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Travel

There are many options for travelling to Granta Park®. For further information please see below.

Granta Park® is ideally positioned within the Cambridge Science Cluster and benefits from excellent access by road and rail due to its South Cambridge location.

Granta Park is served well by the public transport system with frequent bus and train service from the city centre and surrounding areas. The Park also has a commuter bus service which picks up from both Cambridge Train Station and Whittlesford Parkway Station and a free car sharing scheme.

Granta Park is situated at the crossroads of all the region’s main trunk roads including the A11 (linking with the A14 and M11) and the A505.

North – Ely 38 minutes
South – Bishops Stortford 30 minutes
East – Bury 37 minutes
West – Huntingdon 40 minutes

Parking is free at Granta Park.

From local trips to cross-country adventures, find information and book train tickets with Trainline here

Commuter Bus

Granta Park® provides two commuter bus services, one from Cambridge Train Station with stops at Hills Road and Addenbrookes’ Hospital, and one from Whittlesford Parkway Station. Please click on the links to see the full timetables.

01.07.2023

For those who use the Granta Park commuter bus to get to and from the Park, please note that a brand new app is now available and must be used to purchase tickets before boarding. Booking your chosen journey is recommended.  

Fees to ride will be re-introduced from 1 August for all journeys and will remain at £1.50 per journey.

For full details of how to download the app can be found below:

1. Download the app

Please note: If you already have the app, please UNINSTALL it and download again for the latest update.

Search your app store for the Granta Park Travel App. (Available for Android and Apple users.)

2. Set up your account

Use your work email to set up your account and follow the prompts.

We recommend enabling notifications to receive travel alerts.

3. Buy tickets and book your service

Select ‘buy tickets’ in the menu, select the type of ticket you require and checkout.

Once purchased, check availability and book your seat on a service of your choice.

Please note a ticket is required for all journeys and children from the Granta Park Day Nursery can travel FOC but must be included in the number of seats requested. Up to 2 children per adult.

4. Get ready to board.

Open your ticket, activate it before boarding and allow the driver to scan the QR code.

Where space permits, walk on passengers will be able to travel with a valid ticket.  

Frequent Q & A's can be found here.

For lost property queries, please fill in the Richmond's lost property form here. The bus operator will then contact you directly. 

Commuter Bus Stop Plan 2020

Timetables SEPT 2023

Green travel champion

Since 2012, Granta Park® has operated a site-wide Travel Management Plan which sets objectives and targets to reduce single occupancy car journeys to the Park.

For a copy of our Travel Plan- 2023 – 2028, please click here. A new travel plan is currently being prepared. 

To find out who the Green Travel Champion within your company is or to ask a travel related question please email admin@grantapark.co.uk

Car share

Free to join, the Granta Park® car share scheme is a great way to set up a lift share with other staff members commuting to Granta Park. Granta Park has its own dedicated car share website which offers members a quick, easy and secure way to make contact with each other.

grantapark.liftshare.com

Benefits of car sharing include saving money, reducing local congestion and getting to know your colleagues. Remember you don’t need to own a car to car share, you can just search for a lift too.

We are slowly introducing ‘car share only’ parking bays across the Park; to use these you will need a permit.

Please see here for a step-by-step guide on how to register for the scheme or request a parking permit. The ‘car share only’ bays are currently available within the Parking Groves and Riverside Buildings car park.

In March 2020 we launched Smart Parking at Granta Park, this allows those who car share to authenticate their journeys via a simple app on their phones. This new authentication process now gives us an accurate representation of when the dedicated car share bays are in use, ultimately allowing us to make sure there are always enough bays to go around.

Foot & Cycle paths

The N11 cycle route connects Cambridge to Sawston and there is a dedicated off-road cycle path linking Sawston and Babraham. There is a permissive cycle path through Babraham Farm which provides a link between Babraham and the Granta Park® main entrance. This route includes a footbridge with cycle wheel ramps across the A11. Additionally a link to the cycle route along the A1307 was opened in February 2017. This link provides a traffic free cycle route through The  Babraham Institute which connects to the existing cycle network

These cycle routes provide a cycle link between Cambridge and Granta Park as well as the villages to the south of Cambridge including Trumpington, Great Shelford, Stapleford, Sawston and Babraham. A Cambridge to Saffron Walden cycle map can be viewed here

In addition to these routes, there is a 2m wide asphalt surfaced shared footway / cycleway along the northern side of the A505 between Granta Park and Whittlesford Parkway railway station approximately 4km to the southwest of the site.

A narrow 1m to 1.5m wide footway / cycleway is also provided along the northern side of the A1307 between Hildersham and Linton, to the southeast of Granta Park. This provides a cycle link from Linton, with agreement with Cambridgeshire County Council to potentially extend the route to Granta Park in the future.

If you are not keen on cycling alone, why not find a a cycling partner? There is a cycle journey section available through the car share website it is free to join and will match individuals cycling the same route so they can cycle together.