Have recently returned from 3 nights at Cherry Hinton, and would agree that if you get a good (open) pitch your opinion of the site is vastly improved. We only had a choice of 2 pitches and ended up on pitch 22 - dark and dingey - it didn't encourage spending any time on site!! On the plus side the faciiities where spotless and piped Radio 2 was a nice touch. Access to Cambridge was great with buses running every 10 mins. We also visited Ely 20-30 mins away and had a guided tower tour of the octagonal tower 166 steps (spiral) so be warned - but it's well worth the effort. Incidently the whole of Ely has free car parking!!!!