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Cathedral Gate Hotel

Property class: 3

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A historic building with Gothic architecture, including pointed arches and a clock tower.
A room with a reception desk, a blue armchair, a blue sofa, and large windows.
A dining area with wooden tables and chairs, a window with a view of buildings, and a framed picture on the wall.
A living room with a fireplace, a bookshelf, a sofa, and a dining table.
A hotel room with a large bed, a sofa, a nightstand, and a lamp.

Reviews

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Free WiFi
  • Bar
  • Housekeeping
The current price is $116
$97 nightly
$116 total
Total with taxes and fees
Oct 12 - Oct 13

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36, Burgate, Canterbury, England, CT1 2HA
  • Place, Canterbury Cathedral
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Marlowe Theatre
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, Canterbury Christ Church University
    ‪6 min walk‬

Room options

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A neatly made bed with a headboard, two bedside tables with lamps, and a window with curtains.

Double Room, Ensuite

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(36 reviews)
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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A hotel room with two beds, each with a pillow, a bedside lamp, and a towel.

Twin Room, Ensuite

8.6 out of 10
Excellent
(17 reviews)
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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A hotel room with a bed, a chair, a desk, and a nightstand with a lamp and phone.

Standard Single Room (Shared bathroom)

9.8 out of 10
Exceptional
(11 reviews)
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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A bedroom with a large bed, two bedside tables with lamps, a wardrobe, and a carpeted floor.

Standard Double Room (Shared Bathroom)

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(2 reviews)
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the neighborhood

Canterbury

A stay at Cathedral Gate Hotel places you in the heart of Canterbury, steps from Canterbury Cathedral and Canterbury Roman Museum. .This guesthouse is 0.2 mi (0.3 km) from Marlowe Theatre and 0.2 mi (0.3 km) from St. Peter's Anglican Church.
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What's nearby

  • Canterbury Cathedral - 1 min walk - 0.1 miles
  • Marlowe Theatre - 3 min walk - 0.2 miles
  • Canterbury Christ Church University - 6 min walk - 0.4 miles
  • Westgate Gardens - 6 min walk - 0.4 miles
  • Westgate Gardens and Towers - 6 min walk - 0.4 miles

Getting around

  • Canterbury East Station - 10 min walk
  • Gatwick Airport (LGW) - 85 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Starbucks - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Pret a Manger - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Caffè Nero - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪The Old Buttermarket - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪City Fish Bar - ‬2 min walk

About this property

Cathedral Gate Hotel

Cathedral Gate Hotel offers 24 accommodations with complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Flat-screen televisions come with cable channels. This Canterbury guesthouse provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested. Cribs/infant beds (surcharge) are also available.
Stay in one of 24 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access.
Satisfy your appetite at the guesthouse's coffee shop/cafe. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary continental breakfast is served daily from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM.
Featured amenities include luggage storage and a water dispenser. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 7:30 AM and 9:30 AM.

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transportation

  • Offsite parking within 0.2 miles (GBP 13 per day); discounts available
  • Self parking on site (GBP 13 per day)

Food and drink

  • Free continental breakfast available daily 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM
  • A bar/lounge
  • A coffee shop/cafe

Family friendly

  • Crib (surcharge)

Conveniences

  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Water dispenser

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

More

  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Crib (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water

More

  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board on request

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: 11 PM
Minimum check-in age: 16

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7 AM - 11 PM
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property ahead of time using the information on the booking confirmation
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are available for GBP 15.0 per night

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Self parking fee: GBP 13 per day
  • Nearby parking fee: GBP 13 per day (984 ft away)
  • Crib (infant bed) fee: GBP 15.0 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

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, debit cards, and cash
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Cathedral Gate
Cathedral Gate Canterbury
Cathedral Gate Hotel
Cathedral Gate Hotel Canterbury
Hotel Cathedral Gate
Cathedral Gate Canterbury
Cathedral Gate Hotel Guesthouse
Cathedral Gate Hotel Canterbury
Cathedral Gate Hotel Guesthouse Canterbury

Cathedral Gate Hotel Reviews

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 458 out of 702 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 182 out of 702 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 43 out of 702 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 15 out of 702 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 702 reviews

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff,quirky hotel right next to the cathedral.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Derek

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Comfy bed, nice breakfast friendly staff and free parking available nearby
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

Emanuel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff really congenial and always helpful
Stayed 2 nights in May 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Barend

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very good breakfast
Stayed 1 night in May 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Irene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything at this hotel was fantastic.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This wonderful hotel has so much character, including slanting floors in some rooms. The staff were fantastic and extremely helpful. Located central to everything you could want to see.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice quaint very old hotel. Nothing fancy but everything we needed.
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Filemon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We thoroughly enjoyed our 3 night stay in this almost 8 century old hotel with Alice in Wonderland maze of hallways, tilted floors and lichen/moss encrusted roof tiles. Location is perfect, rooms quiet/clean, beds comfortable, staff kind and welcoming.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Deborah J

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderfully quirky charm that places you back in history. Very welcoming and helpful staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

Nancy

Wonderful location! Place was a little quirky but we loved it. Included breakfast was very good and a nice variety. Definitely best if you don’t have a car to park as that wasn’t very convenient.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

Melisa

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean room, extremely helpful staff.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Dana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Clean room, great breakfast, great location, friendly staff
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2025
Verified review

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly and helpful staff. Great location. Rooms are nice and clean. Breakfast was good. Very quirky old building - all floors slope in a different direction which is rather characterful but walls between rooms are very thin. Would be happy to stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was very helpful and polite. I was very happy to have stayed there
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Gaetano

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, friendly staff and convenient to visit the city centre
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

stephen

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A great hotel with character and very convenient for the cathedral.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a fantastic hotel for a visit to Canterbury. Absolutely central to everything you come to Canterbury to see, but has the added bonus of being a hotel you look forward to coming back to at the end of the day. It feels like coming home. The staff, the ambience, the furnishing seem designed to create a feeling of welcome. Ask the staff about it's history as well. It's been here even longer than the Cathedral Gate that anchors it. Highly recommend if you like hotels that are story worthy. I'll definitely return.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Nick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quirky environment, but pleasing. Very limited view of cathedral despite advertising room had a view. Very handy for visit to cathedral and view city. Breakfast room overlooks historic city centre. Car access to hotel through barriers somewhat tedious as was "not on site" parking. Overall totally enjoyable stay
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A fantastic location with a large very clean bedroom. The bathroom was small but good with an enthusiastic shower. Normal coffee and tea making facility. My only complaint was the bed was rather small for two people. The staff were all very friendly and helpful. Is definitely stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Nicola

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was clean and had everything we needed... The thing that made our stay extra special was the staff, they were polite, happy, courteous and generally just really lovely
We stayed in the twin room with an end suite
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Helen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
A unique location, everything spotless, great staff.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025
Verified review

8/10 Good

Mike

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent front of house team. Facilities excellently clean. Perfect location for sightseeing. Parking much easier than one might imagine.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

Gustav

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Be careful, it’s easy to accidentally book a room with SHARED bathroom facilities! This place is so charming but the rooms facing the main street are LOUD with young men yelling well until 11pm or so. Getting to the hotel can be tricky as well. Need to go past bollards into the pedestrian zone. No a/c no elevator and the parking lot is public and a few blocks away but reasonable. Breakfast is minimal, no eggs…
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Mitchelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very helpful & friendly staff, great food.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025