on foot across the meadows or by punt along the Cam.

From King's Cross St Pancras: 1 h 25 min by train · 1 h 45 min by car

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Time there: 2–4 h to see all 3 places

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Must-see places

St.Mary ^ St.Andrew, Grantchester, Cambridgeshire

Church of St Andrew and St Mary

Church · A medieval village church with 12th-century origins, a Norman font and a starring role in the ITV series Grantchester.

Grantchester Meadows

Nature · Riverside meadows on the Cam, the footpath and punting route between Cambridge and Grantchester.

Garden of the Orchard Tea Rooms, Grantchester

Orchard Tea Garden

Food & drink · A tea garden under apple trees, open since 1897, where Rupert Brooke lodged next door and Cambridge students have come for tea ever since.

Quick facts

You can reach the village from Cambridge on foot across Grantchester Meadows or by punt along the River Cam, about three kilometres each way.

The Orchard has served tea to students and visitors since 1897, and Rupert Brooke, Virginia Woolf, John Maynard Keynes and Ludwig Wittgenstein were all drawn to it.

It is the village behind the ITV drama Grantchester, which films in the real church, beside the real vicarage and along the meadows.

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