Is The Castle Hotel pet-friendly?

No, only service animals are welcome at the property.

How much does it cost to stay at The Castle Hotel?

As of Nov 1, 2025, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at The Castle Hotel on Nov 2, 2025 start from ￥17,722, 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 Hotel?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9:30 PM. Early check-in is available for a fee of GBP 10 (subject to availability). After-hours check-in is not available.

What time is check-out at The Castle Hotel?

Check-out is at 11:00 AM. Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability).

Where is The Castle Hotel located?

Located in the heart of Lincoln, this hotel is steps from Lincoln Christmas Market, Newport Arch, and Lincoln Castle. Lincoln Cathedral and The Lawn are also within 10 minutes. Lincoln Station is 15 minutes by foot.

The Castle Hotel Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

8/10 Good

Winnyfred

Jun 1, 2025

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

We had a very pleasant stay at The Castle hotel: comfortable rooms, clean and in a quiet surrounding.

Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

David

Jul 13, 2025

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

Castle Hotel first visit.

Very happy with our stay at the castle hotel bailgate. Clean, welcoming, great location. Breakfast was first rate, freshly cooked to order and very tasty. The staff were very helpful and friendly. Will definitely go back if I were to visit again.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

casey

Jul 9, 2024

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Great stay, very helpful and friendly staff.

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Krister

Mar 20, 2025

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

Great choice

This is a great choice for a stay in Lincoln. Good service and fabulous breakfast and the city right at your feet. Free parking.

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Katie

Oct 29, 2023

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

Really comfy cottage in a great location

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sandy

Jun 13, 2024

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

Fantastic location. Room was perfect and the staff were very friendly and helpful.

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mr mrs gary

Sep 5, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness

Nice and friendly staff

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Jun 10, 2024

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

1 night break

1 night getaway. Perfect location for the main attractions pubs and restaurants. Staff, room and breakfast were all 5*

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Samantha

Apr 28, 2024

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Great stay in a suite

Stayed in Tritton suite which has a good view of the cathedral from the living area and only been in service for a few months. Finished to a high standard and really clean throughout. Bathroom is great as it has a large shower and bath with dressing gowns included. Really enjoyed our stay and will be returning. Only minor suggestions to improve the stay would be including slippers to go with the dressing gowns and a box of tissues (hayfever sufferer)!

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Margaret

Dec 7, 2024

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

The hotel is in a great location and we had a lovely view of the the Cathedral which was illuminated at night and you can hear the chimes of the bells. Breakfast was lovely tasty fresh fruit salad and choice of hot breakfast. Overall a lovely stay. However there is a one annoying thing which was the parking. When I enquired about parking I was told it was for customers who had booked direct with the hotel, and we could only check if there was spaces once everyone was checked in. I was very cross about this as we didn’t know this. The car park across the road is 24hours and is £9.80. It was just the fact that I felt I should be treated as a guest and able to park no matter who I book with!

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

David

Nov 1, 2025

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

The breakfast was good but, need to be hotter. Staffs were excellent, good quality service. We did not experience any evening meals unfortunately, we arrived Sunday and stays till Wednesday morning. The hotel only serves dinners from Wednesday evening to Saturday 😟 We weren’t aware until we made the booking. We were also we’re not aware of any extra parking space at the back of the hotel? I has messaged the hotel about parking earlier but was told to park at Westgate Carpark! Only after we had arrived and booked in, the receptionist told us we could park at the back 😟 having already paid £10.50 for overnight parking.

