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Trinity College Chapel – The Backs loop from Cambridge

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Trinity College Chapel – The Backs loop from Cambridge

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Trinity College Chapel – The Backs loop from Cambridge

01:03

4.14km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 25, 2026

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197 m

Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge

Highlight • Religious Site

A church has been here since Roman times. One section of the current building dates back to 1189 and there have been many alterations and extensions to the building since then. The church is Grade II-listed.

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634 m

Trinity College Chapel

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Dating back to Tudor times, the building of Trinity College Chapel was started by Queen Mary and finished by Queen Elizabeth I. It is open to both visitors and member of the college. For more information see the website trinitycollegechapel.com

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979 m

King's College Chapel

Highlight • Historical Site

King's College is one of the most famous colleges at Cambridge University, if not the world. Founded in 1441 by Henry VI shortly after he founded Eton, the college has a long history.

The building is built in a late Gothic style – it's stunning. There's also a lovely chapel which you can visit (the college itself doesn't accept visitors at the moment).

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1.50 km

Fitzwilliam Museum

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The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge, located on Trumpington Street opposite Fitzwilliam Street in central Cambridge, England. Admission is free.

The museum is the lead museum for the University of Cambridge Museums consortium, one of 16 Major Partner Museum services funded by Arts Council England to lead the development of the museums sector.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzwilliam_Museum

Tuesday - Saturday: 10:00 - 17:00
Sundays & Bank Holidays: 12:00 - 17:00
Closed Good Friday, 24-26 & 31 December and 1 January
FREE ADMISSION

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2.77 km

The Backs

Highlight • Religious Site

An area of parkland along the River Cam, the Cambridge Backs, or usually known as The Backs, give a different perspective of the Cambridge Colleges. Across the water, the backs of the colleges can be seen from here and are quite different to the front.

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2.94 km

King's College Cambridge University

Highlight • Religious Site

Visitor information is available at kings.cam.ac.uk/visit/index.html

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3.33 km

Mathematical Bridge, Queens' College

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This bridge cannot be entered by visitors during the exam period, but you have a better view from the neighboring bridge anyway.

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3.67 km

Corpus Clock

Highlight • Monument

The gold eyelids travel across the eye and disappear again in an instant; if you are not watching carefully you will not even notice... Sometimes you will even see two blinks in quick succession. The Blink is performed by a hidden spring drive, controlled in the best tradition of seventeenth century clockmakers of London. The spring is coiled up inside a housing that can be seen mounted on the large gearwheel visibly protruding from the bottom of the mechanism. As the huge pendulum below the Clock rocks the Chronophage as he steps round the great escapewheel, each backward and forward movement is used by sprag clutches to wind up the drive spring. A position step prevents the spring from being overwound yet allows the spring to be ready at an instant to drive the Blink. The mechanism is released by a countwheel with semi random spacing so the Blink takes place at any position in the to- and fro- motion of the pendulum. A further countwheel mechanism chooses a single or a double blink whilst the air damper at the top of the gear train slows the action to a realistic pace.

(Taylor "The Corpus Clock". The Pelican, Corpus Christi College alumni magazine (Easter Term edition). pp. 20–21.)

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4.14 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.94 km

1.28 km

683 m

210 m

Surfaces

2.44 km

1.02 km

666 m

Elevation

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Friday 3 July

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14°C

14 %

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Trinity College Chapel – The Backs loop from Cambridge

Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge

Trinity College Chapel

King's College Chapel

Fitzwilliam Museum

The Backs

King's College Cambridge University

Mathematical Bridge, Queens' College

Corpus Clock

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