Join our Campus choir
Our free choir meets every Wednesday during term time for rehearsals with a professional music director. You don’t have to work on the Campus to get involved. The choir is open to all abilities and levels of experience and there are no auditions, it’s about meeting people and singing for the sheer fun of it.
Enjoy open mic on Campus
We hold regular open mic events for anyone wanting to share their talent. Keep an eye out for upcoming dates and either book a slot to perform or come along and enjoy the music.
Nurture your health
We run a series of events focused on supporting people’s wellbeing, including a regular menopause cafe, mindfulness walks and in 2023 we ran our first Wellness Festival.
Learn on Campus
We know we are lucky to have some of science’s brightest minds working on the Campus, which is evidenced in the range of talks and seminars run by organisations working on the cutting edge of health and life sciences. From AI to genomics, cellular biology to emerging cancer therapies, you can learn directly from experts in their field.
... and everything else!
Our Campus Enlivenment program offers a range of events throughout the year such as our Christmas fair, summer picnic and Cambridge Biomedical Campus 10k fun run.
Explore our campus events
We have a number of cafes open to the public, such as the Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Cafe
“Science is a contact sport”
Jan Löwe
Director of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB)
Amenities
Space to collaborate
Several cafes, restaurants and green spaces across the Campus are open to everybody, including the public. You can see where they are and their opening times in the Discover Your Campus section below. Many organisations have other amenities which are reserved for their staff.
We have green spaces where people can come together, enjoy natural beauty and relax. They also help increase biodiversity on the Campus as the home of variety of plants, fungi and animals.
The Frank Lee Leisure and Fitness Centre boasts a swimming pool, gym, classes and a bar and restaurant on Campus. Membership is open to staff working onsite for several organisations on the Campus, including the NHS, University, CRUK and Medical Research Council.
As well as cycle parking all over the site, we have two cycle maintenance and repair services available on site: The Campus Cycle Hub and Bikeworks at the AZ Travel Hub. Both provide a full range of cycling services, including bike repair, servicing, accessories, rentals and sales.
Cambridge University Hospitals (Addenbrooke’s)
The main concourse boasts several food outlets and hot drink options, including a restaurant, Burger King and a 24-hour Costa Coffee. There is also a cafe which serves food in the Outpatients Department, near reception. Find out more on the CUH website.
Royal Papworth Hospital
Has a Costa Coffee Pod in its outpatient area and a restaurant which serves hot and cold food open 07:30-19:00 every day.
The CRUK Cambridge Institute café
Open Monday – Friday serving a range of hot drinks and snacks throughout the day. Breakfast is served 8:30-10:30am and lunch at 12:00-2:00pm. The café accepts contactless payment.
The JCBC Café
The JCBC Café is open for everyone 8am-4pm Monday to Friday. The service is operated by Lemon Zest, and both food and drink options are served, made fresh and locally sourced ingredients. The café offers teas and coffees, cakes, pastries and a range of sandwiches and wraps, soups, made fresh daily on-site.
Ground Café
The Ground Café is situated on the ground floor of the School of Clinical Medicine and sells drinks and hot food between 08:00-16:00 on weekdays and is closed at weekends.
The Grecian Café
The café is open to the public but may, on occasions, be closed due to onsite events. It can be found on the ground floor of AstraZeneca’s Discovery Centre (DISC) and serves hot drinks, smoothies, cakes and pastries, Monday to Friday from 07:00-16:00.
The Hub
TheCafé@Hub is operated by AstraZeneca PLC, but is open to the public. The café serves a selection of small plates, burgers and pizzas, beverages and snacks, with brunch available on a weekend. Opening times:
- 07:30-18:00, Monday to Wednesday (last food orders at 17:00)
- 07:30-20:00, Thursday and Friday (last food orders at 19:00)
- 08:00-16:00, Saturday (food orders from 09:00 to 15:00)
- 10:00-16:00, Sunday (food orders from 11:00 to 15:00)
A brunch menu is available from 09:00 (Saturday) and 11:00 – 14:00 (Sunday).
