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The Castle Cambridge

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A brick building with a sign reading "The Castle Bar". - The Castle Cambridge (Cambridge)
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Close to University of Cambridge, The Castle Cambridge provides amenities like a bar. Guests can connect to free WiFi in public areas.

Reviews

4.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Bar

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A bedroom with a bed, a window with curtains, a mirror, and a radiator.

Double Room, Shared Bathroom

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
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A building with a sign reading "The Castle" at the ground level.

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  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Beds

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  • Sleeps 2
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A brick building with a sign reading "The Castle Bar".

Family Double Room, Shared Bathroom

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Bed

About the neighborhood

Cambridge City Centre, a neighborhood in Cambridge, is home to The Castle Cambridge. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Coton Country Park and Orwell Clunch Pit, while Scott Polar Research Institute and Fitzwilliam Museum are cultural highlights. Cambridge Muslim Welfare Society and Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences are also worth visiting. Visit our Cambridge travel guide
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37 St. Andrews Street, Cambridge, England, CB2 3AR

What's nearby

  • A wooden bridge over a canal, surrounded by modern and historic buildings.
    University of Cambridge
    1 min walk - 0.0 miles
  • A park with a green lawn, a person riding a bicycle, and a row of houses in the background.
    Parker's Piece
    2 min walk - 0.1 miles
  • A historic building with ornate architecture, including a tower with a green dome and a clock.
    Cambridge Corn Exchange
    4 min walk - 0.3 miles
  • A historic building with a prominent tower and arched windows.
    Jesus College
    7 min walk - 0.4 miles
  • Emmanuel College
    1 min walk - 0.1 miles

Getting around

  • Cambridge Station
    17 min walk
  • Stansted Airport (STN)
    41 min drive

Restaurants

  • The Regal (Wetherspoon)
    1 min walk
  • Caffè Nero
    3 min walk
  • John Lewis Brasserie
    2 min walk
  • Savino's
    3 min walk
  • Kineya Mugimaru
    4 min walk

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired internet

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge

Family friendly

  • High chair

Conveniences

  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Multilingual staff

Accessibility

  • No elevator

More

  • Smoking not allowed

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

The host will greet guests on arrival
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools
American Express is not accepted for onsite payments.

Access methods

Host will greet you

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Property payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Deposit: GBP 250.00 per stay

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Frequently asked questions

Is The Castle Cambridge pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at The Castle Cambridge?

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9:00 PM.

What time is check-out at The Castle Cambridge?

Check-out is at 11:00 AM.

Where is The Castle Cambridge located?

Located in Cambridge City Centre, this bed & breakfast is steps from University of Cambridge, Emmanuel College, and Downing College. Parker's Piece and Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences are just steps away. Cambridge Station is 17 minutes by foot.

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Reviews

The Castle Cambridge Reviews

4.8

6.0

Cleanliness

7.0

Location

5.8

Staff & service

4.6

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 7 out of 118 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 18 out of 118 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 23 out of 118 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 28 out of 118 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 42 out of 118 reviews

Reviews

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6/10 Okay

james

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Guess we should have realised from the price. This is well located but very basic. The bar below is a noisy club. We didn't mind that, but others might. The room was clean but very basic. Bathroom and toilets shared down a flight of stairs. The staff were lovely.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2026
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8/10 Good

Caroline

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Steven was very helpful, beds comfy, able to leave bags during the day. Quite noisy due tobeing on main road but very convenient for town centre.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024
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6/10 Okay

Melanie

The location is excellent. The room is clean and staff are helpful. However, avoid booking on Fridays and Saturdays if you want to sleep at night. The bar plays very loud music 'til 3am and it's impossible to sleep.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
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6/10 Okay

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Concert Stay.

