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The Earl of Derby - Inn

Cambridge · United Kingdom

129 Hills RoadView location

8.2/10Excellent157 Reviews
Cleanliness8.2/108.2
Service8.8/108.8
Comfort8.2/108.2
Condition7.8/107.8
Amenities7.6/107.6
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About The Earl of Derby - Inn

The Earl of Derby - Inn offers comfortable guestrooms with complimentary Wi-Fi and digital programming. Enjoy on-site dining at the restaurant and drinks at the bar/lounge. Amenities include free parking, complimentary newspapers, and luggage storage.

Located in Cambridge, you're a short drive from the University of Cambridge and Addenbrooke's Hospital, and within walking distance of the Cambridge Junction and Botanic Gardens. This guesthouse also provides convenient access to other attractions like Parker’s Piece and Mill Road.

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With a stay at The Earl of Derby - Inn in Cambridge, you'll be within a 15-minute walk of University of Cambridge and Cambridge Junction. This guesthouse is 0.3 mi (0.4 km) from University Botanic Gardens and 0.6 mi (1 km) from Our Lady and the English Martyrs.

Make yourself at home in one of the 12 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and digital programming is available for your entertainment. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided daily. Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby and luggage storage.

Free self parking is available onsite.

Popular amenities

Free WiFi
Parking available
Concierge
Entertainment
Smoking areas
Accessible facilities

Check-in and check-out

Check-in from 3:00 PM
Check-in until 11:30 PM
Check-out until 11:00 AM
Minimum check-in age 18

Hotel policies

No elevators No front desk Professional property host/manager Pets not allowed

Cleaning and safety

Sanitization
Contactless check-out is available Cashless transactions are available
Essential Travel
Essential workers only - NO

Important information

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    • Cashless payment methods are available for all transactions.
    • Contactless check-out is available.
  • Special Instructions
    There is no front desk at this property. Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools.
  • Instructions
    • 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/debit cards; cash is not accepted
    • Cashless transactions are available
    • Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher
  • Minimal age
    18
  • Spoken Language

    English

Nearby attractions

Cambridge Junction 0.3 km / 0.2 mi
University Botanic Gardens 0.6 km / 0.3 mi
Mill Road 1 km / 0.6 mi
Our Lady and the English Martyrs 1 km / 0.6 mi
Downing College 1 km / 0.6 mi
Parker's Piece 1 km / 0.6 mi
Scott Polar Research Institute 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
University of Cambridge 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
Fenner's 1.2 km / 0.8 mi
Anglia Ruskin University 1.3 km / 0.8 mi
Hobson's Conduit 1.4 km / 0.9 mi
Emmanuel College 1.4 km / 0.9 mi
The Backs 1.5 km / 0.9 mi
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences 1.6 km / 1 mi
Grand Arcade Shopping Centre 1.6 km / 1 mi

Hotel facilities & services

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  • Total number of rooms: 12
  • Family rooms
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  • Small pets allowed (under 5 kg)Extra charge
  • Wheelchair-accessible
  • Car park
  • 24-hour reception
  • Check-in hour
  • Check-out hour
  • Wi-fiExtra charge
  • Room service
  • Garden
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  • Newspapers
  • Luggage roomExtra charge
  • BarExtra charge
  • Restaurant
  • Smoking areaExtra charge
  • TV lounge
  • Non-smoking establishment
  • Golf practice facilityExtra charge
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  • Double or Twin STANDARDDouble or Twin • STANDARDDBT.ST

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  • TRIPLE STANDARDTRIPLE • STANDARDTPL.ST

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  • QUADRUPLE CLASSICQUADRUPLE • CLASSICQUA.AS

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  • SINGLE ECONOMYSINGLE • ECONOMYSGL.EY

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  • Room THREE BEDSRoom • THREE BEDSROO.3B

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  • DOUBLE ECONOMYDOUBLE • ECONOMYDBL.EY

