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How to Get Here

The Cavendish Laboratory is off Madingley Road, on JJ Thomson Avenue to the west of the city. The TCM group is in the Mott building, but you must visit reception when you arrive and contact the person you are visiting. See this map for more details.

By Train

The timetable for Cambridge-London trains can be found here. Trains run from both King's Cross and Liverpool Street stations in London. Cambridge station is about 3 miles from the Cavendish - it is best to take a taxi.

By Car

Coming from the South, you will probably come up the M11. Leave at junction 13, turn right along the A1303. The Cavendish is on the right after a mile or so on JJ Thomson Avenue.

Coming from the West, you will probably come on the A428 from Bedford. Take the A1303 as you approach Cambridge, and you will be on the Madingley Road, with the Cavendish on the right off JJ Thomson Avenue before you enter the city.

Coming from the North, you should come on the A14 (formerly A604). Take the exit for Cambridge, and you enter along the Huntingdon Road. Turn right along Storey's Way, then right when you reach Madingley Road, to find the Cavendish on the left on JJ Thomson Avenue.

See the road map for more details.

By Air

Cambridge Airport has scheduled services to Manchester and Amsterdam only.

The closest of the London Airports is Stansted. Buses run approximately hourly to Cambridge, taking about 40 minutes. From the bus station it is about a 35 minute walk to the Cavendish (via Burrell's Walk and the Coton footpath - see map), or you can take a taxi.

Heathrow and Gatwick airports are both served by hourly buses to Cambridge. The scheduled journey time is about two hours from Heathrow and three hours from Gatwick. Alternatively, you can take the underground or train from Heathrow or a train from Gatwick to central London, and then a train to Cambridge.