Applying to Ridley: Map and Directions
Planning your journey to Ridley
Transport Direct is Britain's free online journey planning and travel information service. Its door-to-door planner shows the various ways of making any journey within Great Britain - by either car or public transport. It also allows you to compare your CO2 emissions for both car and public transport for your specific journey. Parking is restricted at the college, so we do encourage you to use public transport or the Park & Ride scheme wherever possible. Below are more details of the options available.
Online maps
The Google map below shows Ridley Hall (Pedestrian entrance: A) in its immediate environment. Using the + and - buttons to zoom in and out.
Cambridge University have an online map, recently updated, which you may also find useful:
Travelling by train
Train services to Cambridge
Trains run frequently between Cambridge and London (King's Cross and Liverpool Street), Ipswich, Peterborough (with connections to the north and Scotland), King's Lynn, Norwich, Stansted Airport and Birmingham. For more information about train services visit www.nationalrail.co.uk or call 08457 484950.
Getting from the train station to Ridley
Ridley is about 30 minutes' walk from Cambridge's train station. For map and walking directions, go to the Cambridge Walk It website and type from 'train station' to 'CB3 9HG' before clicking 'Go'. There is also a taxi rank outside the train station (see Completing your journey by taxi, below), and buses to the Drummer Street Bus Station (about 15 minutes' walk from Ridley).
Travelling by coach
Coach and bus services to Cambridge
The following bus companies operate locally in and around Cambridge:
Ridley is about 15 minutes' walk from Cambridge's Drummer Street bus station. For map and walking directions, go to the Cambridge Walk It website and type from 'bus station' to 'CB3 9HG' before clicking 'Go'. There is also a taxi rank beside the bus station. See Completing your journey by taxi, below.
Completing your journey by taxi
There are taxi ranks at the Drummer Street Bus Station, the Cambridge Railway Station and on Parkside, a primary coach stop in the centre. Over half of the Hackney Carriage vehicles licensed by Cambridge City Council are wheelchair accessible. In addition to licensed hackney carriages the following taxi companies operate in Cambridge:
- A1 Cabco - 01223 313131
- Ace Taxis - 01223 462020
- CamCab - 01223 704704
- Camtax - 01223 242424
- Panter - 01223 715715
Travelling by car
Car parking is very restricted at Ridley Hall so we would recommend wherever possible using Cambridge's excellent Park & Ride service. There are a number of Park & Rides around the city's perimeter, but the most convenient for Ridley is the Madingley Road Park & Ride.
Using the Madingley Road Park & Ride
To get driving or public transport directions from your location to the Madingley Road Park & Ride, type your postcode and cmbdagpt (the shortcut code for Madingley Park & Ride) into the Door-to-Door planner at Travel Direct. Once at the Park & Ride, get on the Uni4 bus (Monday to Friday) which runs every 10 minutes and take it to the Silver Street stop, just a couple of minutes' walk from the College. The City4 bus service runs every 20 minutes and is a good option for Saturdays - again, get off the bus at Silver Street.
Travelling from overseas
The main carriers operate out of London Stansted, which has direct and frequent train and coach connections to Cambridge. The airport is about 30 minutes' drive from Cambridge city. If you are landing at Heathrow airport, we would recommend using the National Express coaches either to the Parkside stop in the city centre (see Completing your journey by taxi, above) or (normally with one coach change) to the Cambridge Madingley Road Park & Ride (see Using the Madingley Road Park & Ride, above). Travelling from Gatwick Airport is generally quicker by train via London. See Travelling by train, above.