The Green and The Gardens
The Green is a large, green public open space in front of AstraZeneca’s Discovery Centre (DISC) and the Royal Papworth Hospital, surronded by The Gardens, which line the busway between Francis Crick Avenue and Robinson Way. We hold events on the Green throughout the year, which boasts wildflowers growing along the southern edge. Find it on Google Maps here.
The Oval
The Oval is the green space behind the Frank Lee Centre, next to Car Park 4 and the Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre. The space includes seating which is shaped like bones and is open to the public.
Diamond Jubilee Garden
A quiet space within a courtyard in Addenbrookes Hospital, next to the Wolfson Brain Imaging Department. Take a seat on one of the benches amongst wild flowers and lavender.
NHS 70 Garden
Created in 2018 to celebrate the NHSs birthday. The award-winning garden features a meandering path at its centre, with a series of timber posts framing it at different heights and angles, so that new aspects of the space open up as you make your way through.
Royal Papworth Hospital duck pond
A nod to tradition, the pond with its floating duck house serves as a reminder of the pond at the original Papworth Hospital, which patients walked around as part of their recovery. This new pond, with surrounding landscaped gardens, provides an equally tranquil area to relax.
The Bridgerton Garden
The Bridgerton Garden is a secretive and secluded space, based on Penelope Featherington, a wallflower-like character from Netflix’s Bridgerton series. In May 2024, it was announced that the garden would be moved from its home at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show to Cambridge University Hospitals (location TBC).
Hobson's Park
Just over the railway from the Campus is Hobson’s Park and Nature Reserve, which totals some 120 acres. The habitats include stands of trees, the main lake and smaller ponds, with stands of reed and bulrush, and grassland.
The main lake has small floating raft-islands as well as a large solid island and these provide safe nest sites for birds, away from marauding predators such as foxes. The park is run by managed by Cambridge City Council.
Ninewells
Nine Wells local nature reserve is a mix of woodland, scrub and water east of Trumpington and just a short walk to the south of our Campus. Its name refers to the number of chalk springs at the site, which are the source of the Hobson’s Conduit waterway that flows through Cambridge. Read more on the City Council’s website.
Sports facilities
The Frank Lee Leisure and Fitness Centre boasts a swimming pool, gym, classes and a bar and restaurant on Campus. Membership is open to staff working onsite for several organisations on the Campus, including the NHS, University, CRUK and Medical Research Council.
Cycle Hub
As well as cycle parking all over the site, we have a Campus Cycle Hub which provides a full range of cycling services, including bike repair, servicing, accessories, rentals and sales. They are open seven days per week, 8am-5pm and you can contact the hub on 07414 113948.
Bikeworks at the AZ Travel Hub
Bikeworks can assist with all things bicycle-related – from small maintenance issues such as a puncture repair or a brake service through to a full bike build.
A Bikeworks mechanic will be available from 08:30 to 16:00, Monday to Friday. Outside of these hours, please use the DIY cycle maintenance stand available within the cycle rack area.
Bright Horizons
There are two nurseries operating on the Campus, both run by Bright Horizons. These are Long Road Nursery and Preschool and Bunnybrookes Day Nursery and Preschool.
Homerton Early Years Centre
Whilst not on the Campus, Homerton Early Years Centre is under a mile away.
Mobile library
Cambridgeshire County Council’s free mobile library comes to The Green on our Campus on the third Monday of each month between 1-2.30pm. Anyone with a current Cambridgeshire or Suffolk library card can use the service. Register for free now.
Waterless car cleaning
COMING SOON
Make more time for yourself by getting your car cleaned while you’re at work. The Waterless car cleaning service at the AZ Travel Hub is available from 07:30 to 15:30 Monday to Friday – giving you the flexibility to pick a day and time that suits you best.
Defibrillators
There are a number of defibrillators across the Campus and surrounding area, which we encourage visitors to be aware of. You can see where they are located here.
Social life on campus
Welcome to Cambridge Biomedical Campus, a place where innovation thrives in a vibrant and welcoming community
Here people come together in shared spaces and collaborate, meet new people and take part in some of the many events and activities which are open to everyone.
Explore what’s on