Location

Cambridge – ideal place to study

CCSS is based in the historic university town of Cambridge, close to the railway station and 50-minutes’ train-ride from London, with easy connections to international airports.

Cambridge has the great advantages of being relatively small, cosmopolitan and extremely beautiful. It is a lively and ‘student-friendly’ place, safe compared to other major cities and offering superb facilities to support learning.

The city successfully combines its historic focus on education with more recent development as an internationally acknowledged centre of excellence for technology and science. The University of Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin University based in the city also help generate excellent theatre, cinema, concerts, exhibitions, shops (especially bookshops), eating places, and other entertainment.

CCSS is situated just south of the historic Cambridge city centre, very close to the railway station and beautiful Botanic Garden.

Map

View our map to find our teaching and boarding buildings.

Travel information

CCSS is located in the heart of the historic university town of Cambridge, with excellent transport links to London, the rest of the UK and to international airports.

By train

Our teaching buildings and Boarding Houses lie just a few minutes’ walk from the main railway station in Cambridge. Fast train services link Cambridge to London King’s Cross (50 minutes, departures every half hour) and London Liverpool Street (times vary), with onward connections to Europe via Eurostar, and other parts of the UK. Timetables and ticket information can be viewed at www.nationalrail.co.uk. Eurostar departures link Cambridge to Europe via King’s Cross/St. Pancras with, for example, travel times between London and Paris of just over two hours.

By road

Cambridge is easily accessible from the South via the M11 Motorway or A1(M) and A10. The A14 links the city to the Midlands and the North. Once in Cambridge, follow the signs to the city centre and railway station. Parking is available at each of our sites. Cambridge is 60 miles (100km) from central London (leave the M11 at Junction 11), 30 miles from Stansted Airport (M11), and 70 miles from Heathrow Airport (M25, A1(M), A10). Travel times may vary significantly according to the time of day. Driving routes may be planned at www.theaa.com. ‘Park and Ride’ bus services are also available from the edge of the city.

By coach

National Express coaches operate fast services to central London, London’s international airports (Heathrow is around two and a half hours by coach) and most locations in the UK. Timetables are available at www.nationalexpress.com. A short 10-minute walk or connecting buses will take you from the main bus station (Drummer Street) to CCSS – take any service going to the railway station for our Salisbury Villas Office and alight earlier at the Catholic Church on Hills Road for our St. Paul’s building.

By air

Cambridge is just 30 minutes by rail from London Stansted Airport. Good coach and rail services also link the city to London Gatwick and London Heathrow Airports. London Luton Airport is 40 miles from Cambridge. Air links to Stansted include New York (JFK), Toronto and all major European hubs. Information on air links to all of London's international airports can be found at www.baa.com.