Peter was an incredibly knowledgeable and fun guide. He had a great mix of history and ghost stories. Showing the pics made it more interesting too. I would highly recommend this tour and Peter for the guide. It’s a shame at the end you can’t go into one of the rooms in the colleges as this would be a fabulous immersive and to the tour. Wear warm clothes if you go in November!!
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- An awesome guide!
Excludes
- We will be touring Cambridge and seeing but not entering Colleges usually, due to time and cost
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Tours start within 5 minutes of schedule. Near punting station south of river opposite Magdalen College. Your guide will be wearing Terrible Tours branded clothing.
Return
- Free School Lane (close to The Eagle)
Itinerary
The tour specific itinerary will vary depending on group and questions but typical itinerary:
We start at Magdalene Bridge, a crossroads since before England existed and site of a 'ducking stool' for witches
Hear the story of the Round Church, founded by returning Crusaders and the scene of many exorcisms
Clare College - The home of the bizarre story of the original 'skeleton in the cupboard'
Market Square - Home to lovely streetfood now, but 500 years ago it was a different meat burning....
Benet Streer - The oldest building in Cambridge, opposite a pub whose lease states a particular window must always be open because of the suffocating feeling all customers experience when its ghosts are trapped inside
Corups Christi - Home of some famous ghosts, including a Master of the college and another famous cupboard!
Sidney Sussex - The resting place of Oliver Cromwell - well, a bit of him at least, and maybe not resting as such...
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Peter, our tour guide led a brilliant tour of the city, blending historic facts with some spooky ghost stories. It was a high quality experience which I would highly recommend. Thank you Peter!
A very different slant on seeing Cambridge and learning about its murkier ghostly history.....Guide was knowledgeble and engaging so recommended to all
Peter was a great tour guide, very informative with humour along the way! Perfect way to spend Halloween!
Really fun and interesting tour, Peter was an excellent guide
Peter took us on a fun-filled fact-packed journey through Cambridge's finest haunts! We learned so much and had fun re-tracing our steps the next day!
Peter was excellent, he was funny, informative and we really enjoyed the props and personal stories he added. We come from Cambridge and learned lots of creepy and interesting facts. Thank you
We were on this tour with my friend and we absolutely loved it! Our guide, Peter, was a great story teller. He was showing us all the hidden gems on the way and he was making funny jokes. It is impossible to not enjoyed his way of telling the stories. He was always making sure that everyone was hearing him. We absolutely loved chatting with him between the stops, he was really friendly and happy to answer to our questions. He knows a great deal about the ghost stories in Cambridge! As non-native speakers of English, we were happy that he was speaking clearly and that he was explaining the references that may be unknown for foreigners. The tour is suitable for everyone loving ghosts stories, the length is perfect (around +1h30), the group was bigger than usual but still a not too many people. The atmosphere was really good, the other people were friendly. As we were doing it at night, we can say that we were felling safe and at the same time really into the mood of the stories. The price is totally in accordance with the quality of the experience. I totally recommend this adventure!
Really good tour of Cambridge- we live in Cambridge and the amount of awesome stories that Peter was able to bring to life for us in a way that was engaging and really informative - we would highly recommend this to anyone.
Peter was our guide for 5 pm Saturday tour. We were a little unlucky with the weather, it rained the entire 90 minutes of the tour. However despite that Peter was absolutely amazing. We enjoyed every minute of the walk, the history of charming streets and buildings and of course the spooky stories. My daughter is 9 years old, she was the only child in the group. Peter ensured she was included as much at possible and she found it fascinating. Thank you very much indeed!
The tour was brilliant and Alex, our tour guide, was top notch!
Fun, informative, and interesting! Peter was a wonderful guide. He was very knowledgeable and a very nice person! Highly recommend!
Had a lovely time, Peter was such a great guide! Discovered some new places and things :)
We had a great time on this walk history combined with ghost stories Peter our guide was very informative we learnt a great deal.
James was our guide. He clearly knew the area well. We went to places we wouldn't of know to go to had we been on our own. There was a great atmosphere and the event was well organised. We loved it.
Brilliant tour! Peter was an excellent guide, funny, full of energy and a great storyteller. I loved the creepy tales and the dark history behind Cambridge's old streets, and the 2 hours flew by. Highly recommend it.
Peter was our tour guide and he was amazing! Really enjoyed the tour
James was a great guide and had lots of interesting history and ghost accounts in Cambridge to share with the group
James was a wonderful guide, knowledgeable and interesting. I would recommend as a fun evening activity!!
The tour was excellent. Alex was a great story teller and it gave me a different perspective on the city. It was pitched perfectly, a bit spooky but good fun!
James was incredibly knowledgeable approachable, we were grateful that he spoke loud enough for everyone to hear over the noise of Cambridge!
