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University Arms

Cambridge

📍 Regent Street, Cambridge, CB2 1AD

📞 +44 1223 606060

🚆 Nearest station: · 0.8 mi

🔌 Nearest public charging: · 0.2 mi (Open Charge Map)

🌊 Sheep's Green, River Cam: Poor bathing water 0.6 mi · Environment Agency

University Arms

Photo: OLU (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • Edwardian-inspired interiors with bespoke furnishings throughout the hotel
  • Restaurant serving fresh East Anglian produce and British cooking
  • Book Butler delivers curated library titles to your room
  • Suites named after Cambridge-affiliated authors and alumni
  • Views over Parker's Piece, Regent Street or inner courtyard
University Arms is a long-established hotel on Regent Street in Cambridge, overlooking Parker's Piece, with rooms and suites across four floors featuring Edwardian-inspired interiors, bespoke writing desks and tiered chandeliers. Choose from Cosy, Classic and Superior Rooms, or Suites named after Cambridge-affiliated authors and alumni, each with a curated library, wifi, television and tea-making facilities. The on-site restaurant celebrates East Anglian produce, while the Library hosts an evening series featuring PhD researchers sharing their work. Guests can enjoy a Book Butler service delivering handpicked titles from the Heywood Hill-curated library. The hotel sits close to Cambridge station and within easy reach of the city's museums, including the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, both just minutes away.

How far to…

Station
0.7 miles away
The Douglas Finlay Museum of College Lif
0.1 miles away
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
0.2 miles away
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
0.2 miles away

Accommodation on site

  • Classic Rooms
  • Superior Rooms

Details taken from the operator's own website on 19 Oct 2026 — check current terms when you book.

Facilities

  • ✓ Bar
  • ✓ Restaurant
  • ✓ WiFi
  • 🔌 EV Charging Nearby
  • 🚆 Near a Train Station

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Things to do

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Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 0.2 mi

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

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Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 0.2 mi

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

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Museum of Zoology

🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 0.2 mi

Museum of Zoology

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The Polar Museum

🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 0.3 mi

The Polar Museum

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Fitzwilliam Museum

🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 0.3 mi

Fitzwilliam Museum

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Whipple Museum of the History Of Science

🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 0.3 mi

Whipple Museum of the History Of Science

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Museum of Classical Archaeology and Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge

🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 0.6 mi

Museum of Classical Archaeology and Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge

This University of Cambridge museum houses one of the largest plaster cast collections in the world,...

The Museum of Cambridge

🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 0.7 mi

The Museum of Cambridge

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Places to visit

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Wimpole Hall

Castle & Heritage · 8.5 mi

Wimpole Hall

Wimpole Estate

National Trust · 9 mi

Wimpole Estate

Wicken Fen

National Trust · 10 mi

Wicken Fen

Houghton Mill

National Trust · 13.7 mi

Houghton Mill

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Eat & drink local

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Hi Sweety

🥐 Bakeries · 0.1 mi

Hi Sweety

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The Grain & Hop Store

🍺 Pubs & Inns · 0.1 mi

The Grain & Hop Store

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The Regal

🍺 Pubs & Inns · 0.1 mi

The Regal

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Kim's Bulgogi

🫖 Tea Rooms · 0.1 mi

Kim's Bulgogi

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Prince Regent

🍺 Pubs & Inns · 0.2 mi

Prince Regent

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Hotel Chocolat

🍬 Sweet Shops & Fudge · 0.2 mi

Hotel Chocolat

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