The Historic city of Cambridge – famous for punting, Gothic architecture Pink Floyd and academia - the scholars at Cambridge have bagged more Nobel Prizes than any other university in the world, so not surprising then famous scholars include Sir Isaac Newton, Stephen Hawking, and the lesser-known Watson and Crick who discovered the secrets of DNA.

Watson and Crick apparently spent a lot of their time in The Eagle Pub on Benet St, the pub dates back to 1667 and the site it’s on is owned by Corpus Christie College. During regular lunchtime trade on the 28th of Feb 1953, Crick allegedly stood up and announced to the lunching patrons that he and James Watson had "discovered the secret of life" after they had come up with their proposal for the structure of DNA – what happened that night isn’t documented but one can only imagine.

Cambridge has always been well served with pubs, even way back In 1597 there were 80 alehouses serving a fraction of today’s population, however many of them were forced to shut because too much corn was being used to brew ale instead of bread! Thankfully corn rationing is over and the pub scene in Cambridge is thriving once more - the only problem is deciding which one to visit first.

The city centre is peppered with pubs and bars of all variety’s – a great place to start is Mill road and Hills road, where there are enough traditional pubs and contemporary bars to keep the most discerning of drinkers happy, just round the corner is King Street and The Kite where you’ll find an equal smattering of quality pubs and bars including the excellent Free Press which is a top spot for some real ale. If you like your ale then do try Camra’s pub of the year, The White Horse Inn in Market Street Swaveley, The White Horse has been operating as a pub since at least 1765 so well worth a visit