[Closed] What's two hours from Cambridge?

Lowestoft. Lovely this time of year.

Ely, 20 mins by train Cool Cathedral

There's always that there London town.

Stamford and Burghley House

we enjoyed Cromer (and Aldeburgh - stone beach tho)
http://www.holkham.co.uk/ - haven't been in there but biked thru

2hrs from Cambridge....

London
Leeds
Norwich (maybe)
Lincoln's quite nice (but not sure about train links).

Anywhere on the North Norfolk coast.

Esp Wells, Brancaster or Blakeney.

Assuming they know about London

saffron walden

with this place

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/audley-end-house-and-gardens/

really quite nice it is too

6 min taxi ride from sation

North Norfolk or Stamford FTW.

Possible bias for Stamford. Burghley House one day, Giant concept store at Rutland Water the next.

Someone should develop an app which tells you where you can get to from somewhere in X amount of minutes.

A two hour journey by transport of your choice to Cambridge!

Stamford, Burghley House, Rutland Water, Oakham and Uppingham. Visit the pre-Columbian graffitti on the wall of the church in Stoke Dry, visit Bede House in Lyddington. Ride in Wakerley woods. Just cycling and driving around Rutland gives me a buzz. Cambridge is only an hour away. Drinking around Rutland gives a bigger buzz eg Grainstore and Lord Nelson in Oakham. Good places to eat in Lyddington and Uppingham and a nice country walk between the two. What's not to like?

London? Short on beaches, but there's plenty to do!

It's been quite dry this summer, might be beaches at Rutland Water. And they usually have blue green algae as well.

Do your friends have access to a car? Presumably not if they are looking to get the train to the destination. And are they just looking for daytrip stuff or somewhere to go for an entire weekend?

You mention weekend break in your OP, but then the quoted part says 'daytrip stuff'.
I took that to mean, travel by train by somewhere for a weekend and then find plenty of stuff to do while there.

A lot of suggestions won't really fill a weekend if they are looking for that and aren't free to drive from place to place.

Stuff like Norfolk Coast/Blakeney Point/Stamford/Burghley house are all great places but if going for the whole weekend there probably won't be enough in one location.

Dunwich. I grew up in Cambridge and that bit of coast was where we went a lot in our Van, although an Uncle had a house in Southwold, which was lovely. I hear it's quite upmarket now. Shame.

Lincoln is alright, though you might have to go via Newark.
Good pubs at the top of town for real ale and plenty of cafes for cake all over the place.
Steep hill tea shop near Wig and Mitre serves a great afternoon tea, sandwhichs scones and cake with tea or coffee...
5th best coffee shop in the world.
Cathedral and Castle are both worth a walk around.
Burger Company, Zizzis Wagamamas et al all on the Brayford wharf if that is your need for food.

Norwich would be good, walk around the old bits (elm hill), visit the castle, walk along the river etc.

Blickling Hall

Walk around the Norfolk broads, and visit the Seals at Horsey Gap?

You mention weekend break in your OP, but then the quoted part says 'daytrip stuff'.

I think they're going out one day, staying over for a night, coming back the following day.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions so far, they're being gratefully received.

Check out the fixture list and head to Ipswich to see the (possibly) mighty Tractor Boys in action?

Southwold. Lovely neck of the world.

In laws are from Cambridge, they often stay in either Aldeburgh or Southwold, personally I prefer the North Norfolk coast but I've only ever really been there in the summer.

I've just received a reply,

Your friends come up with some good ideas. I have done loads of poking at websites, and I think we're going to go to Stamford, which I had never even heard of before and it sounds perfect. I can take my camera, there's a huge elizabethian house and neat buildings and a little museum.

Please tell your cycle friends thanks very much! I am well pleased and really looking forward to it, and the rest of the ideas I will write down for use at a later date.

So, job jobbed, and their train tickets are booked. Cheers all.

so can we start slagging them off now or might they still be looking ?

Nowhere near far enough

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This place is well worth a visit in Stamford (sister pub to the Nelson in Oakham): http://www.tobienorris.com/

Anywhere but Great Yarmouth

I love the Norfolk Broads. Not far from Cambridge maybe go on a boat trip

http://www.huntersyard.co.uk/

Cougar, make sure they go to The George hotel while they are in Stamford for afternoon tea.
You can't book, but can normally get in ok.

If they don't have a car, they'll probably need a taxi to get to Burghley House, but it's not far.