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Selwyn College, Cambridge

Grange Rd, Cambridge, CB3 9DQ, United Kingdom

Selwyn College, Cambridge
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89 reviews
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6424+C7 Cambridge, UK
+44 1223 335846
sel.cam.ac.uk
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Helena Thompson
Helena Thompson
I went there for my undergraduate degree - small and friendly college. They also host really great bi-annual May Balls.
Mabel Koh
Mabel Koh
Amazing garden grounds and red brick buildings. Very stunning during autumn when the walls of the buildings are covered with red autumn leaves!
Dylan
Dylan
Beautiful college. You also don't get the tourist crush that more popular colleges get because its tucked away in a nice corner.
James Collins
James Collins
Beautiful and well kept gardens and grounds, got to meet the head gardener when staying. Great location to other colleges, city center and museums. Was our professor's last year before retirement, he will be greatly missed, wonderful teacher and educator.
Joshua M
Joshua M
A truly beautiful place to live, learn, and study. Arguably one of the prettiest and most peaceful colleges in Cambridge with an outstanding chapel and stunning gardens, just a short walk from the city centre. I thoroughly enjoyed my time here.
Mark Abel
Mark Abel281 days ago
Beautiful college. Looks after their students very well.
After visiting many times during the last 4 years, I fell in love with Selwyn.
Sad that we will have less reason to come so often now but I will visit.
Couldn't have asked for a better experience for my youngest son's education.
Pretty much all staff at all levels were fantastic.
David Santos
David Santos281 days ago
Friendly, beautiful college and beautiful flowers around the campus!!!
A Fowles
A Fowles2 years ago
Beautiful grounds and a lovely bar ruined by an extremely aggressive, confrontational barman.

The grounds and buildings are wonderful. Really well kept and pristine. Lovely to walk around.

The bar is also very nice, almost seems like a restaurant. Drinks are reasonable and they have a good selection.

This peaceful evening drink was utterly ruined by an extremely arrogant, aggressive barman. We were tinkling away on the piano (3 people, one of whom isn’t that confident) and she made a mistake and hit some of the keys. After another while of tinkling this barman came over and in a very aggressive manner told us to stop. From the start he was extremely confrontational.
When we challenged this he then mimicked us playing (as if we were in a primary school ) and told us we were playing like children and to stop - this was done in an even more aggressive manner. He then said we need to show ‘respect’ to the instrument. You would have thought we had vandalised it, kicked it and ripped some of the keys off.

If this is how disputes or things are handled normally in this bar, the working practices have to be looked at as it is not ok. There are ways to talk to people that are civil.

The other barmen (behind the bar) were extremely nice and friendly. This man sat to the side watching football on his phone it seemed.

This manner of talking doesn’t belong in ANY bar, let alone a college bar. It was disgusting. Worst experience in a bar I’ve had for a very long time.
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