On the positive side, great location: about 1min from the park and ride bus stop, about 5 mins walk from the Corn Exchange venue. Super friendly and helpful staff. In the negative side: ultra basic accommodation and very noisy from the bar downstairs, until the early hours.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
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8/10 Good

Felix

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
You're above a pub, but right in the city centre, for real cheap. It's highly convenient, clean bathrooms and bedding, but be warned, it's above a pub. Its a bit noisy until late, but that's expected. Can't complain really. We left some headphones and keys behind but they were very kind to ship them back for us! Would recommend if you're in for a couple of nights and just need a bed. Gud price
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
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4/10 Poor

Felix

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a very very basic hotel. Quite literally a place to rest your head in central Cambridge. At £100 per night it is not cheap. The sheets of my bed were not clean and the curtains did not cover enough of the window to block out the sunlight. That being said, the room itself was not horrendous and the shared bathroom was not revolting. Overall I think it was expensive for what you get but not the worst travelling experience of my life.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
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4/10 Poor

Nancy

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Read other reviews. I do not regret staying here, but I wouldn't recommend it either. It is a bare bones room. We stayed 3 days and I liked it better over time. Good location. Easy keypad access to the building and you don't have to go through the bar to get to your room. We came in Saturday afternoon and checked in at a bar filled with drunken college students. The family with small child waiting before us looked very unhappy to be there. You go upstairs through a labyrinth of fire doors - seriously I've never seen anything like it. The rugs are very worn and stained. I was worried we wouldn't find our way out or back in. Our room had a nice bright duvet, broad windows, and nothing but a bed, small table with tv, and some kind of blocky thing I am not sure what it was. No chair. Rugs were stained - I looked for bugs. But the place was quite meticulously clean and freshly painted, as were the halls. We were on the top floor so there was noise outside and downstairs, but not particularly in our room. The bathroom was a floor down, spotlessly clean, and we literally never saw anyone else there except the person cleaning. The owner was helpful. It's a crash pad. I've stayed in worse. And many many better.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025
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6/10 Okay

Dorthe

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We stayed one night at The Castle Pub. The room was clean but extremely basic and quite tired, and overall the accommodation feels overdue for refurbishment. The location is excellent for sightseeing, but it’s also right in the middle of Cambridge’s party zone, and the noise continues well into the early hours. A good spot if you prioritise location above all else, but not ideal if you’re after comfort or a peaceful night.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2026
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10/10 Excellent

Husam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent B&B option if you are visiting University of Cambridge.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025
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2/10 Terrible

John

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

wouldn't recommend

Run-down rabbit warren. Felt like a fire hazard Good location, though.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025
Verified review

8/10 Good

Sylwia

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A little noisy at night.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
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4/10 Poor

Ben

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Bad

Old staff quarters above a pub
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022
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2/10 Terrible

Susan

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The room was cramped bathroom two lots of stairs down though clean. Walked out went to Premier Inn. Paid the full price so would like a refund please.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
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8/10 Good

Alexander

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean and tidy. It was as shown on description: upstairs with 2 twin beds and a full size bed. The bathroom was shared and clean. The location was amazing -- thumbs up --and it made it easier to go and get around Cambridge. Being in City Center becomes noisy in the evening. This was a short and brief stay on our way to mainland Europe to catch an early flight out of London. I would stay again. Thanks for lettings us unload our luggage prior to check-in time.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
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6/10 Okay

Conny

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
This is a very old hostel in an excellent location right in the centre of Cambridge. It depends what you are looking for. The hosts were very friendly and helpful; they just aren't on site all day and had to be contacted by phone at times. The hostel rooms are in a maze of hallways above a pub, with lots of doors and turns that you have to remember to find your way up through the building to your room. That adds historical interest but is not great for convenience and fire safety. The hostel room itself was very old with carpets worn and stained, not a great experience. The shared bathrooms were recently renovated and looked great.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025
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4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Improve access to attendants!

We were unable to get ahold of the hotel attendant to check in, perhaps a USA phone problem. Perhaps informing connecting via WhatsApp. The construction was loud. There was no sheet on the beds and the pillows were small. The communal bathroom worked out just fine though.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024
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4/10 Poor

martin

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Someone tried to break into my room. Brakes brothers lorry parked outside with its engine on from 4 am Taps all on a timer so 15 secs is not long enough. Very expensive for shared toilet and shower
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
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2/10 Terrible

Mr W

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort

Horrible

Terrible place. Room without any comforts. None! Not even light except a cold ceiling light with a pull-cord. Shared toilet. Shower on different floor.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022
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2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Give it a miss

As all the other reviews, this is just a room over a bar, shared bathrooms and no breakfast. I was aware of this (and that it’s way overpriced), but there’s also no one around in the bar in the morning in case anything goes wrong. I forgot to take my room key to the bathroom with me, and was locked out my room from 4am to midday, which was when someone appeared in the bar downstairs. I was then informed I had missed the checkout time. Really wished I had booked somewhere else.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
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2/10 Terrible

S

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Terrible!

