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The Chalk Hare, Royston, Hertfordshire - Acorn Pubs

4.0 star property
Enjoy the free WiFi at this 4-star Royston inn

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A spacious dining area with multiple tables and chairs, a chandelier, and large windows allowing natural light.
A room with a fireplace, leather armchair, two matching stools, a round table, and a mirror above the fireplace.
A bedroom with a wooden bed, a desk with a lamp, a chair, a television on the wall, and curtains on the windows.
An outdoor patio with wicker furniture and yellow umbrellas, a brick wall, and a building with large windows in the background.
A bar with wooden shelves stocked with bottles, a counter with a cash register, and hanging pendant lights.

Reviews

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Business services

Explore the area

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16 Melbourn Street, Royston, England, SG8 7BZ
  • Place, Priory Gardens
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Royston Cave
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Royston Town Hall
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Airport, London (STN-Stansted)
    ‪41 min drive‬

Room options

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A hotel room with a large bed, bedside lamps, a framed picture on the wall, and a door to the right.

Classic Double Room

9.8 out of 10
Exceptional
(6 reviews)
  • 11 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed
  • Free WiFi

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A hotel room with a large bed, a chair, two bedside tables with lamps, and framed botanical artwork on the walls.

Superior Double Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(2 reviews)
  • 15 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed
  • Free WiFi

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A hotel room with a bed, bedside lamps, a nightstand, and framed artwork on the wall.

Deluxe Double Room

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(4 reviews)
  • 20 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed
  • Free WiFi

About the area

Royston

Royston retreat .Steps from the inn, you'll find Limitless Academy of Performing Arts and Royston Cave. Priory Gardens and Royston Town Hall are also within half a mile (1 km).
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What's nearby

  • Priory Gardens - 1 min walk - 0.1 km
  • Royston Cave - 1 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Royston Town Hall - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Royston Library - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Therfield Heath - 9 min walk - 0.8 km

Getting around

  • Royston Station - 10 min walk
  • Cambridge (CBG) - 39 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Plough - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Costa Coffee - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪The Jolly Postie - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Costa Coffee - ‬3 min drive

About this property

The Chalk Hare, Royston, Hertfordshire - Acorn Pubs

Enjoy the free WiFi at this 4-star Royston inn
Along with a restaurant, there's a coffee shop/cafe on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Public spaces have free WiFi. The Chalk Hare, Royston, Hertfordshire - Acorn Pubs also features multilingual staff, a garden, and a fireplace in the lobby. Self parking is free.

This 4-star Royston inn is smoke free.

  • 9 guestrooms or units
  • Charging station for electric cars
  • Breakfast available (surcharge)
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Staff is multilingual
  • Storage area for luggage
  • Garden
  • Fireplace in lobby
  • No smoking on site
  • Bar or lounge
  • Coffee shop
  • 1 conference room
  • Dining venue
The Chalk Hare, Royston, Hertfordshire - Acorn Pubs offers 9 air-conditioned accommodations with complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Beds feature premium bedding. 18-inch flat-screen televisions come with digital channels. Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.

This Royston inn provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and desk chairs. Housekeeping is provided daily.

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Electric car charging station on site
  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Cooked-to-order breakfast available for a fee 7:30 AM to 11:30 AM on weekdays and 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM on weekends; GBP 15 to 20 for adults and GBP 15 to 20 for children
  • A bar/lounge
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A restaurant

Accessibility

  • High-pile carpet in room
  • No elevator

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • 18-inch flat-screen TV with digital channels

Bedroom

  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Tea bags/instant coffee

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Desk chair
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop workspace

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 11:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Late check-out subject to availability
Late check-out fee: GBP 25.00

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately GBP 15 to 20 for adults, and GBP 15 to 20 for children
  • Late check-out fee: GBP 25.00 (subject to availability)

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

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; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system, and a first aid kit
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. This property accepts Visa and Mastercard. Cash is not accepted. For guests' safety, the property includes a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system, and a first aid kit in each accommodation. Cashless payment methods are available for all transactions.