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Guest reviews

What other guests saying about The Earl of Derby - Inn

8.2
Excellent
157 Reviews
Cleanliness
8.2 /10
Service
8.8 /10
Comfort
8.2 /10
Condition
7.8 /10
Amenities
7.6 /10
50 reviews shown
10/10
Exceptional
25 Jul 2026
Tiffany
Everyone was so friendly and made us feel at home. The room may not be fancy but it is clean. It is very close to the train station and a wide choice of buses to take to Cambridge. However, the 25 minute walk to the center of Cambridge is not bad at all.
6/10
Pleasant
24 Jul 2026
Mei Yi
Staff members are friendly. Good location.
6/10
Pleasant
13 Jul 2026
Allan
Okay ish
Partner
6/10
Pleasant
22 Jun 2026
Paul
Chosen originally for its location to Cambridge City centre with free parking and looked good in the pictures. We arrived early so decided to take lunch there. Very inexperienced staff member behind bar led to disjointed, incorrect and undercooked orders. Not a good start and due to this we never ate there again during the stay. The manageress offered free drinks to redress the food issues and who throughout the stay was pleasant and helpful. We later established that she was not the owner and seemed to be doing well to keep everything together. Rooms upon check in were disappointing in quality and cleanliness. The TV in one of the two rooms did not work and only one room had a fridge. Interestingly both rooms had sets of ear plugs provided. These we discovered were to counter the noise on the first night of a karaoke in the bar until midnight and also to try and diminish the sound of clientele drinking and smoking outside the rooms in the car park area. The second night this went on until 03:30. This needs to be advertised so that all potential customers are aware. The rooms certainly didn't justify their £130.00 per night charge. Very questionable as to how this can be graded a three star establishment. Overall very disappointing.
Friends
6/10
Pleasant
10 Jun 2026
Miklos
Close to the city center, free parking, and very friendly and helpful staff. The lodging is next to a busy intersection. The room and bathroom were very dated, and the shower hot water faucet was not working.
Family_with_children
8/10
Excellent
03 Jun 2026
Helena
Very friendly welcome, private safe parking. A spacious clean comfortable room. Food available if needed. Great location close to railway station. Easy walk into city centre ( if you like walking) otherwise plenty of buses all day. A good find 😊
Friends_and_family Family
10/10
Exceptional
04 May 2026
Ian
Comfortable stay with friendly and helpful staff
Partner
8/10
Excellent
05 Apr 2026
Maria I
Close to the train station and quiet area. Friendly and helpful staff.
Family
10/10
Exceptional
11 Feb 2026
Mandy
Really good value, lovely staff and a very comfortable room
Business
8/10
Excellent
03 Feb 2026
Christina
Good location with parking. Walkable into the City centre.
8/10
Excellent
08 Jan 2026
Indrit
The host were friendly and helpful. Clean and quiet room, and good breakfast. The free car park was nice to have. The building and facilities, although a bit dated, were good overall.
Business
4/10
Poor
06 Dec 2025
Goutham
The staff was very nice. But the rooms were very bad. They had black and red bed sheets seemed clean but I couldn’t dare to sit or sleep in the bed. I checked in, saw the room, checked out right away.
Business
10/10
Exceptional
06 Nov 2025
ANJONG
Room is very quiet and comfortable.
Business_and_leisure Family
10/10
Exceptional
16 Oct 2025
Rachel
Friendly welcoming staff, comfy beds and a clean room
Leisure Family
8/10
Excellent
03 Oct 2025
Jenifer
Our room was clean and spacious. The lighting in the room was not great. One day, no housekeeping was done.
The hotel is very close to the Cambridge train station and there are lots of coffee shops near the hotel. We ate our breakfast there one morning.
Leisure Partner
8/10
Excellent
18 Jul 2025
Tracey

Soooo welcoming

Welcoming! Julie was the perfect host, lovely young gentleman showed me to my room, loved that as I had a long journey. Paul was friendly and had a nice breakfast. Would love to stay there again.
Business
6/10
Pleasant
15 Jul 2025
Loh

Okay

The hotel is convenient and walking distance to train station.
Friends_and_family Family
4/10
Poor
05 Jul 2025
Yuyan
A lot of noise at night from outside roads and bars . No AC super hot, but the staff is nice.
Leisure Family
10/10
Exceptional
03 Jul 2025
Steve
Go to hotel when working around Cambridge
Business
10/10
Exceptional
30 Jun 2025
Gavin

Traditional City Pub, good value, good location.

