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Punts on the River Cam along the Backs, with a stone college bridge and trees behind

Punting on the Cam

Quayside, off Bridge Street, or Mill Lane

Address: Quayside Punting Station, Magdalene Bridge, Cambridge CB5 8AB
  • Activity
  • Outdoors
  • Mid-price
  • Best in Spring, Summer, Autumn
  • Romantic

Hire a punt, or sit back on a chauffeured one, and glide along the Backs under the college bridges, past King's, Clare and Trinity.

Why it's a good date: The most Cambridge thing you can do, and a great laugh if one of you is in charge of the pole. Go early or late in the day when the river's quieter.

Photo: Hugh Chevallier, CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped and resized)