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Mike

Oct 3, 2025

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I've stayed here on many occasions when working and it was one of my favourite hotels then. Now I've retired and it was the obvious choice when visiting Lincoln with my wife. There's nothing wrong with the Castle hotel and if you'd never been there before you wouldn't notice anything at all but it's not the place it once was. There are far fewer staff around so check in, breakfast etc takes longer than it did. The quality of the breakfast whilst better than you'll get in many other hotels is again, not what it was. The biggest frustration was breakfast which usually involved repeated requests for more milk, butter or toast when more alert staff would notice these were needed. On our third and last morning there was a change of staff and it was a much better experience: The waitress/receptionist was lovely and chatty and the food arrived in a quarter of the time it had previously. Other than these minor gripes, the stay was lovely. It would be hard to find a better location in Lincoln. The room was clean, the bed comfy and the shower hot. Everything I need. I get that margins are getting squeezed and that good staff are hard to find but fixing these little things are what makes a hotel stand out from the crowd. I hope The Castle returns to its former glory soon.

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Heather

Sep 24, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

My room overlooking the castle walls was spotless. However, the furnishings and decor were a little exhausted looking there and in public areas. The vegetarian breakfast was outstanding. Good quality ingredients and piping hot.

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Herbert

Jul 23, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lincoln Hotel with great location and nice ameniti

Great location and nice hotel.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Carol

Jul 4, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness

Disliked: Amenities

The staff were lovely . The property itself was tired looking , our room was basic .

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Darren

Jun 20, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Hotel was in good location for the historic area and was walkable. The hotel refused to allow me to park the car in the car park and said the car park was for the exclusive use of guests who booked directly by phone and as I used hotels.com I needed to move it. This is apparently confirmed in the terms and conditions but I must have missed this. I arrived early and could have done with checking-in without the need to return to the hotel after 15:00 but this was refused on the basis that the printer wasn’t working. I moved my car to the council car park which is £10 for 24 hours so pretty reasonable and about 100m away. The bed was rock-hard. The room was clean and well maintained. Breakfast was nice - cooked to order.

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

les

May 17, 2025

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

Great location, Great room

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

May 9, 2025

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Lovely food. Parking tight do if busy park in public car park like most city hotels. Staff were really friendly and helpful

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Parijat

May 5, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities

Every thing was great except being an old property there was no elevator and there is no mention of it in the listing. I have arthritis and carrying my suitcase upstairs was not what I was planning on.

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

samuel

Apr 19, 2025

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

top of the hill

a lovely friendly hotel could do with a lift

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Viv

Mar 30, 2025

A nice hotel in the old part of town

A very nice hotel, conveniently located near the cathedral, castle & old town. The executive rooms are rather ambitiously named. I would say they are the minimum standard you’d expect from a good hotel these days. Comfortable and adequate. Walls are a little thin, in terms of noise - which could be a problem if you have noisy neighbours. Also cheap and nasty toilet paper which takes the edge of the ‘executive’ experience. Breakfasts were lovely and the staff attentive and friendly enough, though not always entirely on top of their game. Limited free parking is available on site though not always made clear to arriving guests, so you may find yourself needlessly paying £9 for 24 hour parking, over the road. Overall, a nice place to stay for a short break.

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

MARGARET

Mar 25, 2025

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Super hotel, in a great location for most of Lincolns sites. Staff nice & helpful & friendly.

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Mar 23, 2025

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

A lovely independent hotel, located near castle and cathedral. For high street shops its a trip up and down steep hill but worth staying near the top. My room had castle view, room has good amenities . Really enjoyable stay and I recommend staying here or visiting the bar or restaurant.

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Diane

Jan 26, 2025

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Overnight stay

Lovely stay, attic room very nice but heating should have been turned on before we arrived on one of the coldest days of the year! It was very cold and took a while to warm up. Otherwise all lovely and breakfast was excellent, staff friendly. A great location for exploring old and new Lincoln! Would revisit

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Alan

Jan 5, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Bacon burnt beyond crispy

Staff were fanastatic polite ans courteous. Very nice well kept hotel. A real shame that the service didnt finish on a high, last morning 1-forgot our breakfast order 2-breakfast arrived with burnt/cindered bacon 3-as it was New Years day and close to the end id breakfast service, we didnt point out the obvious, we left the bacon and ate the rest, i said to the server it should not have been put on the plate. And an apology would have sufficed. She said sorry. Little things matter, ignorance matters, we will try the white swan next.

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

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