Property is also known as

Banyers House Inn Royston
Banyers House Inn
Banyers House Royston
Banyers House Hotel Royston
Banyers House Inn
Banyers House Royston
Banyers House Inn Royston

Frequently asked questions

How close is The Chalk Hare, Royston, Hertfordshire - Acorn Pubs to the airport?

The Chalk Hare, Royston, Hertfordshire - Acorn Pubs is 27 mi (39-min drive) away from the Cambridge (CBG) airport, the closest popular airport to the property.

How much does it cost to stay at The Chalk Hare, Royston, Hertfordshire - Acorn Pubs?

As of Aug 12, 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at The Chalk Hare, Royston, Hertfordshire - Acorn Pubs on Sept 6, 2026 start from CA $182, 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.

Does The Chalk Hare, Royston, Hertfordshire - Acorn Pubs have an airport shuttle?

Airport shuttle services are not available at The Chalk Hare, Royston, Hertfordshire - Acorn Pubs.

Does The Chalk Hare, Royston, Hertfordshire - Acorn Pubs offer free breakfast?

Free breakfast isn’t offered at The Chalk Hare, Royston, Hertfordshire - Acorn Pubs, but cooked-to-order breakfast is offered for a fee of between GBP 15 and 20 for adults, GBP 15 and 20 for children. It's available on weekdays from 7:30 AM to 11:30 AM and weekends from 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM.

Is there a casino at The Chalk Hare, Royston, Hertfordshire - Acorn Pubs?

No, there is no casino at this inn.

What time is check-in at The Chalk Hare, Royston, Hertfordshire - Acorn Pubs?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 11:00 PM.

Is there free parking at The Chalk Hare, Royston, Hertfordshire - Acorn Pubs?

This inn offers free self parking.

Does The Chalk Hare, Royston, Hertfordshire - Acorn Pubs have a pool?

The Chalk Hare, Royston, Hertfordshire - Acorn Pubs does not have a pool.

Does The Chalk Hare, Royston, Hertfordshire - Acorn Pubs have a restaurant?

Yes, there is a restaurant on site.

Does The Chalk Hare, Royston, Hertfordshire - Acorn Pubs have a spa?

There are no spa services available at this inn.

How close is The Chalk Hare, Royston, Hertfordshire - Acorn Pubs to downtown Royston?

The Chalk Hare, Royston, Hertfordshire - Acorn Pubs is 1.5 mi away from Royston.

The Chalk Hare, Royston, Hertfordshire - Acorn Pubs Reviews

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 106 out of 169 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 41 out of 169 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 15 out of 169 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 169 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 169 reviews

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Sue

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful room above the pub really loved my stay
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2026
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Linda

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Welcoming staff. Room lovely refurbishments but lack room for clothes. Good food and good location. Will stay again
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

Chris

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

Great stopover

Good value short term stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Phil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Comfortable, clean and tidy with a central location. Variety and food lovely and staff helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Paul

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

Really enjoyed our stay

Very friendly and helpful service all the way through our stay. Lovely outdoors area to eat or have a drink. Very comfortable nights sleep and a great breakfast the next morning. We would absolutely use the hotel again.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Fairly good, bit on the pricy side.

We enjoyed our stay, but felt it was a tad overpriced for what it was. The staff were very friendly and accommodating, and the room was clean and well presented.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Verified review

8/10 Good

Eileen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly staff. Avoid room 8 it was very noisy from the road especially when the hotel was having deliveries early in the am.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

Melanie

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely hotel but a little let down by slow service

Lovely hotel. Staff friendly but service very slow in restaurant where we ate three times and each visit was the same.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Chloe was very welcoming and couldn’t do enough to help.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
air conditioning on an extremely hot night was an absolute boon. The bathroom was large and luxurious with separate shower and roll top bath, double basins - bliss.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022
Verified review

8/10 Good

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
One of the room's window was adjacent to a very loud kitchen extractor that was left on all night. Breakfast was great.
Verified review

8/10 Good

Ian

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

Pretty good

Breakfast service not until 8am unfortunately. Room comfortable and all amenities required.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

Christine

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

Lovely hotel

Lovely hotel. We have stayed a few times. Staff very friendly and helpful. Our room was very nice. My only complaint is that our room wasn’t serviced on the Saturday, and although I was able to get tea bags etc from the bar, our cups were obviously still dirty from the morning cuppa when we returned in the evening. This slightly took the edge off the stay, but on the whole, I’ve the place.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

