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Everyone needs a place to lay their weary head. For travellers visiting Cambridge, Travelodge Cambridge Central Hotel is an excellent choice for rest and rejuvenation. Well-known for its budget friendly environment and proximity to great restaurants and attractions, Travelodge Cambridge Central Hotel makes it easy to enjoy the best of Cambridge.
Guest rooms offer amenities such as a flat screen TV and air conditioning, and guests can go online with wifi offered by the hotel.
The property also boasts a lounge, to help make your stay more enjoyable.
Nearby landmarks such as Queens' College (1.2 mi) and King's College (1.3 mi) make Travel Lodge Cambridge a great place to stay when visiting Cambridge.
Cambridge has plenty of Asian restaurants. So when you’re here, be sure to check out popular spots like Wrestlers Pub, The Tiffin Truck, and Banana Leaf, which are serving up some great dishes.
Best of all, Travelodge Cambridge makes it easy to experience many great Cambridge attractions like The Backs, Wandlebury Country Park and Nature Reserve, and Parker's Piece, which are some popular parks.
Whether you’re travelling for business, pleasure or both, Travelodge Cambridge Central Hotel is sure to make your visit to Cambridge one worth remembering.
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HOTEL STYLE
Budget
Centrally Located
Languages Spoken
English
Location
Clifton Way Cambridge Leisure Park, Cambridge CB1 7DY England
Travelodge Cambridge Central Hotel
938 reviews
Getting there
Somewhat walkable
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Travelodge Cambridge Central Hotel offers a prime location that is a hit among guests for its proximity to shops, dining, and attractions, though some have called out the rooms for being basic with occasional upkeep issues. While the service generally garners praise for staff helpfulness, cleanliness stands as a point of contention with varying experiences.
The hotel's amenities and atmosphere receive mixed feedback, with certain travelers appreciating the modern touches and others describing a lack of warmth. As for value, opinions are split between its affordability and the perceived high cost for what's provided.
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Convenient
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Uninviting
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Basic
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Reasonable
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Mixed
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Helpful
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Underwhelming
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Situated right next to the Cambridge railway station, this is one of the best Travelodge hotels I have stayed in. In addition to being just a 5-min walk from the station (and then just 45 minutes of train ride to London), it is also right next to supermarkets, restaurants and a cinema. Paid parking is also available.
Rooms were clean, with basic amenities you would expect in a Travelodge. Rooms are only cleaned upon request, but staff are helpful and responsive.
As a Travelodge, the room rate was also great for those travelling on a shoestring. All in all, I am quite happy with my stay here and would love to stay here again.
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Date of stay: January 2020
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Not easy to park your car outside if you have a blue badge. Not enough spaces, and the one I eventually used, although right outside, still costs £12 for 24 hours. If you use the disabled bays in the multi storey around the corner, car park it costs £7 but if like me, you can’t walk 50metres without going blue in the face and breathless, it’s not much good as the multi storey car park is about a 300m walk to the hotel entrance. We stayed here as I had an all day Hospital appointment. The hotel is good in that respect, it’s a 1 1/2 mile, 10 minute drive to Addenbrookes and Papworth from the hotel and there is a choice of restaurants right outside as well as a cinema. Great for folks who aren’t disabled, but the room I was given didn’t have any electric sockets next to the bed headboard and husband had to move the bed horizontal to the dressing table so I could plug in my respiratory equipment into the tv socket. It then meant we could watch tv in bed because the bed was parallel with the dresser as that’s the only place my equipment could go so it’s close to my head.
The bathroom had one vertical and one horizontal grab rail, both chrome and slippery when wet. The bath was tall and difficult to step into to take a shower. Not great and I didn’t feel safe at all. Because of the troublesome parking problems, I wouldn’t recommend this hotel to anyone with a disability. Both easy chairs in the room had broken off plastic trim, and the dressing table where the tv and kettle sat, the plastic edging was loose and flapped. It kept catching clothing when we leaned over the counter to pick up the kettle. On the positive side, the buffet breakfast was great and always being replenished. The room was clean and tidy too.
