Self guided tours

The University of Cambridge has commissioned these podcast / MP3 audio walks for you to enjoy. You can listen now online, or you can download the audio to your iPod or mobile player for your own guided audio tour around Cambridge.

There are four audio walks to choose from:

• Buildings, Lives and Legacies - A Celebration of Cambridge University
  
• 800 Years of Death and Disease in Cambridge An Institute of Public Health Presentation
  
• Following in the Footsteps A Tour of Cambridge for Prospective Applicants
  
• Walking in Henslow's Garden A Walk around the Botanic Garden, with its Director, Professor John Parker
  

Shapewalks is a free-of-charge guide and introduces you to the architecture and history of the city in an entertaining and informative way.

Choose from eight different themed walks including two Mp3/Podcast walks –“ Cambridge Old and New” starts and ends in the historic centre, guides you along the Backs and up to look at the stunning new buildings on the University Sidgwick Site. “Change in the City” discusses the many changes that are happening around the Station Area.

Shapewalks is brought to you by Shape East, the Centre for the Built Environment in the East of England, and the Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge.

Looking for a guided walking tour of a UK city? Don’t want to join a group or wrestle with a guide book? Then download one of Tourist Tracks’ MP3 walking tours, and let your iPod, mobile phone or MP3 player be your guide.

We have two MP3 audio walks around Cambridge, Classic Cambridge and City Life and Open Spaces. You can download them individually for £3 each, or buy both together for £5. All our walks include a map in PDF format, which you will find within the zip file that you download immediately after purchase. Audio files are standard MP3 format, suitable for use on iPods and other MP3-compatible devices.