Quayside
Cobbled riverside wharf of the old river port, now lined with cafes and moored punts.
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This guide to the Quayside in Cambridge follows the old river port through the nineteenth century, when coal and wheat still came up the Cam from King's Lynn in flat-bottomed lighters. It turns on a toll ledger kept by the Conservators of the River Cam, and the question of where the money went. You'll meet the brewers, watermen and idle bridge-porters who lived on this strip. Best heard standing on the cobbles by the water, with Magdalene Bridge beside you.
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