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Date of stay: February 2020
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Response from TravelodgeUK, Hannah from The Social Media Team at Travelodge Cambridge Central Hotel
Responded 25 Feb 2020
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us. We try to provide as much information as possible regarding the available parking facilities on the Hotel's booking page. Guests are also welcome to contact the Hotel directly prior to their arrival, and our Reception Teams will be more than happy to provide any further information or assistance regarding nearby car parks, number of spaces or whether it is possible to reserve spaces. However, we apologise for any inconvenience caused to you. We are sorry to learn that you were unimpressed with the facilities in your room. Being a budget Hotel brand, we believe that we provide all the necessary facilities to ensure a comfortable stay, for value. However we are always looking to improve the services we offer and we will pass your comments on to the relevant team. We are always looking to improve the services we offer and we will pass your comments on to the relevant team. Thank you again for your review.
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Looks modern and clean from the outside, this continues inside for the most part too with clean, bright communal areas and keycard access. Into the room and its ok, a bed, tv (didn't think they still made them that small), chair, table and a kettle straight from a Blackpool B&B. The bathroom however appears to be where the money was saved in this building, straight from the 90's and for £75 per night that's disappointing. No USB charging ports as I had forgotten my plug, thought that was standard in most big chain hotels these days but the local pub saved the day. No lock on the bathroom door either which I found strange to say the least. Slept ok but nearby main road is very noisy which probably explains why the windows don't open. I am no snob by any means but have stayed in much better for less. Didn't have breakfast so cannot comment on the food. Location is pretty Central and access to City Centre is easy via any means. Parking was £7 for 24hrs in a nearby parking lot and had to be validated by Reception so don't forget to add this on if you plan on driving. A bed for the night is all that was needed and that is literally all that was delivered here.
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Date of stay: October 2020
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Trip type: Travelled on business
Room Tip:as far away from the main road as possible
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I was greeted with a room that was not cleaned properly. This included hair clippings on the sink soap dispenser, soap marks around the sink area, mouldy shower soap dispenser, a dirty “clean” towel and even remnants of a tea bag packet on the floor. The room was in a state of disrepair which two large areas where the paint had flaked off the wall and the bathroom door handle was poorly fitted with screws loose. The air conditioning wasn’t working properly and when I complained I was told a. you need to keep moving for the sensor to register you are in the room b. we can control it from the back office! I am well used to bathroom towels not being replaced daily but at Travelodge this appears to extend to replacing used cups and spoons as well as emptying full bins and making the beds. The bathroom soap dispenser was empty when I arrived, and I had to ask for it to be filled after two days. The décor and fittings in the whole building is rather tired and was not well kept. When I complained via their website (staff at reception were not proactive or empowered to do anything it seemed) I received an apology and paltry offer of a free breakfast and early check in the next time I book. There is only 30 minutes free WiFi per day which is frankly shameful considering what they charge for a room and the good connectivity you can get in a café. I shall do my utmost to avoid Travelodge again. I can only think this place survives due to its convenient location at the leisure center and next to train and bus services. Its also an easy walk into the center.
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Date of stay: August 2022
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Trip type: Travelled on business
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Stayed here as needed to be near papworth hospital, great location, a Tesco express and a sainsburys right outside along with a few restaurants, 10 mins by car/bus to the hospital and about a 20 minute walk into Cambridge. Room was clean, bed was comfortable. Would stay here again
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Date of stay: March 2020Trip type: Travelled with family
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Perfect stay. Rooms are very clean and tidy and when the staff weren’t busy with customers they were cleaning, so I felt very safe, especially during the current pandemic. All of the staff were fantastic, well run hotel. Will definitely stay again.
