Trinity Hall

Back to sights award-winning tours from let’s go punting Contact Us Prefer to talk? Trinity Hall Trinity Hall is separate from Trinity College and it’s the original Trinity in Cambridge. The Jerwood library facade here on the riverside is very new but the college much, much older. It goes back to 1350, making it the […]
Queens College

Back to sights award-winning tours from let’s go punting Contact Us Prefer to talk? Queens’ College Queens’ College was founded in 1448 by Margaret Anjou and refounded by queen Elizabeth Woodville in 1465. This dual foundation resulted a slight change in the spelling: “Queen’s” changed originally to “Queens’ ” in 1823. By 1460 the library, […]
Kings College

Back to sights award-winning tours from let’s go punting Contact Us Prefer to talk? Kings College The King’s College of Our Lady and St Nicholas in Cambridge or Kings college to us was founded by Henry VI who also founded Eton, the school for boys. Kings Collge and King Henry Initially King’s was to have […]
Clare College

Back to sights award-winning tours from let’s go punting Contact Us Prefer to talk? Clare College Clare College is one of the most scenic in Cambridge and graduates have the right to get married in the gardens here. This is the oldest college we’ll pass on the river and the second oldest at the university. […]
Trinity College

Back to sights award-winning tours from let’s go punting Contact Us Prefer to talk? Trinity College The history of Trinity goes back to the reign of Henry VIII and most of its major buildings date from the 16th and 17th centuries. The beauty and size of Trinity’s courts attract visitors from all over the world, […]
St Johns College

Back to sights award-winning tours from let’s go punting Contact Us Prefer to talk? St Johns College St Johns college is 508 years old this year. It was founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort, grandmother to King Henry VIII. But she was dead when most of the real founding took place and it was largely done […]
Magdalene College

Back to sights award-winning tours from let’s go punting Contact Us Prefer to talk? Magdalene College The College dates back to the year 1428. Magdalene College started its life as a hostel for Benedictine monks who were studying here at Cambridge. In an act of staggering originality, it was first named Monks’ Hostel. This was right […]