This is not as advertised at all, you literally get just a room with a tv in it. No amenities at all. The room was dirty, smelled like urine, one window was broken, the door didnt lock, one of the beds was broken. And the bathroom was a floor down, which wasn't very clean either. We did not end up staying as felt unsafe!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Verified review

4/10 Poor

mohamed

Liked: Staff & service
Noise too much can not sleep
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2026
Verified review

4/10 Poor

Maria

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Trevlig personal. Men heltäcknimgsmattan smutsig. Endast en lampa i rummet. Inga avställningsytor. Snyggt badrum, men långt borta. Men läget o priset kompenserade
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025
Verified review

8/10 Good

Andre

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Wir waren zu dritt zu einem Konzert angereist, das in unmittelbarer Nähe stattfand. Man befindet sich mitten im Zentrum. Bahnhof zu Fuß = 20 Min. Als ich mich fragte, ob es im Hotel Handtücher gäbe (ja!), stieß ich im Netz auf Beurteilungen, die "ungenügend" waren, also eine glatte sechs. Kritik: Kein Frühstück und viel zu laut. Ja, es gab auch für uns kein Frühstück, was wir aber ohnehin dort nicht eingeplant hatten. Es gibt unzählige Cafés (u.a. auch Starbucks) in der Nachbarschaft, allesamt zu Fuß gut zu erreichen. Auch ein Supermarkt gegenüber hat genügend frische Backwaren. Zur Lautstärke ist es so, dass das wirklich ein Punkt sein kann. Wer empfindlich ist, der sollte hier nicht nächtigen. Zum einen ist es am Wochenende aufgrund der Musik in der Bar im Erdgeschoss bis spät in die Nacht laut, zum anderen ist es auf der Straße laut, insbesondere, wenn man bei offenenem Fenster schläft. Die zwei Toiletten befinden sich im Flur, sind sauber und werden täglich gereinigt. Im oberen Geschoss befindet sich die Dusche intergriert in einer Badewanne, im unteren Geschoss ist es eine normale Dusche. Handseife steht zur Verfügung, genauso wie ein Duftspray. Für den Zugang zu seinem Zimmer bekommt man einen Schlüssel, für das Hotel einen Zugangscode. Einziger Kritikpunkt: Es gab weder Kleiderbügel noch irgendwelche Haken im Zimmer. Wir waren dennoch voll zufrieden und würden wieder ins The Castle gehen. Famillien und empfindliche Menschen sollten etwas anderes auswählen.
Verified review

2/10 Terrible

Deborah

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
I’ve never felt so unsafe staying away with work. After a warm enough welcome, things went downhill! Two women staying on one floor without a working shower, expected to use the one the owner used and another guest on another floor. One of the room locks didn’t work properly and looked as though it had been tampered with! Left me feeling extremely vulnerable. Window wouldn’t close so extremely noisy night! Room was in poor repair and there wasn't even any tea making facilities or even a glass in the room. For the price paid, it was a disgrace. Would recommend you avoid this place!
Stayed 1 night in May 2022
Verified review

4/10 Poor

jeffrey

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Basic and noisy

On arrival, I discovered that it was not really a hotel but a pub with rooms above. this in itself was not a problem as I was working and would not be returning until around midnight but after the person who seemed like the bar manager showed me the room, he returned to say as I didn't book through bookings.com, maybe I wasn't aware that there would be a dj on until 3a.m. and offered me ear plugs. As it was graduation week and everywhere was booked up and / or very expensive plus I had to get to work, I decided to let it go as what else could I do at that point? It was very loud but finally did get to sleep after 3 only to be woken again by a bottle bin being emptied at around 6 a.m. I would advise anyone thinking of staying here to check with other websites or even the property itself to see what closing time is over their stay. Hotels.com should really be held accountable for this. Also, shower wasn't working on my floor apparently one above was ok but I just left as soon as I could.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022