How to find us

How to find the Cavendish Laboratory

The SP Group is in the new Ray Dolby Centre (RDC), part of the Cavendish Laboratory. to the west of the city. Coming into J J Thomson Avenue from Madingley Road, the RDC is the building along the right-hand side of the road. When you arrive, ask for a badge and to contact the person you are visiting. Coming by car, you may have to park at the Park and Ride further out along Madingley Road (close to the M11 turn-off) and walk or get the U bus.

Maps

By Bus from Cambridge

The Stagecoach buses Citi 4 and U1 or U2 each run every 20 minutes. Citi 4 starts at the Drummer Street bus station (bay 10) and U1/U2 from Addenbrooke's Hospital, via Brooklands Avenue (near the railway station) and Trumpington St (eg stopping outside Pembroke College and in Silver Street). Use Google Map, for example, find the most suitable bus.

By Train

Trains run from both King's Cross and Liverpool Street stations in London (trains from King's Cross run twice an hour and are non-stop). Cambridge station is about 3 miles from the Cavendish - the U1/U2 bus runs from the station (the stop is to the left of the station across the road outside) and takes 30 minutes, or else take a taxi (the journey takes 15-40 minutes depending on traffic).

By Car

There is no parking available near the Cavendish Laboratory. You can park at the Park and Ride further out along Madingley Road (close to the M11 turn-off) and walk or get the U bus.

Coming from the South, you will probably come up the M11. Leave at junction 13, turn right along the A1303. J J Thomson Avenue and the Cavendish are on the right after 1 km (look out for a green sign to Cambridge West).

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 J J Thomson Avenue and the Cavendish on the right before you enter the city (look out for a green sign to Cambridge West).

Coming from the North, you should come on the A14. Take the exit for Cambridge, which you enter along the Huntingdon Road. Turn right at the traffic lights after Storey's Way, then right when you reach Madingley Road, to find J J Thomson Avenue and the Cavendish on the left.

See the maps above for more details.

By Air

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 20 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 and then a train to Cambridge from King's Cross Station, or a Thameslink train from Gatwick straight to Cambridge via central London.