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Modern school in historic university city

Available: 26 June  – 7 August 2016

Ages: 13 – 17

Location: Manor Campus, CambridgeEmbassy Summer Cambridge at Manor Campus

Time to London: 50 minutes

Our Cambridge summer school is based at the year-round international school Bellerbys College. The campus is located in the north of the city in a quiet residential suburb. Classrooms, accommodation, sports facilities and dining hall are all on one site.

The campus is on a main bus route into Cambridge. The historic city centre has many beautiful buildings and streetsPunting on the River Cam in Cambridge which are fun to explore on foot, or alternatively by boat.

Accommodation

On-campus
Standard single bedrooms, with 3-4 bedrooms sharing a shower room, bathroom and kitchen. Residential accommodation also includes breakfast and dinner in the cafeteria. Lunch may be in the cafeteria or a packed-lunch for trip days.

Facilities

  • Classrooms: Equipped with Interactive whiteboards to aid learning.Common room at Cambridge Manor Campus
  • Sports facilities: Multi-purpose sports hall, football pitches, and tennis courts.
  • Common areas: Satellite television, DVD player, X-Box, and table football.
  • Dining Hall: : Modern cafeteria serving breakfast*, lunch and dinner*. Also selling a variety of snacks, fruit as well as hot and cold drinks. Our varied menu caters to a range of tastes and diets.
  • WiFi: Free wireless internet access across all areas of the college with PCs in common areas.

Travel time to major airports and stations: †

Airport or Station Transfer time
Stansted Airport (STN) 45 minutes
Luton Airport (LTN) 1 hour
St Pancras International (Eurostar) 1 hour
London Heathrow (LHR) 2 hours 30 minutes
London Gatwick (LGW) 3 hours
See our transfer prices

† Travel times shown are average transfer times by road

Activities*

Daytime activities

  • Sports: Football, Badminton, Basketball, Table Tennis and Tennis.
  • Non-sports: Giant board games, Arts & Crafts, Drama and Music.

Evening activities

  • Talent show, Discos, Barbecue party and Film night

* Examples of typical activities offered are shown

Excursions**

Included in the course price:

  • One full-day by coach each week.
  • Three half-day local visit to Cambridge each week.

Examples of typical included excursions:

  • London: The UK capital offers an unrivalled choice of shopping, world-class galleries, museums and so much more.
  • Oxford: Home to England’s oldest university, you’ll enjoy exploring Oxford’s grand buildings, containing museums, shops and colleges.
  • Stratford-upon-Avon: Famous as the birthplace of playwright William Shakespeare, visit historic English buildings dating back centuries.

Examples of typical optional excursions:

  • Windsor: Visit the Queen’s favourite weekend home. The oldest, and largest, inhabited castle in the world.

** Examples of typical excursions shown. Optional excursions require extra payment for travel and entrance

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