How did I miss this, eh? A 'good old pubs of Cambridge wot I have known' thread.
Sorry folks, both the Boat Race and Cambridge Arms are no more (at least not in their old format)...there are still nice pubby pubs around, though! I can recommend the Kingston Arms, the Fort St George or the Cambridge Blue for child and adult friendly pubs and the Graduate on Mitcham's Corner (used to be....hang on...no, memory gone, shall have to ask DH) still has decent live music upstairs (friend of mine had a gig there just last week). In fact there seem to be more live music venues than there used to be, and obviously the Folk Festival and Strawberry Fair are going from strength to strength.
It sounds like any of the larger 'semi detached' villages (Histon, Shelfords, Girton, Fulborn, Milton) might suit you, Gloworm, although driving in from any of them in the rush hour is going to be a pain compared to cycling. Northern villages (Milton, Histon, Girton) tend to be less pricey than Shelfords, Trumpington, Fulborn etc.
In town, lots of nice period family homes to the east of Cherry Hinton road (between Cherry hinton and Hills Road) too, but they are mucho, mucho expensive - you might find a bit more for your money, funnily enough, slightly closer into town, on the west side of Cherry Hinton road, towards Mill Road. You'd need to be careful of the school catchments in that area, though, as it includes some of Cambridge's less good schools.
Cherry Hinton itself has good facilities but I get the impression it's a bit of a mixed bag, housing wise, with a few estate locations that aren't that great.
Nice to see how many of us there are round here: I feel a meet up coming on....