The Alma

About this location

The Alma is a traditional Cambridge city pub, situated in the residential area between Hills Road and Trumpington Road on Russell Court. Within close proximity to the Cambridge Rail Station, The Botanic Gardens and many university departments and workplaces - The Alma has become an integral part of the community, with a distinctive neighbourhood feel. The Alma instantly offers a warm and welcoming atmosphere, created by its traditional interior design - with wooden floors, vintage beer barrels and memorabilia on the walls, from the moment you enter you are made to feel at home. There are many reasons to pay a visit to The Alma, one being that its a great place to pop in for a relaxing bite to eat, offering a fine selection of good pub food, especially the award winning pies, the main attraction, however is its superb dedication to live sport! Since taking over The Alma - Landlord, David Moyce has made it one of his personal goals to transform the pub into the first choice destination for watching live televised rugby in Cambridge - showing every major rugby match including the Six Nations, Heineken Cup, and the Guinness Premiership on their large HD and 3D screens placed around the pub. As well as being a sporting venue, The Alma also hosts some of the city's finest live music - putting on the ever popular Songsmith Sessions with Ezio Lunedei, a singer songwriter open mic event every Sunday Night from 8.00pm. With their regular Quiz Night on Thursday evenings with a £100.00 jackpot prize as well as others up for grabs every week, six great real ales, fine wines, free WIFI and all the sport you can shake a rugby ball at, you'll find The Alma is probably your next favourite pub to visit.

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Upcoming events

English FA Cup

Apr 4th

11:45AM

Man City

Liverpool

University Boat Race

Apr 4th

12:30PM

The Boat Race 2026

European Rugby Champions Cup

Apr 4th

2:00PM

Bath Rugby

Saracens

European Rugby Champions Cup

Apr 4th

2:00PM

Toulon

Stormers

English FA Cup

Apr 4th

4:15PM

Chelsea

Port Vale

European Rugby Champions Cup

Apr 4th

4:30PM

Toulouse

Bristol Bears

European Rugby Champions Cup

Apr 4th

4:30PM

Glasgow Warriors

Bulls

English FA Cup

Apr 4th

7:00PM

Southampton

Arsenal

European Rugby Champions Cup

Apr 4th

7:00PM

Harlequins

Sale Sharks

European Rugby Champions Cup

Apr 5th

2:00PM

Bordeaux Begles

Leicester Tigers

English FA Cup

Apr 5th

3:30PM

West Ham

Leeds

European Rugby Champions Cup

Apr 5th

4:30PM

Leinster

Edinburgh

EFL Championship

Apr 6th

11:30AM

Portsmouth

Oxford Utd

EFL Championship

Apr 6th

12:00PM

Millwall

Norwich

EFL Championship

Apr 6th

2:00PM

Blackburn

West Brom

EFL Championship

Apr 6th

2:00PM

Ipswich

Birmingham

EFL Championship

Apr 6th

2:00PM

Sheffield Wednesday

Leicester

EFL League Two

Apr 6th

2:00PM

Cheltenham

Cambridge Utd

EFL Championship

Apr 6th

4:30PM

Swansea

Middlesbrough

EFL Championship

Apr 6th

7:00PM

Hull City

Coventry

EFL Championship

Apr 7th

7:00PM

Wrexham

Southampton

UEFA Champions League

Apr 7th

7:00PM

Sporting Lisbon

Arsenal

UEFA Champions League

Apr 7th

7:00PM

Real Madrid

Bayern Munich

UEFA Champions League

Apr 8th

7:00PM

Barcelona

Atl Madrid

UEFA Champions League

Apr 8th

7:00PM

Paris

Liverpool

Hours of operation

Monday12:00PM - 12:00AM
Tuesday12:00PM - 12:00AM
Wednesday12:00PM - 12:00AM
Thursday12:00PM - 12:00AM
Friday12:00PM - 12:00AM
Saturday12:00PM - 12:00AM
Sunday12:00PM - 12:00AM

Features

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Screens

Commentary

Big Screen TVs

WiFi

Serves food

Pet friendly

Favorite sports

Cricket

Soccer

Rugby Union