Cambridge Easter eggs
Hidden stories you'd walk straight past. A king holding a chair leg, a clock that eats time and the pub where DNA was announced.
Cambridge is full of small details with big stories. We've picked 11 of our favourites, all free to see from the street and all within an easy walk of each other.
With City Pass Cambridge, the app tells you when you're close to one, even with your phone in your pocket. Each page below tells you exactly where to look and the story behind it.
Henry VIII's chair leg
Look up at the Great Gate of Trinity College.
The Corpus Clock
A golden clock with a creature eating time.
The Eagle's RAF ceiling
Wartime names on a pub ceiling, and the secret of life.
The Mathematical Bridge myth
Did Isaac Newton build this bridge without bolts?
A car on the Senate House roof
How did an Austin Seven end up on the roof?
The Bridge of Sighs
A Venetian name for a very Cambridge bridge.
The original 'Big Ben' chimes
Listen on the quarter hour: you've heard this tune before.
Newton's apple tree
A tree with a famous ancestor, right by Trinity's gate.
Hobson's Conduit
Why is there water running along the gutters?
Cambridgeshire's oldest building
This tower was here before the Normans.
A church built like Jerusalem's
Why is this church round?
Find them on your day out
The City Pass app alerts you as you walk past each Easter egg. £50 for the day, with entry to 9 places included.