• Students from some countries will need a visa to enter the UK.
• Please contact your local Embassy or look at the UKBA website for up-to-date information and advice on visa related issues.
• Here are some useful website addresses
• British Council www.britishcouncil.org
• UKBA www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
• English UK www.englishuk.com

• Taxi
  We will meet you at the airport. You can contact us for current taxi prices.
• Bus
  Direct bus from airport to Cambridge. For information on bus timetables look at the www.nationalexpress.co.uk website.
• Train
  Train timetables available from www.nationalrail.co.uk
• Car - From London
  • Take the M11 from London to Cambridge.
  • At the end of the motorway, when it changes to the A14 North/Huntingdon, turn left to Oakington/Dry Drayton (just past the crematorium)
  • Turn left again to OAKINGTON (over the bridge).
  • At the first crossroads in Oakington turn right to GIRTON.
  • CAE is one mile from there, on the right just past the two pubs. If you get to the Church you have gone too far!

All prices are in sterling

• Taxi to city centre £15-20
• Weekly bus ticket around £15
• Excursion to London £30
• Lunch at CAE cafeteria £5 or weekly lunch card can be purchased from our Accounts Office
• Telephone Card £5-10
• Cold drink 70p-£1.50
• Hot drink £1.50-2
• Cinema ticket £7-9

• You can buy a weekly "Mega Rider" ticket from the bus driver (Monday to Saturday daytime) which allows you to travel anywhere in Cambridge city area.
• The bus from Cambridge city centre to Girton and Oakington is the "Citi 6". For a timetable look at www.stagecoachbus.com

• Insurance and Health
  
  We advise you to take out your own Personal Insurance before you travel which will cover you for any loss of or damage to possessions, course cancellation after arrival in the UK through injury or illness, and the cost of urgent medical treatment.
  
  Members of EU countries see a doctor free but pay for medicine.
  
  Non-EU citizens pay for a consultation with a doctor plus medicine.
  
  Visitors to Britain are normally given free accident emergency treatment.
  

• Valuables
  
  CAE cannot take responsibility for money or valuables lost.
  
  For safety we advise that private money is held in our Accounts Office or transferred to our CAE bank account. You can collect your money each week from school.
  
  Bring enough English money with you for the first few days.
  
  
• What to bring
  
  A variety of clothes including a waterproof jacket, warm sweater/s and sports shoes.
  
  Your Passport/ID card is required for registration on your first day - this is very important.
  
  Please also bring a passport size photograph for your CAE student identity card.
  
  
• Telephoning
  
  There is a pay phone at CAE to phone your family and friends.
  
  Telephone cards and UK sim cards can be purchased from our Accounts Office.
  
  At your homestay your host will take messages for you until 21.00. You MUST ask permission to use their telephone.
  
  Students cannot receive telephone calls or use their mobile phones at school in class/lesson time.
  
  In emergencies the number to call is +44 1223 277 230
  

• Smoking
  
  In the UK it is illegal to smoke in public places, e.g. pubs, restaurants, buses, trains, schools etc.

• For information either look at the Cambridge website on www.visitcambridge.org or the Girton website on www.girton-cambs.org.uk
  
  
• As it is home of one of the world's greatest universities, Cambridge has a lively student culture. Every day while the university is in session there are concerts, plays, meetings and lectures that are open to the public.
  There are six theatres in the city, two concert halls, several pop-music venues and a number of nightclubs. Of the fifteen cinema screens, three show foreign and minority-interest films. Many of the colleges have first-rate chapel choirs, who sing evensong every day, and perform public concerts. The city has a wealth of bookshops, a fine museum and a number of art galleries, one of the best of which is Kettle's Yard. Many of the college and university buildings are architectural masterpieces, both ancient and modern. The newly developed Cambridge Science Park has an international reputation for hi-tech research and development.