Private Self-Guided Dinky Door Hunt in Cambridge
Description
Hidden around Cambridge you will find the famous Dinky Doors. They're delightful miniature sculptures to discover, and finding them makes for a fun and completely different way to explore the beautiful city of Cambridge. The doors are especially loved by kids, but adults can also appreciate their humour and creativity too. They spark imaginations and make people smile. There’s even an elaborate story behind them that you can learn as you explore. There are currently 15 doors to discover – each unique and designed to make you think and smile. Buying this tour gives you permanent access to all current and future doors . The tour is self-guided so you can go at your own pace. You needn't visit all the doors on the same day and you can discover them in any order. Note: Nobody will meet you or accompany you on your tour - it's all done on your phone. Every door has a video backstory as well as dinky facts and questions and answers to challenge you.
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Itinerary
So… you’d like to go on a quest to find all of Cambridge's mysterious Dinky Doors? A quest full of intrigue, mystery, fun and er… cute little creative sculptures? Well, that sounds like an excellent decision. There are (currently) 11 Dinky Doors to discover and this tour will guide you to their *TOP SECRET* locations! The locations listed on Trip Advisor are only approximate and don't reflect their exact locations. Because... well, they're *TOP SECRET* There's no prescribed order to visit them in. Around here you'll visit Mr D. Mon at our Love from Above door.
On finding this door, perhaps you'll be able to teleport to the remaining ones? That should save you some time. Just bring enough 3p coins.
Something appears to be behind this next door trying to get out... could it be our glorious leader?
A lovely spot to check on the state of reality with a door that er... checks on the state of reality.
Ever wonder what happens to all the things we lose? You'll find the answer with this door.
A lovely park, and our door near here will give you quick access to two other parks, through the magic of magic spinning portals. Splendid.
The Cam is a beautiful river to wander along, and somewhere along here you might discover the world's only, and perhaps last, way to transform you letters and parcels into emails...
Prepare yourself, for you might find the scene of a terrible alien crash around here. But where did the survivor go? And who are they?
You're an octopus, and you want to treat yourself? Where should you go? Somewhere in the surrounding area is a luxury resort built just for our octopus friends.
The mysterious location of a terrible crime that shocked Cambridge to its core. What was there before, and what now remains?
Not immediately in Cambridge, so an optional visit with a car, bike or bus. Within this lovely and ancient park is a book about a legendary undefeated knight. Perhaps you can arrange to meet them?
Need a lift to space? You might just be in luck...
You don't think books are 'written' by 'authors' do you? No, discover how books are really created, and perhaps meet a Bookmage...
Every wanted to shrink yourself down to Dinky size? You're in luck.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(111)
Or was fun living in a dinky world for an morning. We learnt lots and stepped through the doors to the other side. It was crazy time. We would definitely do it all again..
Was a great way to explore the city. Definitely leans towards younger children but my 10 year old still enjoyed navigating on the map. The doors were works of art!
Nice idea but interactive mapping terrible. We gave up after finding 2 doors.
Surprising cute and baautiful creations! We love it! 🤍🐏
<3 Thank you for letting us know !
This was a fun way to see Cambridge and the little doors were really creative. The £8.50 app was good value but I have to say the 'interactive map' was frustrating and difficult to use. But we persevered and saw all but two of the doors - when we couldn't work out the map the locals were really helpful and knew exactly where they were and were enthusiastic about is being on the trail. This is a great way to spend a day in Cambridge and I fully recommend.
Thank you for sharing your feedback, and sorry you had a frustrating experience. The map provider had made an update that prevented some of the Dinky Doors trail functionality. We updated our tours since then, and hopefully, you wouldn't have to rely on the locals so much now, although I'm very grateful they helped :)
It was a good experience and amazed to find them in places where I've walked past many times but never noticed they were there. Using the map on a phone wasn't always great as sometimes it was a bit glitchy to load and had to start again but it may have been because of the lack of mobile reception when walking around the centre of the city? All in all an enjoyable afternoon experience with friends but we only ticked off nine doors so plenty more to see! The University bookshop had strategically placed the Dinky Doors book in the window above the Dinky Door so that gave us an excuse to go in to take a look...
Thank you for sharing your experience: we're glad you enjoyed the doors overall and that you discovered things you'd never noticed before. It's true that the mobile reception in the centre of town can be lacking sometimes. Whilst we can't do much about it we'll try to make the app a bit more resilient to it.
Fun activity to do with little ones around Cambridge. Some of them are further out and need a car.
Thank you for sharing your experience: it means a lot to us.
It would be great but not on a mobile phone. The map just isn’t clear enough, it was almost impossible to tell how far apart they were. One of them was nowhere near the centre of Cambridge. By the time we had walked there, we had become quite discouraged, it wasn’t one of the best ones. We found a second one by accident as I realised we were in Downing Street. Trying to find the third one proved impossible and all two far apart so gave up. It was so cheap to buy I wasn’t bothered about missing out. I will definitely order the physical package to see if it’s any clearer. I would have preferred a physical route to follow as on a mobile they all looked close and walkable round, in reality, that’s definitely not the case.
I'm so sorry you struggled with the mobile map to the point you had to cut your tour short, and thank you for checking the physical package. It's a bit of a game in itself: you'll have a real map of Cambridge and cards with exact locations of the doors, for you to plot your route. You can order it online, or get it in a couple of shops in Cambridge. If you do use it, we'd love to hear your feedback again.
I loved the idea of it and thought it would be a good way to explore Cambridge. We did 4 and then gave up. Overall, the digial map wasnt tge easiest to navigate and the write up for each point part real, part fantasy. It just didnt make a lot of sense. Would i do it again with young children? Maybe. Overall, not the experience Id hoped for.
Oh no! sorry to hear you didn't have the experience we hoped to give you. It's true that there is real fantasy in each door... Perhaps we can blame the Supreme leader who gave us the instructions to build them? I definitively hear that kids don't mind fantasy too much, though.
Brilliant, relaxed and interesting fun day out. Loved exploring the centre of Cambridge at the same time.
Glad you enjoyed the tour. Thank you for sharing your experience! xxx
