The River Cam runs right through the very heart of Cambridge, and it lends the town a wonderfully picturesque and pleasant feel.

There are plenty of places in Cambridge where you can enjoy a pleasant stroll along the river’s edge. An area particularly worth heading for is the part of the river known as the “Backs”, so called because of the University Colleges which back onto it.

But of course, the traditional thing to do in Cambridge is to enjoy the river by taking to a punt for an afternoon of punting along.