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== Places to stay ==
The cheapest decent place to stay in Cambridge is in the Portland Arms pub located on Victoria Road (10 minute walk from the centre). The pub is really nice and offers a few good-sized double-bed rooms with towels, TV, coffee, tea, shower and toilet facilities. The price is £55 per night which if shared between people is quite reasonable. There is a sofa in each room, so a third person can easily fit in. The pub closes at 23.30 so one can go in there fairly late to check in. No bookings or reservations are required. The pub itself is a good place to have drinks, there are free gigs in one of the rooms, and the landlords are kind folk. (Last verified: March 2012)
Other places to stay include the youth hostel and Travel Lodge hotel. However, they are located pretty far from the centre (nearer the train station), require booking in advance and typically prices start from £60 for a double room.
According to the book 'Places To Hide', a good place to stay (for 4-6 hours!) is ''The Hut'' in Sheep's Green, which is next to Lammas Land. There is also a shelter called Jimmy's Night Shelter (for homeless people and requires you to check in by 18.00 without guaranteeing a bed), just off Mill Road on the A10.
Good pubs include - Portland Arms and King Street Run (the only rock pub).
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|country = England
|state = East (of England)
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'''Cambridge''' is a university city in the region [[East (of England)|East Anglia]] of [[England]] in the [[United Kingdom]].
== Hitchhiking out ==
For heading south on the M11 (towards [[London]] and the M25 motorway, get the Trumpington park and ride service (£3.50 day ticket or £1.90) all the way to the end car park. From there it is about 5 minutes walk to a large [[lay-by]] where cars can stop (just before the roundabout) - it's hugely recommended either having a sign saying London.
Alternatively, there is another great spot - [[lay-by]] on the southbound [[slip road]] where vehicles from the A10 join the traffic and can also pull over. Further down the M11 it is not possible to find an area to hitch safely, so this is probably your best bet. (Last verified: March 2012)
=== East towards [[Ipswich]] ===
To head onto the A14, the best bet if you don't want to take a park and ride to Teversham is to walk on Newmarket Road trying to thumb a ride. Its a long walk to the A14, so you should get a ride before getting there, and if you don't then maybe your luck is dispersing for the time, and you should take a break.
== Trivia Nomadwiki & Trashwiki ==[[User:Whisperingofthestars]] has hitched out of Cambridge many of times to London (latest March 2008). Trumpington has taken 10 minutes of waiting. Other than this, from the north of the city, it can take a little longer. If possible and hitching from above '''Cambridge''', try to get a ride to the south where you'll find more traffic going to London and beyond.{{nomadwiki}}
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