Cambridge Rowing Experience: Iconic Sport

Experience the iconic sport of rowing in Cambridge! Join our half-day sessions and row in a coxed eight boat, just like the crews in the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race. No experience required!

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • City of Cambridge Rowing Club - Experience ROWING like ‘The Boys in the Boat’ in Cambridge! Same eight person boat as you see in the Cambridge vs Oxford Boat Race.
    We start the experience with an introduction at City of Cambridge Rowing club.This is followed by a half an hour session on the clubs rowing machines (ergs), working on timing and…
What's Included
  • Experience rowing with ‘Eight Boat’ used in the prestigious Cambridge-Oxford boat races
  • Train like a pro on Concept 2 Ergometers (Rowing Machines)
  • Access to exclusive club facilities
Additional Information

Whether you’re a resident or just visiting for work or pleasure, we are delighted to offer a rare and exciting opportunity for you to experience Cambridge’s most iconic sport - rowing!
This thrilling 3 hour experience will give you the most ‘Cambridge’ experience there is to offer.
We operate throughout the year, using high quality facilities and…

Location
City of Cambridge Rowing Club
Kimberley Road
The meeting point is outside the 'City of Cambridge Rowing Club' Please arrive 10 minutes before your booking time
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Danielat456zs
Jul 4, 2025
A quintessential Cambridge experience - We’ve lived by the Cam river for 2 years now and have seen the rowers go countless times. It was a great experience trying to row. The instructor was great and it was a wonderfully welcoming and pedagogic first experience. Warmly recommended!
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Connector62223418968
Jul 3, 2025
A truly rewarding experience - I'm over 50 and always lived in Cambridge, but its only now that I started to think about rowing as a hobby. The Cambridge Rowing Experience is the perfect introduction to anyone wanting to "test the water", any age, any height, any fitness level, within an hour you are on the water, and rowing as part of an 8-crew and looking fairly competent in our case. I'm definitely signing up for the Training Course to explore the sport further
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Connector45588349655
Jul 1, 2025
Great day out on the water - What an incredible experience! I’ve been wanting to learn how to row and join a club for quite some time, and the experience day was the perfect way to try it out. From the start, Omar was wonderfully welcoming and attentive, making sure we got the most out of our day on the river. He took the time to explain everything clearly and offered personal guidance. The rowing itself was absolutely fantastic. We began with a session in the gym, moved on to some quick drills on the boat, and then headed out onto the water - first in a four, then in an eight. We spent a good long time on the river. It’s surprisingly easy to pick up (though hard to hear commands over the water!), and I absolutely loved the team spirit.
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Martinch9978ct
Jun 28, 2025
Fantastic- definitely recommend - Superb. The instructor had a real gift for explaining some quite complicated stuff easily and what was required and he had us an effective 8 within 2 hours. It was a really great experience and I may well get into rowing properly. Well done all who organised it. Really brilliant.
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P6713kncatheriner
Jun 24, 2025
Cambridge rowing - great value - I joined this as part of my 70th birthday celebrations and found Omar’s positive, reassuring and encouraging style of teaching just perfect . We had great fun, learned a lot and I would totally recommend the intro to rowing for all age groups.
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Izzieb480
Jun 17, 2025
Great experience & introduction to rowing - This session was a fantastic introduction to rowing, the instructor was extremely friendly and explained everything really clearly. Despite most people being completely new to the sport, by the end of the three hours we were moving along the water and enjoying the Cambridge sights from the river. It was a great jumping-off point for further lessons but also would be a fun stand-alone day out. Overall I couldn't recommend this highly enough.
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Roam37939125016
Jun 16, 2025
Great experience! - What a great experience. It gave us a really good introduction to rowing and the instructor was really knowledgeable and experienced. Most importantly it was fun! Highly recommended!
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T3519akgeorgiaw
Jun 11, 2025
A great experience! Highly recommend - A great experience! Friendly and knowledgeable instructors, a great day out, and it was so easy and fun to learn how to row! I immediately booked onto a rowing lesson.
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Andrewri5312jw
Jun 10, 2025
A Truly Memorable Rowing Experience in Cambridge - I had the chance to take part in a 3-hour beginner rowing session on the River Cam offered by the Cambridge Rowing Experience and it has to be one of the most memorable things I've done this year. The session was run in a small group, which made it feel personal and welcoming. As someone with zero rowing experience, I really appreciated how clearly everything was explained. The instructor was incredibly experienced, friendly, approachable, encouraging, and broke down the techniques in a way that made it all feel completely doable. So, by the time we got into the river, I was keen and ready to put all that new-found knowledge into practice. I was a bit nervous at first, but those nerves disappeared quickly - there was a strong emphasis on safety, and the whole experience felt really well-managed and supportive. Rowing along the River Cam offered a totally new way to enjoy the city. Seeing Cambridge from the water was peaceful, beautiful, and genuinely refreshing. It gave me a deeper appreciation of the place in a way that walking tours just don’t capture. A fantastic introduction to rowing, and an unforgettable way to see the city from a new angle. Highly recommend!
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Wendy
Jun 10, 2025
Finally got to have a row on the Cam! - We’ve always fancied having a go at rowing after seeing the boats on the Cam every time we visit Cambridge and this was a great opportunity to actually do it! Thea and Mike were knowledgeable and friendly and after getting to know the basics on the static rowers we then had a go in pairs on a static boat on the river. After this we spent almost an hour actually rowing in an 8 and when we got the stroke rhythm right it felt like an achievement especially after such a short time and the fact most of us had never done it before.It felt exactly as you see on the tv with Thea as the cox and Mike on his bike riding alongside. There are opportunities after to do further sessions at a reasonable cost.
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From $93
up to 8 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).