All Rooms are furnished to a high standard with private bath and/or shower, have central heating, direct dial telephone, colour TV, Radio alarms and complimentary refreshment trays. Single Room with en suite facilites and breakfast69.00 Double/Twin room with en suite facilites and breakfast89.00 Four poster with jacuzzi bath and breakfast99.00 Honeymoon Suite with Jacuzzi bath and breakfast,120.00 Family room for up to 4 persons and breakfast99.00 Honeymoon Suite with Breakfast, flowers, chocolates and champagne169.00 The above charges are per night and include bed and breakfast. These prices also inculde VAT. Please note that we operate a strict 24 hour cancellation policy. Any rooms cancelled within 24 hours of the day of arrival will be charged for in full.

The main restaurant is ideal for meetings or conferences and can cater for up to 45 people theatre style. It is also fully air conditioned. The smaller restaurant can be available for conference and meetings as well holding about 25-30 people. These rooms are ideal for sales and board meetings, private dinner parties or weddings. Prices available upon request. Conference Meeting Areas. Why don't you contact us about a conference area. Try and locate us for a meeting. Or just take an tour

The Honeymoon Suite has undergone a transformation and is the jewel in the crown of the Hotel. Popular not just with bride and grooms but those just wanting a romantic weekend away, its recent refurbishment has taken the hotel from a 72% two star AA rating to a 78% rating, making the Castle Hotel the highest rated two star Hotel in East Anglia. The room has a beautiful four poster bed, draped in red and gold and covered in a lovely selection of scatter cushions. The furniture is of the highest quality and for those of you who find time to watch the television there is a 36 plasma television in the corner. The rooms sweeps through to a cosy Lounge area which offers tea and coffee making facilities. The bathroom hosts a new jacuzzi bath, built especially for two with the taps situated in the middle of the bath. No need to fight over who has the tap end. The whole suite has been designed to put the emphasis on romance. If you look at guest information you will see that we do provide a package to include champagne, flowers and chocolates. We provide the room and the rest is up to you

The cosy Lounge bar offers a lovely atmosphere to enjoy a quiet drink before Dinner with a good selection of beers and an even finer selection of malt whiskies. The bar which is at the front of the hotel is tasefully decorated with images of Downham through the years. The bar is open to residents and non-residents serving real ales and fabulous bar snacks. For an further look on of hotel have a hotel tour!!!

Downham Market itself is a charming Norfolk market Town. It has one or two claims to fame in that it helped to educate the young Norfolk boy who was to become Lord Nelson and it was also the home of Captain Manby who invented the life-saving gun used in shore-to-shipwreck rescue operations. Around Downham the visitor will find much to enjoy without going far afield. The Wash is only a few miles away and there is golf, boating, fishing and of course the great meeting place of rivers at Denver. Here the Great Ouse sweeps round to collect the water of the river Wissey and joins up at the mighty Denver Sluice with the Bedford rivers and the new relief channel, all flowing towards the sea. Breakfast7.30a.m. - 9.30 a.m. Weekends and Bank Holidays8.30a.m. - 9.30 a.m. Luncheon12 noon - 2p.m. Dinner6.30p.m. - 9.00p.m. Sunday6.30p.m. -7.30p.m. Checking out time11.30a.m. The Castle Hotel is a privately run 2 Star award winning Hotel. It has been owned and run by Howard and Helen Fradley for the past fifteen years. It prides itself on the quality of food and accommodation that it provides for each guest that walks through the door. The Hotel is situated in the centre of Downham Market some 28 miles north of Cambridge with easy access to London (M11).

We have eleven letting bedrooms all with en suite facilities. They all have colour television, radio alarm clocks, direct dial telephone and tea and coffee making facilities. Two of the rooms have four poster beds with jacuzzi baths. Both are ideal for a honeymoon couple or those just wanting a romantic weekend break. Personal service and sheer dedication from a wonderful team of staff, coupled with the enthusiasm of the proprietors are the keynotes of the success of the Castle Hotel. We hope to have the pleasure of your company here in Norfolk soon.

The hotel has eleven letting bedrooms all with en suite facilities. This accommodation comprises of two four poster rooms both with jacuzzi bath, four double bedded rooms, three twin bedded rooms, one family room with three beds but the capacity to take an extra bed and one single bedded room. If you would like to have a look at the bedrooms please take the Hotel tour. Why not take a tour of the hotel. Book in the restaurant or accommodation. Or just go back to the home page

The main Restaurant offers a choice of food from either our Table d'hote or a la carte menus. We also can cater for dinner parties or weddings for up to 60 people. The Restaurant is fully air conditioned. The hotel has also won awards from the RAC over the last few years for the high standard of food and service provided.

The smaller restaurant is ideal for the more intimate Dinner Party and can hold up to 20 people. This also can be booked for private functions and hold meetings.And like the other restaurant this has won awards from the RAC.