MR CHRISTIAN

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

Best man in charge ever

The chap at check in and breakfast was superb. Nailed the job, made it perfect. Breakfast was impressive and no negatives. Thanks
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022
Verified review

8/10 Good

Ian

Recommended

Convenient. Actually good room standards although the last room I had was not up to usual standard...heating poor (mid Jan, expected better) Breakfast very good ! Bar prices are high for the area. Good parking. I prefer to stay here when in Royston.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Larraine

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

Comfortable but getting tires

Comfortable but tired. Mold on bathroom walls and shower not a great impression.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Verified review

8/10 Good

Sharon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Bedrooms cold initially radiator in main room didn’t work but was electric heater that took a while to get going. Room lovely and big. Breakfast disappointing limited, no fruit options, porridge or granola options, some boxed cereals but very limited. Cooked breakfast and coffee lovely.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

This is very much a brasserie/bar more so than a hotel. Our room was right above the bar with noise until late and the pillows were very thin. The radiator didn't work in our room and the big old-fashioned windows which would add character and charm just added to the chill. However the thick curtains did well to block out cold and light. Some nice touches (e.g. the robes, presentation of the room) and decent food, but falling short on a few more essential aspects.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Verified review

4/10 Poor

Matthew

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

Dirty Room

Mixed review, the staff were wonderful and the food was delicious, however the room was unacceptable. It was dirty, there was hair in the shower from the previous guest, coffee cups were dirty with coffee rings inside, I had to clean the mug myself. It was really basic and unclean, not the boutique experience that I was sold on the website.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022
Verified review

8/10 Good

Patricia

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I did let the staff know that our bath room had no shower gel, black long hairs on floor, only one bath towel, and the sanitary bin in bath room needed emptying!!!! Dirty cup, no coat hangers. But everything else was good x
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

It's alright

It was alright, I was a little disappointed that our bags were left in the open reception area, when they could maybe have been taken to the room, we had advised the hotel that we were at a wedding and that we wouldn't be able to check in until late. The bar was shut, which was also disappointing, but fine. The fire alarm went off at 6am and no one apologised for that which wasn't great. The rooms are nice but probably need refreshing. It was just okay, I think I was personally disappointed given the price.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

Geoffrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Why do hotel designers think it is OK to have an ensuite bathroom with no door? A curtain is not an adequate replacement for a door. This was a big issue for us. Also the only seating in our room was 1 dining chair and 1 stool when there was room for something more comfortable. I don't want to have to sit on the bed, particularly at the price this hotel came in at. Everything else was very good.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Verified review

4/10 Poor

nathan

Disliked: Room comfort

Bad nights sleep

The welcome was fine, and the room initially looked ok, but the emergency light was so bright that I could read a book with all the lights turned off, and someone had propped open the window with a wooden block, outside the window was an industrial fan. This made sleeping very difficult. Then when I went down for breakfast there was no one available, once I had been seated there was a 20 minute wait. At no point did anyone ask me how the room was or how my stay was. It seems like this would have been a great place to stay a few years ago, but now it is a bit tired and not very well run.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025
Verified review

4/10 Poor

Sheila

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service

Very disappointing

unclear where reception was no bannisters on stairs safety hazard. Sash windows rattled all night need a proper blnd in bathroom net not sufficient on high street. poor breakfast ony two cereals offered and croissants looked stale. nobody aound to speak to no checkout procedure.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Verified review

4/10 Poor

Andrea

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

Banyers house

The photographs were misleading upon checking in very messy cardboard boxes left around a half drank bottle of pop, tables with food left, floors dirty, tables not wiped down very grubby. Bed extremely uncomfortable had to lie on pillows to stop mattress digging into hips, on the booking informed it was a special birthday but no mention of it at breakfast asked for bacon and sausage to be well done it came pink and undercooked when pointed this out bacon came back well done but sausage still pink and undercooked. The images made it look like a big house in its own grounds it was next to a main road. A table in the dining room had a cotton napkin under one leg to stop it wobbling. Such a shame
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022