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EVENTS AND THINGS TO DO NEARBY
THE BACKS

Frequently asked questions about The Backs

What are the best things to do near The Backs?
Our most popular events near The Backs include:
  • Brian E Beck Memorial Lecture
  • Manifestation Drawing/Manifesting 2026
  • Cancer metabolism and the tumour microenvironment - Symposium
  • UWISE: Satuday's afternoon tea and coffee chat
  • Using Digitised Collections: IIIF Literacy, Methods and Tools
  • January in Japan with Nick Bradley at Waterstones Cambridge
  • Meet the Royal College of Art in Cambridge
  • Interfaith Connection Cambridge: Water
  • Queer Histories, Legacies and Imaginings
  • RIBA East: Building a Low-Carbon Future
  • King Street Cellar Book and Wine Club – A Drinking Club with Books!
  • Cambridge Wellness Series: The Sleep Reset
  • ASIST: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (two day workshop)
  • Bookshop event for aspiring authors
  • Curator's Tour: The Sleepers
  • Faith, Refugees and Migration
  • Nataraja – the Lord of Dance
  • Risky Character in Crime and Writing on Crime
  • Run and coffee Outtrain / Florey
  • An Evening of Improvised Comedy with Lily and Jack
  • The Sleepers: Study Day
  • Module 10B/YL Module K- First Aid Practical Validation(Cambridge 8/1)
  • Paint and Sip - Cherry Era | Portland Arms
  • Our Lady of Consolation Silent Retreat Day
  • Continuum | British Vocal Music
  • The Secret History of the String Quartet: Part III
  • A better future for Newnham and West Cambridge
  • Games Night in Cambridge
  • This Gospel I Believe: Confidence and Crisis in the Christian Academic Mind
  • Games Night in Cambridge
  • Cambridge House Collective
  • Research and Public Engagement Afternoon
  • Cambridge Half Marathon for Home-Start Cambridgeshire
  • Fitzwilliam String Quartet: Beach, Shostakovich, Beethoven
  • Speed Dating in Cambridge Ages 40-59
  • Cowork & Collaborate
  • Broken Spines: A Weird Fiction Book Club in Cambridge
  • Opportunity for All. Is it time to re-imagine Higher Education? IN-PERSON
  • Secure AI: Building Cyber AI Confidence
  • Cambridge City Circular Walk
  • Speed Dating in Cambridge | Ages 30-45
  • Why is loneliness so painful ?
  • Three Voices, One World
  • Richard Berg Rust Lecture: Borderlands: an archaeological perspective
  • Improv Comedy showcase - The Cambridge School of Improv
  • Ignite the Frame: Wire Wool & Long Exposure Mastery
  • Cars, aeroplanes, and quantum physics
  • Into the Wild: Photographing Reptiles, Amphibians & Tropical Worlds
  • Freeze the Impact: Sports Photography Workshop at the Tommy Dann Match 2026
  • City of Cambridge Bowmen World Record Status Double 720 Tournament
  • What else should I visit around The Backs?