We were given a room at the front of the pub, above the bar. The pub is on a busy road junction and so there is traffic noise! It was hot so we had the windows open, it was noisy, however, the windows are double glazed and there were ear plugs provided. There’s no air con but there were 2 fans in the room. There were also plug in radiators, hair dryer, iron, full size kettle and plenty of tea, coffee and biscuits. The room and bathroom were clean and well presented.
We stayed on a Monday and Tuesday night so cannot judge if the pub would be noisy as there was nothing going on. We didn’t use the bar, however it looked clean and the staff were all happy and polite. You can walk into the centre of town in about 15 minutes alternatively the buses all run from the station which is only two minutes away. Big plus is the gated free parking in the car park, as there doesn’t seem to be much car parking in town and what there is is expensive. We had a good stay in a traditional town pub. For the price of the room, it’s great. There’s a block of rooms behind the pub which must be quieter, if you’re a light sleeper, I’d definitely ask for one of those! We had a great couple of days in Cambridge and Derby was a great base to work from.
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
11 Jun 2025
Sarah
Very central for what we wanted, quick check in, friendly staff, clean and comfortable room
Leisure Partner
10/10
Exceptional
27 May 2025
Jack
Very friendly and helpful hosts. Great location. Great breakfast for very good price.
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
26 May 2025
Adam

Stay

Great location, such nice friendly staff. Let us check in early. Also let us leave car after check out so we could make the most of our time. Great stay. Would recommend
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
26 May 2025
Natasha

A really lovely place

We stayed for a night and had a lovely time. The people who worked there were so lovely and accomodating. The room was really clean, the bed was super comfy and the coffee/tea station in the room was really nice. We had breakfast in the morning and it was absolutey delicious. Overall a 10/10 stay.
Friends_and_family Friends
8/10
Excellent
01 May 2025
Verified traveler

Great Staff

Great location, onsite parking rare in area so a massive bonus. Staff were extremely friendly and accommodating. Rooms look recently refurbished. Only downside is the location is on a very busy road so rooms facing this are noisy most of the night. Recommend requesting a room at the rear.
Business
10/10
Exceptional
20 Apr 2025
Rani
We stayed at Early of Derby for one night and it was perfect! Either a 30 min walk or 5 min uber into town, the location is great. Check in and check out was easy and seamless. The room was clean and had everything you need! They even left a little bag of mini eggs as we stayed on Easter weekend!

We will definitely be staying here again.
Leisure Partner
8/10
Excellent
14 Apr 2025
Eve
Perfect location for the train station & Cambridge Junction.
Spacious room with good beds & bedding. Great parking, on site! Helpful team. Thank you.
Leisure Friends
2/10
Poor
06 Apr 2025
John
No dining on the day of arrival. The following day the breakfast was very poor, no remote for the TV. The double bed was two bases put together with a double mattress on top, if you ended up in the middle you would fall towards the floor, the service wasn't very good, the pictures that are being displayed for the hotel are out 10 Years old. I would advise Expedia to check this out.
Leisure Partner
10/10
Exceptional
23 Mar 2025
David

Homely pub accommodation

Warm welcome, lovely room with extra touches like a pack of sweets & hot chocolate as well as the usual biscuits and tea & coffee.
Beautifully clean and modern. Excellent wifi and free parking within walking distance of city centre
Self
10/10
Exceptional
28 Feb 2025
David
Good pub
Leisure Partner
8/10
Excellent
16 Feb 2025
Steve

Clean,friendly

Very nice welcome ,clean practical room, shower needs updating .
Very adequate for our needs
Partner
8/10
Excellent
13 Feb 2025
Ian