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Date of stay: May 2021Trip type: Travelled solo
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Stayed here one night when working in the area. There is a small car park at the back of the hotel which is £12.50 for 24 hours or there is a multi storey nearby which is even more pricey. Check in was fast and reception staff were friendly. I had a room on the first floor overlooking the leisure park, the room was warm and the window did not open, and the air con never seemed to get any cooler, and this was in February so I’m guessing the rooms are quite hot here in the summer. The bedroom was clean enough although the bathroom could have been cleaner and I did find a hair on the sink on arrival. And it was quite noisy being able to hear every word of every conversation of other guests who walked past, however this didn’t go on too late so I managed a decent nights sleep. I would stay again as it is convenient to my work location being in walking distance and there are also plenty of place to get food within the leisure park the hotel is situated on. Also ideally located If you’re attending a gig at the junction.
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Date of stay: February 2020Trip type: Travelled on business
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Response from TravelodgeUK, Hannah from The Social Media Team at Travelodge Cambridge Central Hotel
Responded 25 Feb 2020
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us. We try to provide as much information as possible regarding the available parking facilities on the Hotel's booking page. Guests are also welcome to contact the Hotel directly prior to their arrival, and our Reception Teams will be more than happy to provide any further information or assistance regarding nearby car parks, number of spaces or whether it is possible to reserve spaces. However, we apologise for any inconvenience caused to you. We are sorry to hear that you were disturbed by noise levels during your stay. We hope to ensure a peaceful night's stay for all of our guest's, without disruption, and we apologise if we were unsuccessful in achieving this on this occasion. We are always looking to improve the services we offer and we will pass your comments on to the relevant team. Thank you again for your review.
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Broken shower fixture, strong smell from the bathroom, and average stay. The bedroom was clean, bed sheets, tables, and other furniture were of mediocre quality and undamaged. There was very good sound proofing quality, no sound from the outside and minimal sound from the inside. The bathroom had a very strong unpleasant smell, the lighting was quite dim and dirty, the fixture for the bath tub to shower converter was completely broken and a fix by myself had to be made.
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Date of stay: January 2020
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Response from TravelodgeUK, Zack from The Social Media Team at Travelodge Cambridge Central Hotel
Responded 13 Feb 2020
Thank you for leaving your review of our Cambridge Central hotel. We are pleased to hear you found your room to be clean and comfortable and that you found the soundproofing to be helpful in ensuring a comfortable stay, however we are sorry for the issues you experienced during your stay. We will be sure to provide your feedback to the hotel management team so we are able to improve the service we offer to our guests. Thank you again for leaving your review of our hotel and we do hope that you choose to stay with us again in the future.
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After complaining about our filthy (and I don’t use that word lightly) room- we were moved to a marginally better one! Used spoons and cups clearly just “rinsed” under the tap to clean. Thick dirty dust on EVERY surface, windows COVERED in stick smear marks from faces and hands, plug holes blocked with clumps of hair, toilet seats clearly not even wiped let alone disinfected. This was not a cheap room at £90 for 1 night midweek! We have used travelodge for years with on the whole good experiences- however this hotel was absolutely below par and we will be looking to use a newer/ cleaner/ brand in the future!
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Date of stay: July 2022
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Arrived early evening and check in was swift, we were told room would not be serviced which was a relief in current situation, any thing we needed during the stay was available at reception. Everything was very clean and saw the staff cleaning high risk areas during day and night felt they really went the extra mile. Staff were gently reminding people about wearing face masks which made me feel very reassured.
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Date of stay: September 2020Trip type: Travelled with family
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PRICE RANGE
S$71 - S$174 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
ALSO KNOWN AS
travelodge cambridge central hotel cambridge, travel lodge cambridge, cambridge travelodge, cambridge travel lodge
LOCATION
United KingdomEnglandCambridgeshireCambridge
NUMBER OF ROOMS
120
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Yes, it offers wheelchair access, reduced mobility rooms, and facilities for disabled guests. For specific enquiries, we recommend calling ahead to confirm.
