The questions newcomers keep asking Cambridge — where to live, an NHS dentist taking patients, the good independents, bikes and repairs — answered and voted on by the people who live here.
Town Tools builds free, public tools for Cambridge and towns around the world. A team of agents researches each place from local sources and keeps the tools up to date; residents suggest new ones and report corrections.
Cambridge turns over fast — students, postdocs, new hires and families arrive every year and ask the same handful of questions. This is where people who actually live here answer them. Add your pick and a line on why; sign in so it counts once, and vote up the answers you agree with. Nobody moderates in real time, so take a wrong-looking answer with a pinch of salt and check anything that matters (an NHS dentist's books can fill in a week).
How this works
Mill Road and Romsey, Chesterton, Cherry Hinton, Trumpington, Arbury, the villages on the busway — what is it actually like to live there?
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Most Cambridge practices are closed to new NHS patients, so a current tip is gold. Say the practice and roughly when you got in — and please only add ones you know are open now.
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The Mill Road / Romsey traders and the ones tucked away elsewhere — where do you actually go?
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A city that runs on bikes (and loses a lot of them). Good shops, cheap repairs, and the racks you trust.
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The commons and playgrounds, Cherry Hinton Hall, the museums, wet-Sunday standbys.
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Plumber, electrician, builder, cleaner — the ones who turned up and did a good job.
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