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Shine Night Walk Cambridge

Cambridge, it's your moment to Shine! Join hundreds of people lighting up the city to raise money for life-saving cancer research.

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Date

Saturday 18 October 2025

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Start Point

Queen's Lawn

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Distance

10K

Sign up to Shine Night Walk Cambridge

Sign up to 10K

Early bird entry fee: £17.49
 Start time: 7:45pm

About Shine Night Walk Cambridge

A night-time walk to beat cancer

Shine Night Walk is your chance to light up your city’s streets. You’ll walk past Cambridge’s most iconic landmarks before ending with a finish line celebration. People of all abilities can take part and the 10k walk will take between 1.5 to 3 hours to complete.

There are various start times throughout the evening. Refer to your email or pack for your confirmed start time.

View 10K route map(PDF, 252 KB)

Join forces or go solo

You can take part in Shine Night Walk on your own and meet people along the way, or sign up as a group and get family and friends involved.

Support the research that matters to you

When you sign up to Shine Night Walk you can pick which research area you want to support. From bowel cancer to children’s cancers or simply where the need is greatest, your fundraising helps support tomorrow’s breakthroughs.

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What’s included in your entry fee

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Cancer Research UK t-shirt

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Fundraising and training support

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Fully signposted route

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Toilets and support points

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Water stations

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A finisher’s medal

Your support makes breakthroughs possible

Nearly 1 in 2 of us will get cancer in our lifetime.

Over the last 40 years our work has helped double breast cancer survival, supported the development of radiotherapy and played a role in developing 8 of the world’s top 10 cancer drugs

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Every one of our wins against cancer is powered by the pounds you donate. By fundraising for Shine Night Walk, you help make breakthroughs possible.

Fundraising and training support

We’re with you every step of the way

Shine Night Walk is about all of us coming together to beat cancer. We’re here to help you from fundraising to the finish line. We recommend a fundraising goal of £150 for 10K walkers and £260 for half and full marathon walkers, but no matter how much you raise, your fundraising powers our progress. You can get more support from fellow walkers in the Shine Night Walk Facebook group.

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Fundraising support

Get tips and resources to help you reach your fundraising goal.

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Training support

Get your training plan and tips for the big day.

Event details

Once you sign up for your Shine Night Walk event, you’ll receive a welcome pack with all the details to help you feel fully prepared.

Travel information

The start is at Queen's Green which is part of the Backs which is on the east of Queens Road. The start area will be visible from Queen's Road/Silver Street.

By public transport

Train

Queen's Green (The Backs) is approx. 30 minute walk from the train station. Please visit nationalrail.co.uk for further information.

Bus

There are many bus routes in and out of Cambridge City Centre. There are some bus stops along St Andrews Street which is a 4 minute walk to Queen's Green. More information can be found at cambridge.gov.uk/travel-to-cambridge

By Car

Due to the city centre location of the event, we are unable to provide onsite parking. We advise using one of the many city centre car parks. Grand Arcade and Park Street are the nearest car parks. More information can be found at cambridge.gov.uk/parking

If you have any queries please contact the Shine Night Walk helpline on 0300 123 6624.

Facilities available

  • First aid

  • Toilets

  • Wheelchair accessible

  • Refreshments

Facilities not available

  • Dogs not allowed

  • Showers

  • Bag drop

Accessibility

If you require any further information on the accessibility of a Shine Night Walk event or wish to bring a carer/helper to accompany you, please contact our Supporter Hotline (8 am - 6 pm Monday to Friday, closed between 11-11.30am on Wednesdays)

0300 123 1022

supporter.services@cancer.org.uk

Group registrations

Enter up to 10 people using the online entry form and creating your team through the CRUK Giving Page. For teams of 11 or more please call the Shine Night Walk hotline at 0300 123 6624

Frequently asked questions

Find answers to commonly asked questions about Shine Night Walk.

Read Shine FAQs

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Other Shine Night Walk locations

Choose from 16 events across the UK and sign up solo, or walk with friends and loved ones.

Other ways to support Shine Night Walk

References

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    Estimated based on Cancer Research UK analysis of England data