Located in Cambridge City Centre, The Castle Cambridge welcomes visitors with genuine hospitality. Guests connect using WiFi in common areas, safely store their luggage, and interact with multilingual staff who create that comfortable feeling previous visitors have appreciated.
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 Imperial War Museum Duxford and Cambridge Arts Picture House are cultural highlights. Scott Polar Research Institute and Cambridge Muslim Welfare Society are also worth visiting. Take an opportunity to explore the area for outdoor excitement like hiking/biking trails. Visit our Cambridge travel guide
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired internet
Food and drink
A bar/lounge
Things to do
Billiards/pool table
Conveniences
Luggage storage
Guest services
Multilingual staff
Accessibility
No elevator
More
Smoking not allowed
Room amenities
Bathroom
Towels provided
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
Property is also known as
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Frequently asked questions
Is The Castle Cambridge pet-friendly?
No, pets are not allowed at this property.
How much does it cost to stay at The Castle Cambridge?
As of 6 March 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at The Castle Cambridge on 8 March 2026 start from AED 327, excluding taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.
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 Cambridge Arts Picture House. Downing College and Parker's Piece are just steps away. Cambridge Station is 17 minutes by foot.
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Reviews
The Castle Cambridge Reviews
4.6
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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.
Caroline
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024
6/10 Okay
Melanie
13 February 2024
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
martin
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
2/10 Terrible
Mr W
19 September 2022
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.
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.
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!
Trevlig personal. Men heltäcknimgsmattan smutsig. Endast en lampa i rummet. Inga avställningsytor. Snyggt badrum, men långt borta.
Men läget o priset kompenserade
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.
Excellent B&B option if you are visiting University of Cambridge.
Husam
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025
8/10 Good
Andre
2 December 2024
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.
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!
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.
Bra sängar stort ljust rum och trevlig personal, men mycket höga störande ljud från omgivning ungdomar men främst byggarbetsplats som började lasta skräp 04.00 på morgonen.