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Early-week closure is recorded, and the 2026 ownership change makes checking before travel especially important." } } ] } ] } ], "editorialMarkdown": "[View next **The Cambridge Blue**]()\n\n## The Blue Ball, Grantchester\n\nA small independent Grantchester local with an eighteenth-century lineage, an intact two-bar plan and one of the Cambridge area's most important traditional pub interiors.\n\n[Plan this experience]()\n\n[Explore the story]()\n\nCost **Free to visit**\n\nTime to allow **45–90 minutes**\n\nPace **Easy**\n\nPlace **Broadway, Grantchester**\n\nBest time **Year round**\n\n01 / The experience\n\n### The Blue Ball, Grantchester\n\nThis is the chain-free historic pub to pair with Grantchester Meadows: small, architecturally legible and still organised around traditional drinking rooms.\n\nThe Blue Ball is the most convincing pub ending to the walk across Grantchester Meadows. The present building dates from 1893, raised over the cellar of a 1767 pub lost to fire. Its compact two-bar arrangement, pre-war counter and bar back, panelled seating and Ringing the Bull game preserve the scale of a village local rather than a destination restaurant. Ownership changed in 2026, so practical details should be checked before making a special journey.\n\n02 / The essentials\n\n### The Blue Ball, Grantchester: visit essentials\n\n1. 01\n\n The original Blue Ball dated from 1767.\n2. 02\n\n The earlier pub was destroyed by fire and rebuilt in 1893 over its cellar.\n3. 03\n\n CAMRA places the interior on its National Inventory.\n4. 04\n\n The two-bar arrangement remains substantially intact.\n5. 05\n\n The interior retains a pre-war counter, bar back and panelled seating.\n6. 06\n\n The pub preserves the traditional game Ringing the Bull.\n\n03 / The place\n\n### The building in context.\n\nA story written in stone since **1893**.\n\nBuilt\n\n1893, over the cellar of the 1767 pub\n\nStyle\n\nTraditional two-bar village public house\n\nListing\n\nCAMRA National Inventory historic interior\n\n04 / Before you go\n\n### Plan your visit\n\n#### Prices & admission\n\nNo admission charge; drinks and food are individually priced.\n\n#### Opening hours\n\nCAMRA currently records Wednesday–Saturday 12:00–22:00 and Sunday 12:00–19:00, with Monday and Tuesday closed. Reconfirm following the 2026 ownership change.\n\n#### Plan your experience\n\nCheck current opening and food arrangements before travelling, particularly early in the week.\n\n[Visit the official site]()\n\n#### Accessibility\n\nThe historic two-bar interior includes level changes and does not provide a straightforward modern access layout. Contact the pub for current details.\n\n#### Participation requirements\n\nEasy once at the pub; the meadow walk from Cambridge is roughly two miles each way.\n\nNot normally required for drinks, but confirm opening before travelling.\n\nContinue exploring / Cambridge\n\n### More things to do\n*in Cambridge*\n\nExplore Cambridge activities, sights and places to eat. 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CAMRA records it as a nationally inventoried historic pub interior of regional importance.\n\n04 Is it open every day?\n\nNot currently. Early-week closure is recorded, and the 2026 ownership change makes checking before travel especially important.\n\nBefore you visit\n\n### Check hours, tickets and access.\n\nCheck opening hours, admission prices and access with the venue before setting off.\n\nUpdated\n\nDate unavailable\n\nBy\n\n[Above Guide Editorial Team]()\n\nUseful links\n\n- [Official site blueballgrantchester.co.uk ↗]()\n- [Supporting source camra.org.uk ↗]()\n\n[Report a correction]()\n\nContinue exploring\n\n### Make Cambridge\nyour own.\n\n[Visit the official site]()[← All things to do]()\n\nOpening hours, prices and access change. Confirm details on the official site before visiting.\n\nFiled under historic pub / independent / Grantchester / historic interior / village pub" }