Nice Place

The people made you really welcome and everyone was really friendly and helpful.
The room was large and really comfortable.
Business
6/10
Pleasant
26 Jan 2025
Steven
The property was in a good location with plenty restaurants around and the bonus of onsite parking.
Business Self
8/10
Excellent
26 Jan 2025
Craig
Earl of Derby . Very friendly pub with fine accommodation beers and food
Friends_and_family Friends
10/10
Exceptional
22 Jan 2025
T

Hidden Lodging Gem

Earl of Derby is very well located in Cambridge. Walking distance to town and train station. The rooms are very nice, comfortable, clean and quiet. Great being attached to pub for drinks and food. Hospitality is good and not intrusive. Staff are very helpful!! Just ask.
Friends_and_family Family
8/10
Excellent
13 Dec 2024
Yvonne

Good value

The room was good value and nice size. Staff friendly. You check in at the bar. But noisy re bar music till very early hours but we were awake anyway. It was a bit of a trek into the town.
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
24 Nov 2024
Steven
Stay here. You won’t be disappointed
Leisure Self
8/10
Excellent
21 Nov 2024
kevin

Great stay

Well located as we were going to a concert at Cambridge Junction just a couple of minutes walk away.
Free parking and an excellent breakfast
Would stay again
10/10
Exceptional
17 Nov 2024
jon
everything was great. As this is a pub on a saturday night a band plays in the pub downstairs. We were fine with that.
Very reasonable food prices. Very good selection of shower bottles and coffee and tea with biscuits,jellybeans,and mints. Great value centre of cambridge is 15 min walk along one road.
Leisure Partner
10/10
Exceptional
17 Oct 2024
Verified traveler
Lovely, clean room over the pub. Good choice of breakfast- cooked to order.
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
09 Sep 2024
Joanne
We had a great stay here at the weekend. We were only there one night as we had a wedding to attend nearby. The staff are brilliant, so helpful and friendly even let us check-in early. Room was perfect. Car parking so easy. Shame we couldn’t have spent longer there. Would definitely use again if in Cambridge.
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
31 Aug 2024
Lee
A lovely stay, the room and linen smelt fresh and clean. Thanks for the toiletries and treats with the tea/coffee/hot choc. Having a fan in the room was fabulous as we needed to keep the windows closed to limit the traffic noise. Friendly staff and very accommodating with parking allowance on our check-out day. Thank you, we will return. 👍
Friends_and_family Family
10/10
Exceptional
11 Aug 2024
Heather
The Earl of Derby Pub is a friendly local establishment with good food, and very nice accommodations. Spacious room, lovely bathroom, very clean, and very friendly. Will definitely come back.
Leisure Partner
6/10
Pleasant
10 Aug 2024
MIDTECH BUILDING
A bit disappointed with the service, i booked this hotel for 2 nights for 3 people, after booking i phoned the property and requested 3 single beds, the woman i spoke to said we will have a room with 3 singles beds, when the lads got there the room had a double and a single, not happy
Business
10/10
Exceptional
04 Aug 2024
Peter
Excellent stay at the earl of derby friendly staff and comfortable nights sleep thanks again would definitely stay again
8/10
Excellent
03 Aug 2024
Binglin
Staffs are pretty friendly, the parking lot is isolated and safe. Night food for downstairs bar. the only issue is the room is a little small.
Leisure Family
10/10
Exceptional
23 Jul 2024
Leszek
Very nice place- everything clean, comfortable bed, nice staff. It is very close to the busy road though so earplugs are a must.
Business
10/10
Exceptional
12 Jul 2024
Gregory
Comfortable atsmosphere
Business_and_leisure Self
10/10
Exceptional
02 Jul 2024
Thomas

Good value

The room was in good condition , tea and coffee facilities were fine and the bed comfortably
10/10
Exceptional
10 Jun 2024
EMMA
The staff is wonderful. Everyone was so helpful and kind. The Inn seems to have a festive atmosphere about it. And! The food is fantastic!
Leisure Family

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The Earl of Derby - Inn
129 Hills Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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