Veteran Cemeteries

Overseas American military cemetery

Cambridge American Cemetery

United Kingdom

Maintained outside the United States by the American Battle Monuments Commission, a U.S. federal agency.

Location

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Rd, Cambridge CB23 7PH, UK

The map point uses the coordinates the American Battle Monuments Commission publishes for this cemetery. Get directions · View on OpenStreetMap

Visiting

Address
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Rd, Cambridge CB23 7PH, UK
Visiting hours
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Open to the public daily including host country holidays, except for December 25 and January 1.
Accessibility
Not yet verified — call the cemetery to ask about parking and paths.
Official page
abmc.gov

Details are as published by the American Battle Monuments Commission, checked November 11, 2026. Hours change for holidays, weather and ceremonies.

Admission and hours, from the American Battle Monuments Commission

Business Hours

  • 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

    Please note, admission to the cemetery ends at 4:45 p.m., 15 minutes before closing time.

  • Open to the public daily including host country holidays, except for December 25 and January 1.

    When open, a staff member is on duty in the visitor building to answer questions and escort relatives to grave and memorial sites.

     

  • Admission is FREE and does not require booking in advance.

Planning a visit to a veterans cemetery

Pay your respects

Visitors to veterans’ graves sometimes leave a coin on the headstone to show that someone came. You can leave a symbolic coin here. No money is involved, and nothing about you is published. About the custom, and what each coin is said to mean.

About this cemetery

Reproduced from the American Battle Monuments Commission’s own description of this cemetery, retrieved November 11, 2026. This is the agency’s text, unedited; it is not independent research by this site.

The Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial site in England, 30.5 acres in total, was donated by the University of Cambridge.

It lies on a slope with the west and south sides framed by woodland. The cemetery contains the remains of more than 3,800 of our war dead; more than 5,100 names are recorded on the Walls of the Missing. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified. Most died in the Battle of the Atlantic or in the strategic air bombardment of northwest Europe.

From the flagpole platform near the main entrance, the great mall with its reflecting pools stretches eastward. It is from the mall that the wide, sweeping curve of the burial area across the lawn is best appreciated. Along the south side are the Walls of the Missing, and at the far end is the memorial with a chapel, two huge military maps, stained glass windows bearing the state seals and military decorations, and a mosaic ceiling memorial honoring the dead of our air forces.

A 4,000-square-foot visitor center opened in May 2014 and was rededicated with updated displays in May 2026. Through interpretive exhibits that incorporate personal stories, photographs, films, and interactive displays, visitors gain a better understanding of this critical campaign that contributed to the Allied victory in Europe during World War II.

 

Read the Commission’s full history of this cemetery

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Sources

  1. American Battle Monuments Commission. Cemeteries and memorials. U.S. government work (public domain). Retrieved November 11, 2026. Used for: name, location and contact details, and the hours and description where shown.
  2. American Battle Monuments Commission. Cambridge American Cemetery (official page). Retrieved November 11, 2026.

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