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Taxi Hire Cambridge, Private Hire Cambridge, Coach Hire Cambridge, Airport Transfers Cambridge, Courier Services Cambridge
Cambridge is located about 60 miles (100 Km) from London. Cambridge is an old English university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire Its university was founded in the eleventh century by disaffected academics from Oxford University. The oldest building from that time is in St John's College but the oldest surviving college is Peterhouse and the Cambridge city has been described as one of the most beautiful cities in Britain. The city takes its name from the crossing of the River Cam. Here, at the meeting of dense forests to the south and marshy Fens to the north, was the lowest reliable fording place of the River Cam, or Granta
Cambridge and Oxford are similar distances from London: Oxford lies to the west and Cambridge to the north. The distance was sufficiently great that the ruling monarch could not travel from London to either town in medieval times in one day. This was an advantage for academics if the monarch acted on impulse and thought a few executions would boost morale. The best time to visit Cambridge as a tourist is in the first half of June, particularly the week known as May-week - a Cambridge chronological mystery. All exams are over by then and the students want to relax with parties, open-air drama, rowing races on the river, all-night balls in the Colleges and general mayhem. Most of the events are open to the public and ticket prices are usually low, the exceptions being the College balls May balls where prices are high and tickets are usually sold-out in April.
The city is host to a number of attractions and tourist spots and it also houses various Galleries and museums. Magnificent collections spanning centuries and civilisations including antiquities from Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome; sculpture, furniture, armour, ceramics; manuscripts, coins and medals, paintings, drawings and prints all can be seen in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge. Other museums include Cambridge & County Folk Museum, Kettle's Yard Museum, Imperial War Museum etc depicting the country's rich cultural and historical heritage. For the more horticultural people, the delights of the Cambridge Botanic Gardens may be of interest which has a huge collection of more than ten thousand species from desert cactii to tropical fly-traps. One of the best ways to see the city up close, other than on foot, is to join the ranks of Cambridge's cycling masses, bikes are available to hire all over the place and are the easiest way to get around the city.
Another option easily available is the Taxi hiring Services (Taxi Hire Cambridge). There are two types of taxis operating in Cambridge- a hackney carriage and a private hire vehicle (Private Hire Cambridge). Hackney carriages are licensed to either ply for hire within the City boundary which means that they can be flagged down (hailed) by the public on the street or stop at various ranks provided within the City to enable the public to use them for journeys either within or out of the City boundary. All licensed hackney carriages within the City must display the Cambridge Crest with the words "Cambridge Hackney Carriage" on both the front nearside and offside door panels. Second is the private hire fleet of 220 vehicles at present licensed by Cambridge City Council consists of mainly saloon type vehicles with only a small number of multi-seated vehicles licensed. Thus hiring a Taxi In this beautiful city is the most easy, Convenient and reliable form of commutation.
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