Novotel Cambridge North

3.5 star property
3.5-star eco-certified hotel near Scott Polar Research Institute, connected to a rail/subway station

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Lunch and dinner served, international cuisine
Indoor pool, sun loungers
1 bedroom, hypo-allergenic bedding, minibar, soundproofing
Exterior
Meeting facility

Reviews

8.8 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Air conditioning

Explore the area

Map
2, Cambridge Square, Cambridge, England, CB4 0AE
  • University of Cambridge
    ‪6 min drive‬
  • Fitzwilliam Museum
    ‪9 min drive‬
  • Addenbrooke's Hospital
    ‪13 min drive‬
  • Cambridge (CBG)
    ‪5 min drive‬

Room options

Junior Suite, 1 Queen Bed

  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Superior Queen

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Executive Queen with Single Sofa Bed

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
(7 reviews)
  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

Family Room Queen with Double Sofa Bed

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(10 reviews)
  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

Superior Suite, 1 King Bed

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(3 reviews)
  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Superior Queen with Single Sofa Bed

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful
(39 reviews)
  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

Superior Twin Room, 2 Single Beds

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful
(9 reviews)
  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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About the area

Cambridge

In Cambridge .You'll find Scott Polar Research Institute and King's College Chapel within 3 miles (5 km) of this hotel. Also, Fitzwilliam Museum is within 3 miles (5 km) and Addenbrooke's Hospital is within 6 miles (10 km).

What's nearby

  • Cambridge Science Park - 3 min drive - 2.4 km
  • University of Cambridge - 6 min drive - 4.3 km
  • Fitzwilliam Museum - 9 min drive - 4.9 km
  • King's College Chapel - 9 min drive - 5.6 km
  • Addenbrooke's Hospital - 13 min drive - 7.8 km

Getting around

  • Cambridge North Station - 1 min walk
  • Cambridge (CBG) - 14 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Nando's - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪The Mermaid - ‬16 min walk
  • ‪The Codfather - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Papa John's Pizza - ‬8 min drive

About this property

Novotel Cambridge North

3.5-star eco-certified hotel near Scott Polar Research Institute, connected to a rail/subway station
Novotel Cambridge North offers its guests an indoor pool, a sauna, and a fitness center. Along with a restaurant, there's a snack bar/deli on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. WiFi is free in public spaces.

There are 6 meeting rooms available. The eco-certified Novotel Cambridge North also features dry cleaning/laundry services, a front-desk safe, and a porter.

This 3.5-star Cambridge hotel is smoke free.

  • 217 guestrooms or units
  • Meeting rooms
  • Deli
  • Poolside lounge chairs
  • Breakfast available (surcharge)
  • Dry cleaning
  • Front desk (24 hours)
  • Front-desk safe
  • Bellhop
  • Elevator
  • No smoking on site
  • Water dispenser
  • Bar or lounge
  • Dining venue
Novotel Cambridge North offers 217 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and hair dryers. LCD televisions are featured in guestrooms.

Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Hypo-allergenic bedding, change of towels, and change of bedsheets can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Awards and affiliations

Eco-Certified Property
This property participates in Green Key (Foundation for Environmental Education), a program that measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy.

Languages

English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish

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Property amenities

Family friendly

  • In-room refrigerator
  • Indoor pool
  • Snack bar/deli
  • Soundproofed rooms

Internet

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

Parking and transportation

  • Height restrictions apply for onsite parking
  • 24-hour offsite parking (GBP 12.50 per day)

Food and drink

  • Buffet breakfast available for a fee 6:30 AM to 10:00 AM on weekdays and 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM on weekends; GBP 18 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • Snack bar/deli

Things to do

  • Gym
  • Indoor pool
  • Sauna

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Elevator
  • Handrails in stairways
  • Pool hoist on site
  • Stair-free path to entrance
  • Thin carpet in room
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible gym
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to elevator
  • Wheelchair-accessible pool
  • Wheelchair-accessible public washroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant
  • Wheelchairs on site

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • LCD TV

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste (on request)
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Minibar
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Bulk dispensers for toiletries
  • Cleaning products are eco-friendly
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Eco-friendly toiletries
  • Energy-saving switches in guestrooms
  • Iron/ironing board
  • LED lighting
  • Soundproofed rooms
  • Water-efficient showers

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • Pets: GBP 15 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.

