Cambridge Reformation Walking Tour

Step back in time and walk the storied streets of Cambridge — the birthplace of England’s Reformation. Here, within ancient college walls and candlelit chapels, the seeds of spiritual renewal first took root and transformed the course of English faith and history.

Follow in the footsteps of scholars and preachers who dared to read, translate, and teach the Scriptures in their original tongues — a bold act that forever changed the Church and nation.

Stand in the very places where Thomas Bilney, Hugh Latimer, and Nicholas Ridley gathered as part of the White Horse Inn group — a circle of students and reformers whose conversations ignited the English Reformation long before it reached Oxford or London.

Imagine the whispered readings of forbidden books by Luther and Melanchthon, smuggled across the Channel and shared in secret rooms of King’s, Queens’, and St John’s Colleges — acts of conviction that carried immense risk and deep faith.

Visit Great St Mary’s Church, where the reformers once preached to a restless university audience, calling for repentance and the authority of Scripture over tradition.

See Emmanuel College, founded as a training ground for Puritan preachers whose legacy would echo across the Atlantic to the early American colonies.

Walk through the courts and streets where Cambridge scholars laboured over the translation of the King James Bible, lending their linguistic precision and spiritual devotion to the words that still inspire millions today.