Travelodge Cambridge Newmarket Road
✓ Most centrally located Cambridge hotel, a 20 minute walk to the city
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Cambridge
Museums & Galleries · Cambridge
The Centre for Computing History
📍 CB1 3EW
Photo: Steve Elliott from UK (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- Hands-on exhibitions exploring the history of computing
- Collection of over 40,000 items including vintage computers
- Largest collection of LEO computer artefacts in the world
- Sinclair and Acorn archives on display
- Learning programmes and workshops using BBC Micros and Raspberry Pis
The Centre for Computing History is a Cambridge museum that brings the story of the Information Age to life through hands-on exhibits, interactive experiences and learning programmes. You'll find an internationally significant collection of over 40,000 items, including historic computers, mobile phones and games consoles, plus the largest collection of Lyons Electronic Office (LEO) artefacts in the world, alongside a Sinclair collection and an Acorn collection. It suits everyone from pre-schoolers to the over-70s. Based close to Cambridge station, around a mile away, it's an easy stop if you're exploring the city, and with 40 bookable places to stay within 5 miles on BritStays, it's well suited to being part of a short break nearby.
Practical details
- Best for
- Pre-schoolers through to the over-70s
From the attraction's own website on 14 Oct 2026 — check before you travel.
Facilities
- ✓ Gift Shop
- ✓ Guided Tours
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🗓️ Make a break of it
Turn a visit to The Centre for Computing History into a proper getaway — ready-made plans, and the drive worked out with fuel, EV charging and the best stops.
🚆 Or come by train
- Cambridge 1 miles
- Cambridge North 1.2 miles
- Cambridge South 2.4 miles
Straight-line distances · live departures on each station page