The George Hotel was once the departure point of the six-horse coach “The Defiance” which left for London at 9am every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and for Wisbech and March at 5.30pm every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
In the 1950s the boxer Freddie Mills stayed at the hotel and trained there for a big championship fight. At the rear of the Hotel is a large yard from which there is a view of the roof of what used to be the Crown Theatre – now part of the Chatteris Working Men’s Club building.
It is a Grade II Listed building.
Photographs: now and then
The George Hotel, 2020. Photo: Lawrence Weetman 
The George Hotel, 2005. Photo: Chatteris Community Archive / Bill Cooke 
The George Hotel, 1970s. Photo: Chatteris Community Archive / Stuart Stacey Collection
Where is it?
Location and directions: Google Maps
Find out more
- The George Hotel website
- The George Hotel on Google Streetview
- The George Hotel on the Chatteris Community Archive
- The George Hotel on the Historic England register of listed buildings
Taking a digital tour of Chatteris?
If you’re taking a Digital Tour of Chatteris, continue along Market Hill, which becomes The High Street. You will reach an S-shaped curve in the road, and facing you will be the magnificent Bramley House guesthouse, which is the next stop on our tour.