Date/Time
Date(s) - Friday, March 31, 2023 & Sunday, April 2, 2023
12:00 am
Categories
This event has now closed. However, please contact the Deputy Clerk by email or on 0207 645 1405 to see if if there is any availability.
Join us as we delve into the treasure trove that is Cambridge. Walking in the footsteps of Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Professor Stephen Hawking to name but a few, we explore the city and historic colleges that inspired these great minds that changed the course of history. This is the city where ‘the secret to life’, DNA, was announced by Francis Crick and James Watson at The Eagle, a pub made famous in WW II by RAF and American Airmen who burned their names, and doodles over almost every inch of the ceiling.
Itinerary
Attendance is required at the Dinner on Friday night. The other choices are optional but recommended to get the most out of the weekend. All costs include VAT where applicable.
Friday 31 March:- Arrival Hilton Cambridge City Centre
An additional visit has been arranged to Pepys Library. Dr Jane Hughes is an Official Fellow, Director of Studies in English, Pepys Librarian and Keeper of the Old Library. She will conduct up to three half hour tours starting at 5.45pm. The drinks reception at Pepys Cloisters will run concurrently with the tours at a cost of between £10 and £20 per person, depending on how many people take places. The price when booking has been set at £15 but this will be adjusted with any refund/request for payment made once we have confirmation of people booking and therefore the price.
Champagne Reception in Pepys Cloisters, Magdalene College followed by Three-Course Candlelit Gala Dinner, Magdalene College at a cost of £90 per person (Black Tie).
Saturday 1 April:- Walking Tour (easily accessible), including visit to King’s College Chapel and The Eagle Pub at a cost of £20 per person.
Three-Course Black-Tie Dinner at the Hilton, Cambridge at a cost of £54 per person plus drinks.
Sunday 2 April:- 45 minute Punt along the River Cam, including College Backs, Wren Library, New Court, Mathematical and Bridge of Sighs at a cost of £15 per person OR 1 hour Canal Boat along the River Cam including some of the college rowing teams’ boathouses, Midsummer Common, Riverside and Stourbridge Common at a cost of £15 per person.
Accommodation
A number of hotel rooms at The Hilton have been secured at a preferential rate. This rate runs out 30 days prior to the weekend when the cost will revert back to the hotel’s daily rate. Alternatively please call the hotel on 01223 556404 to book your room quoting the reference The Worshipful Company of Carmen. You can also call the General Events Team on 01223 464491.
Standard King Room Double at £215 per night including VAT
King Executive Room Double at £265 per night including VAT
Other things to do include a visit to picturesque Queens’ College, the Famous Botanic Gardens, the Big Wheel Cambridge and IWM Duxford is just 20 minutes south of Cambridge
Please complete the form below. If you prefer to download a form, please click here and return the completed form to the Deputy Clerk. Please note the closing date for booking is Tuesday 14 March 2023. Direct Debits will be taken on Wednesday 15 March 2023. Any BACS payments must also have been paid into the Company Bank Account by Thursday 16 March 2023 too.
PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE BOOKED YOUR HOTEL ACCOMODATION DIRECTLY WITH THE HOTEL
Tickets will be issued. Please contact the Deputy Clerk if you have not received confirmation or a ticket by Monday 27 March 2023. Payment is required to secure your place(s).