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Contact the pub for groups or if dining at a busy time." } } ] } ] } ], "editorialMarkdown": "[View next **The Mitre**]()\n\n## The Maypole\n\nA family-run free house hidden off Bridge Street, combining a nineteenth-century pub lineage with one of central Cambridge's strongest independent beer selections.\n\n[Plan this experience]()\n\n[Explore the story]()\n\nCost **Free to visit**\n\nTime to allow **45–90 minutes**\n\nPace **Easy**\n\nPlace **Portugal Place, central Cambridge**\n\nBest time **Year round**\n\n01 / The experience\n\n### The Maypole\n\nChoose the Maypole for a genuinely independent central pub whose family ownership, broad beer range and layered site history survive behind an easily missed lane.\n\nThe Maypole occupies a tucked-away position on Portugal Place, but its history is substantial. Licensing records trace the site through the Paul Pry and Maypole names in the nineteenth century, while the present premises also absorbed the former Plume of Feathers. The Castiglione family have run the pub since 1982 and bought its freehold in 2009. It remains recognisably a pub rather than a restaurant-led venue: multiple drinking areas, a covered terrace, an extensive changing beer range and Italian-influenced food give it a character distinct from Cambridge's managed city-centre houses.\n\n02 / The essentials\n\n### The Maypole: visit essentials\n\n1. 01\n\n Pub records on the site extend into the nineteenth century.\n2. 02\n\n The present premises combine the former Maypole and Plume of Feathers.\n3. 03\n\n The Castiglione family have run the pub since 1982.\n4. 04\n\n The family bought the freehold in 2009.\n5. 05\n\n CAMRA named it Cambridge city Pub of the Year in 2026.\n6. 06\n\n The pub remains independently operated rather than part of a national estate.\n\n03 / The place\n\n### The building in context.\n\nBuilt\n\nPub use documented from the nineteenth century\n\nStyle\n\nHistoric city-centre public house\n\n04 / Before you go\n\n### Plan your visit\n\n#### Prices & admission\n\nNo admission charge; drinks and food are individually priced.\n\n#### Opening hours\n\nThe pub currently uses split daytime and evening hours on most weekdays and Sunday, with continuous opening on Saturday. Check the official website before travelling.\n\n#### Plan your experience\n\nWalk-ins suit most visits; contact the pub directly for groups or dining at busy times.\n\n[Visit the official site]()\n\n#### Accessibility\n\nAccess conditions vary between the historic interior and terrace. Contact the pub for current step-free entrance and accessible-toilet information.\n\n#### Participation requirements\n\nShort city-centre walk; some historic thresholds may be present.\n\nNot normally required for drinks.\n\nContinue exploring / Cambridge\n\n### More things to do\n*in Cambridge*\n\nExplore Cambridge activities, sights and places to eat. 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It is a family-run free house, with the Castiglione family owning the freehold.\n\n02 Is the Maypole easy to find?\n\nIt is close to Bridge Street and Jesus Green but tucked into Portugal Place, so it is easy to pass without noticing.\n\n03 Does the Maypole serve food?\n\nYes. It is known for homemade Italian-influenced food as well as its beer selection; check current service times.\n\n04 Do I need to book?\n\nUsually not for drinks. Contact the pub for groups or if dining at a busy time.\n\nBefore you visit\n\n### Check hours, tickets and access.\n\nCheck opening hours, admission prices and access with the venue before setting off.\n\nUpdated\n\nDate unavailable\n\nBy\n\n[Above Guide Editorial Team]()\n\nUseful links\n\n- [Official site maypolefreehouse.co.uk ↗]()\n- [Supporting source camra.org.uk ↗]()\n- [Supporting source capturingcambridge.org ↗]()\n\n[Report a correction]()\n\nContinue exploring\n\n### Make Cambridge\nyour own.\n\n[Visit the official site]()[← All things to do]()\n\nOpening hours, prices and access change. Confirm details on the official site before visiting.\n\nFiled under historic pub / independent / free house / real ale / city centre" }