Guided Heritage Walk: Gasworks

Explore the former Cambridge gasworks (off Newmarket Road) and its impact on local society, economy and the environment. Featuring documentary sources (such as maps, photographs, company records and eyewitness reports), the tour will: explore the sights (and smells) of the former Cambridge gasworks, its operations, stories of its workers, evaluate its environmental impact, and invite participants to assess its legacy: past, present and future.

This tour will begin at the Cheddar Lane (upper) gate at Cambridge Museum of Technology (on a step-free route around Cheddars Lane, Newmarket Road, River Lane and Riverside) will visit archaeological remains from what was the largest industrial complex in Cambridge: the University and Town Gas-Light Company. The tour will end at Cambridge Museum of Technology, home of Cambridge’s industrial heritage, where you will be able to explore the displays

Group size limited: tickets must be purchased in advance (online or from museum)

You may also like the following events from Cambridge Museum of Technology:

• This month, 22nd August, 10:30 am, Guided Heritage Walk: Jesus Green to Riverside in Cambridge
• Next month, 4th September, 07:30 pm, Frankenstein by Don't go into the Cellar in Cambridge