Alex our tour guide was very funny and kind, he entertained us a lot
Excellent evening. Even though local to Cambridge we learnt new things about our city. James is a friendly, knowledgeable guide and clearly enjoys passing on his experience.
James our guide was informative and fun . Great experience. Keep it up guys
We were slightly late and lost and the guide helped us find the group
Great way to explore this city on our first day. James was a pleasure and shared so much information about the city….How can someone remember all this? We were shown areas that we would have otherwise missed with a few gems on the way. Eg the window at the Eagle…..?
Funny, knowledgeable, answered all questions. Really enjoyed it
John was an amazing tour guide with unique and fun stories about the history of Cambridge as related to the darker side of the city. Highly recommend for an evening experience.
James was brilliant. Great tour, great tales
Peter was a fantastic guide, incredibly knowledgeable and great fun. Loved every minute and was very informative both about ghost legends and general history of Cambridge.
We had a wonderful ghost tour with Peter. He gave us an entertaining and informative overview on the history of Cambridge along with interesting ghost stories and local lore. Highly recommend for anyone that wants a unique tour of the area with a mix of history and lore.
Great 90 mins of fun with our guide Peter, we were a group of 20 scouts who all thoroughly enjoyed the walk around the historic centre, stoping off at various locations for Peter’s storytelling of spooky supernatural goings-on!
Just had a brilliant tour with Peter. A delight from start to finish. He was so knowledgeable and very funny. Thanks so much Peter.
peter was so passionate & answered any questions we had and made the experience so enjoyable!!!! the jokes were the best part ☺️☺️
Very enjoyable tour from James. I was a bit worried because it was a large group but he’s got a great booming voice and so all was Heard loud a clear.
Fun and informative tour about Cambridge’s history, with a ghost/death theme, taking about famous people who lived (and died) in Cambridge, and Cambridge’s most famous ghosts. I learned a lot of interesting facts about the city’s history. Family-friendly.
The tour guide Peter was very friendly, funny and knowledgeable about Cambridge and it's ghosts. The tour took almost 2 hours and we visited a lot of different places most of which were after the sun had set, which added to the atmosphere of the tour. I would thoroughly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Cambridge.
Really interesting tour, lots of cool fun stories (just the right amount of creepy) and the tour took us to parts of Cambridge we hadn't found ourselves. Alex was a great tour guide, answered questions, made sure everyone could hear and see. Highly recommend the tour!
We did the tour with friends. Peter was our guide. What a guy! He was very informative about the history of Cambridge. He kept the tour fun with a good mix of history and ghost stories. We really enjoyed it and would highly recommend it to others. Thank you Peter!
Peter, our tour guide, was engaging and enthusiastic as he shared his detailed knowledge of Cambridge intertwined with ghostly tales.
Absolutely fantastic evening spent with PETER! Super fun and knowledgeable. Peter was entertaining and educational but never boring…..loved his jokes along the way!
This tour started in the light and finished as the dark was creeping in. Peter was an excellent guide, combining 'ghosty' stories with loads of great facts a bout the history of Cambridge. While not scary the tour was sufficiently creepy that you were left wondering if a 'true' ghost lay behind one of the many creepy stories.
Lovely and fun tour for both adults and our teenage children. Very entertaining and a little spooky. Learned a lot about Cambridge history in a fun way. Our guide Peter was engaging and knowledgeable. Thanks!
Lovely ghost tour with a very knowledgeable guide Peter. He was funny and engaging. We learned a lot about Cambridge in a very entertaining way. Even our teenagers enjoyed it, which is rare!
Guided round by Peter who was very knowledgeable and kept us entertained and involved. Easily manageable walking route and kept to timings perfectly.
Peter was our guide and was fabulous. Very passionate, knowledgable and entertaining
Peter was excellent. My husband has recently had a cochlear implant and Peter was fab at making sure he could hear as much as possible. The tour itself was very informative and we would definitely recommend it to others.
We had James as our tour guide. We have never visited Cambridge before and didn't know what to expect. It was a very interesting and engaging tour. My partner does not believe in the paranormal, but despite this he still really enjoyed it. We also had some issues and were slightly late. Thankfully our tour guide was contacted about this and accommodated us. Which was appreciated. Would recommend Terrible Tours.
I did both the Ghost Tour and the Science Tour with Peter, and I absolutely loved them both! I learned so much about Cambridge’s history, as well as the amazing scientific discoveries that have taken place here. Peter is a fantastically well-prepared guide who is clearly very passionate about Cambridge’s history and science, and that enthusiasm really comes across in his tours. Both were fascinating, engaging, and full of interesting stories and facts. Highly recommended!
James was a very good guide and added some embellishments that were very interesting
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