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 buffet breakfast: approximately GBP 18.00 per person
  • Nearby parking fee: GBP 12.50 per day (open 24 hours)
  • Pet fee: GBP 15 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

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
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and mobile payments; cash is not accepted
Mobile payment options include: Apple Pay and Samsung Pay
This property reserves the right to pre-authorize the guest's credit card prior to arrival.
Cashless transactions are available
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. The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express, debit cards, mobile payments, Apple Pay, and Samsung Pay. Cash is not accepted. This property reserves the right to pre-authorize the guest's credit card prior to arrival.
    Cashless payment methods are available for all transactions.

We should mention

  • Connecting/adjoining rooms are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property at the number on your booking confirmation.
  • This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly).

Property is also known as

Novotel Cambridge North Hotel
Novotel Cambridge North Cambridge
Novotel Cambridge North Hotel Cambridge
Novotel Cambridge North (Opening May 2021)

Novotel Cambridge North Reviews

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 543 out of 859 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 195 out of 859 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 60 out of 859 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 34 out of 859 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 27 out of 859 reviews

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

9.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Tim

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Was not told about the two different key cards one for the pool and one for the room. Went down to the pool from the 4th floor and couldn’t access the pool with my room key. Had to calll reception on my mobile to get someone to let me in. The next morning I took both cards and neither worked. Had to call again to get in. Apparently you have to ask if you want to use it the next morning and get the card adjusted appropriately to access it again.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

KWOK

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ashwani

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good big clean rooms with great baths
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Emily

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The facilities are new and the staff are friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Maddy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean. Excellent gym , pool and sauna. Comfortable. 1 min walk from train. Organic option available. Lovely bath robes. Helpful staff. Problems resolved quickly and smoothly. Free breakfast would be expected in nearly £100 per night room. Signs needed to figure how to use the lift. Sauna would be nicer if it had privacy glass. Toiletries are not organic/eco - just chemically and packaged as luxury. Head baord not comfy to sit up in bed.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Comfortable and relaxed atmosphere
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Richard

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

Great hotel, not so great breakfast.

Great hotel, good location for business travel. The breakfast is awful, luke warm at best.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

DAVE

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Ben

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

Familiar Territory

I have stayed at the hotel many times. The rooms are comfortable and the staff are excellent, and consistently so. Some of the lounge furnishings are a little careworn and seven or so odd years after opening, they could be replaced while the range of spirits on the bar could be wider. But as a place to stay the connections are excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Deborah

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

Great stay

Very friendly staff, everything spotlessly clean, great shower, comfy bed, very good breakfast selection. Hotel is convenient for the train and buses into Cambridge. I attended a meeting and the conference room facilities and catering were excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Gillian

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Paul

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

Nice hotel

Nice hotel, good pool and sauna
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sophia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
The hotel was very quiet and homely.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

4/10 Poor

Dean

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

Catherine

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort

Great Hotel but not the best night sleep

Hotel was clean and modern, as the weather was fine it felt bright, sunny and airy. Swimming pool small and a tad chilly but still a lovely modern space, with a sauna, obviously full of families if you go on a Saturday but fine for us, it really made it a fun trip for the kids. Hotel room was nice but the sofa bed for the kids was hard and not divided evenly in two so one child had a really slim hard bed to sleep on (the back of the sofa) so we had a terrible night sleep, I ended up having to sleep on it, then the alarm went off on the tv at 6.30am which was really rather upsetting!! It would have been a brilliant stay if not for the bad night.There are regular buses into Cambridge from outside the train station so very well situated.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Vera

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great room with plenty of space for us all! Really comfortable and cosy.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Gordon

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

John

Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Christopher

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nicely located close to Cambridge. Situated next to Cambridge North station so good train links. Car park £15 charge per day. Hotel is modern and airy but felt all a bit informal with no real reception desk & staff on laptops. Stayed 2 nights but had no room cleaning which was disappointing. Pool was nice & kids enjoyed using it. Breakfast had nice selection but cooked breakfast was very very greasy. Generally a nice stay but for the price didn’t feel like anything amazing.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

David

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

Recommended.

Lovely modern hotel with great transport links into the city Centre making for a very affordable but convenient alternative to staying in the Centre itself.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Hans

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Dave

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

YIK KAM

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Salma

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Julia

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025