The Castle Hotel, one of Downham's two coaching inns pictured here during heavy snow fall in January 1907. Even then people could wait to have their photgraphs taken. The High Street showing the Chequers public house in the background, the land lying between Byfield's butchers shop (later Bowman's) and Leopald Peter's shop (later Parrott's) was gardens until approximately 1935 when two shops were built. The picture below showing the High Street decorated for King George V's Coronation in 1911. Among Downham Markets claims to fame are, that Nelson spent some his days at school in Bridge Street and that Charles 1 stayed three days at The White Swan after his defeat at the Battle of Naseby. Downham Market can be best appreciated by spending some time there, a town of which parts and traditions have remained unchanged for centuries. To discover more about Downham's history we recommend a visit to the towns museum or by reading Mike Bullen's book titled 'Around Downham Market', photographs and text which have been used here. HIGH STREET, c 1911.

Room 3 is a three bedded room with en suite bath and shower. It also has the capacity to take an extra bed making it ideal as a family room. Click on the hotel tour button to have a look at the rest of the hotel.

Address The Castle Hotel High Street, Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9HF Telephone 01366 384311 Fax 01366 386187 Email castle@castle-hotel.com. Find out how to get to the hotel. Why not give us your veiws on the website click on the e-mail link,or give us a call.

Room 6 is a twin bedded room with an en suite shower, basin and W.C. It can take an extra bed should you wish to turn it into a family room.

Room 11 is a twin bedded room with the capacity for an extra bed and has an en suite shower, basin and W.C.

In 1910, one of the worst fires occurred here in Downham Market. Two of the adjacent buildings to the Castle namely the clothing factory which housed an enormous amount of ex army supplies was burnt to the ground. It was a huge shock to Mr. Richards who had only recently purchased the Castle Hotel. He woke his guests by shouting to wake them up, they were staying at the Castle over the Christmas holiday, they joined in with most of the townsfolk of Downham where they desperately tried to put out the fire. They also led the horses out of the stables (now the car park) and dragged the carriages and straw away from the vicinity. The fire was intense and although two fire appliances were on the scene water was very scarce (nothing ever changes). Buckets and buckets of water were carried out of the Castle and the houses nearby, but this act in itself was not much help. The Castle stables suffered extensive damage in fact the glass roof that covered the stable yard was cracked. (a photo of the old stable yard and indeed the glass roof cover can still be seen today in the bar on the ceiling where else?) The way in which fire was broadcast to the townsfolk was by the ringing of the church bells, thank goodness times have changed. During the Second World War Downham was identical to every other town within the United Kingdom, especially when the closeness of the town and the RAF Airfield brought the two together everyday, the Castle was the preferred hostelry of the younger air crews. Castle Hotel History. CASTLE HOTEL, c.1907. Written by: Sharon James

Please click on the AA route planner mapping for directions from where you are. Nearest to Kings Lynn - 10 miles Cambridge - 35 miles Norwich - 45 miles London Kings Cross - 94 miles Transport By Rail: Downham Market station - 1 mile Watlington station- 6 miles By Bus: Downham Bus stop - half a mile Parking 50 spaces at the side of the hotel.

The Castle Hotel's Hotel Tour. Hover over the picture with the mouse curser and click on a window or door. This will give you a look see at the Castle Hotel's beautiful decor.

Room 5 is situated towards the rear of the Hotel and has a double bed with an en suite shower, basin and W.C.

Room 10 is a double bedded room with a canopy above the bed and has an en suite shower, basin and W.C.

Castle Hotel History 2. The black and white faade starkly contrasts with the tapestry of flowers outside the Castle. It's chequered past is etched within the very fabric of the walls, and oozes history and character. The Castle used to be a coaching Inn, where horse and coach left for Cambridge and Ely every single day except Sundays (of course) during the 1830's. One such company was called the Red Rover, they departed from the Castle at 7.00pm on it's way to London. In 1860 the railway stepped forward as the front runner and the Castle used to send an omnibus to the station in Downham to meet every train, (how kind I hear you say), well yes it was. However, they stabled the horses of the train travellers and made their money that way. The proprietor during the late 18th Century was called Thomas Harris, and when the poor Law amendment act of 1834 decided that each town would take care of it's own poor, by providing them with housing food and work. It was decided that the union Workhouse would be built in Downham market. Mr Plestow was duly elected as chairman of the Union Guardians. This particular group of people actually decided where the workhouse would be built. However, until the building was finished Mr Harris (mine Host of the Castle) obliged them by renting them a room for 6 months together with fuel for the fire candles and even warm stabling for their horses, all for 10.00 The Castle has had a few proprietors over the years, some of those include: Thomas Harris in the 18th century. He was then succeeded by his widow Mary Anne. The early part of the 20th century John Henry Richards was in residence. Not forgetting the current proprietors Howard and Helen, who have joined the long list of many who make their mark in owning the Castle Hotel. I am sure the Castle will be here for several more hundreds of years and is well worth a visit.

 Central situation
 Conference and meeting room
 Credit cards accepted
 Dinner may be served in the room
 Facsimile services
 Hairdryer
 Heating
 Ironing facilities
 Licensed bar
 Parking lot
 Restaurant
 Private/Ensuite bathroom
 Phone at reception
 Phones in rooms
 TV sets in rooms
 Common room with a TV set