There are many opportunities to advertise in Cambridge. Best known as a university town, Cambridge is home to the UK’s top-ranked university for 2015. Its population is around 123,000 but this fluctuates significantly depending on university term times. A commercial city centre combined with historic buildings and architecture makes it a popular place to live, and the city has seen population growth in recent times with faster links to London making it a commuter town as well as a city in its own right. The Station has many advertising opportunities with 4 sheets and 6 sheets on the station in the concourse area and on platforms. There is an extensive bus Network in the city which also provides advertising opportunities.
Advertising in Cambridge – the possibilities
Advertise to Students
The two universities bring in about 40,000 students to the region, and this provides one of the biggest demographic groups for targeted advertising. The University of Cambridge and the Anglia Ruskin University both attract high-calibre students every year. With the University of Cambridge bringing in around 18,000 students per year and Anglia Ruskin bringing 24,000 these respected institutions help to drive the local economy supporting property rental, entertainment and transport. To target the main Student areas of the town the most abundant outdoor advertising is on phone boxes which are spread across main colleges of the University whilst the central Cambridge campus of Anglia Ruskin is surrounded by 6 sheets.
Culture
Cambridge is well known for being a city of culture, attracting crowds in their droves to its renowned Arts Centre and holding popular events throughout the calendar year. Its traditional Arts Theatre holds 666 people, while the Cambridge Corn Exchange fits about 1,800 guests. The Kettle’s Yard Art Gallery is known across the world, while Cambridge is also home to the Wysing Arts Centre for visual arts.
Live music venues provide popular attractions throughout the year, the universities are a great draw for high profile acts playing for the student and academic crowd. Fairs, festivals and events are also run regularly in Cambridge, including the Cambridge Beer Festival, Cambridge Folk Festival, Cambridge Shakespeare Festival and Cambridge Film Festival.
With its long History and famous residents, Cambridge is home to many famous locations and is regularly visited by tourists seeking sets from their favourite films or the homes of famous literary characters from the likes of Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, P.G. Wodehouse and George Elliot. Chariots of fire are probably the best known of the films but more recent scenes in The Chronicles of Narnia 2010 and Cloud Atlas were also shot on location here.
Sport
Cambridge is not a major sporting town but there are plenty of sporting activities and venues across the city. Cambridge United is the main football club but the town also supports Cambridge City FC. Cricket is played right across the county, with the university’s cricket ground used for professional matches and a large number of smaller clubs playing at amateur level providing a great opportunity to advertise in Cambridge to sports enthusiasts.
Advertise near Cambridge United F.C.
Ethnic diversity
There is a rich culture of diversity across the city with churches from England as well as Russian and Greek Orthodox in the region. There are also strong Muslim and Jewish Populations in the city which also houses a Buddhist Centre.
