How college based are friendships at Cambridge?

Hello, I'm an offer holder for natsci at Newnham (I put in an open applicant) and I was just wondering how college-based friendships tend to be at Cambridge. Do most people mainly socialise within their own college, or is it common to have close friends across different colleges as well?
I’ve realised Newnham isn’t as central as some other colleges and doesn’t have many undergraduate colleges right next to it, so I was curious whether that affects social life much.
Also, since Newnham is an all-women’s college, I was wondering how easy it is to make male friendships too? I assume lectures, societies and inter-college events make that pretty natural, but I’d love to hear people’s experiences.
Any insight would be really appreciated

i’m at homerton so another non-central college so i’ve found that most of my main friendships have been college based especially towards the beginning of freshers because that’s who you spend most of your time with!! when lectures and stuff start up though it becomes very easy to make friends at other colleges and if you do uni societies as well!!
being at a non central college defo doesn’t affect the nightlife at all so don’t worry about that- it just means you have to think about how you’ll get home

Hello, I'm an offer holder for natsci at Newnham (I put in an open applicant) and I was just wondering how college-based friendships tend to be at Cambridge. Do most people mainly socialise within their own college, or is it common to have close friends across different colleges as well?

I’ve realised Newnham isn’t as central as some other colleges and doesn’t have many undergraduate colleges right next to it, so I was curious whether that affects social life much.

Also, since Newnham is an all-women’s college, I was wondering how easy it is to make male friendships too? I assume lectures, societies and inter-college events make that pretty natural, but I’d love to hear people’s experiences.

Any insight would be really appreciated

It entirely depends on the individual, some people are very focussed on friendships within their course, some in their sport/society and some within College. Newnham is exactly the other side of the road from Selwyn, an all-age, co-ed College and a 4 minute walk from Robinson in one direction and Queens in the other, ditto. And Cambridge is small, so 'not central' just equates to 'not smothered in tourists and shoppers all the hours of daylight.
But to your point, it's common to have friends all over the Colleges.

i’m at homerton so another non-central college so i’ve found that most of my main friendships have been college based especially towards the beginning of freshers because that’s who you spend most of your time with!! when lectures and stuff start up though it becomes very easy to make friends at other colleges and if you do uni societies as well!!
being at a non central college defo doesn’t affect the nightlife at all so don’t worry about that- it just means you have to think about how you’ll get home