# The Castle Inn: Agent-Direct Score F (0%)

Site: https://www.castleealing.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/castleealing.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-15 (Provisional: the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
The Castle Inn's website could not be reached by the scanner on 2026-10-15 (http 403). Rescans are free.
AI assistants cannot open the website of The Castle Inn, so they rely on what other sites say about it.

## What to fix first
- **The site could not be read at all.** The server refuses the request outright, which usually means a firewall rule aimed at bots. A real browser was tried as well and got browser: Unable to create new browser: code: 429: message: Rate limit exceeded.

## Already right
- Nothing.

## Since the scan of 2026-10-14 (F then)
- Fixed: nothing
- New: nothing

## Where it stands
2322 of 2436 in London cafes and bars. Top 95% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top tenth of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 96% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 98% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 69% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 12% | no |

Nearest places in the index: The Red Lion (C, 205 m, https://directindex.org/r/theredlionw5.com); Rose and Crown (A, 241 m, https://directindex.org/r/roseandcrownealing.co.uk); Embassy Lounge Bar (C, 632 m, https://directindex.org/r/embassyw5.com); Revival Cafe (F, 675 m, https://directindex.org/r/revivalcafelondon.co.uk); Jamaica Blue (C, 769 m, https://directindex.org/r/jamaicablue.co.uk); Artisan (F, 776 m, https://directindex.org/r/artisancoffee.co.uk); Arise Coffee Roasters (F, 835 m, https://directindex.org/r/arisecoffee.co.uk); Town Bikes Cafe (C, 845 m, https://directindex.org/r/townbikes.co.uk); Papillon (B, 853 m, https://directindex.org/r/papilloncafe.co.uk); Creperie Cila (D, 869 m, https://directindex.org/r/creperie-cila.co.uk).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about every claimed business the moment it is claimed; claim this page to be included.

## Businesses like The Castle Inn in London cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in London cafes and bars | 2436 | 54% | 38% | 0% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in London cafes and bars: And Then (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/andthentooting.com); Bar Américain (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/brasseriezedel.com); Bar Soho (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/barsoho.co.uk); Be At One Monument (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/beatone.co.uk); Conuco (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/conuco.co.uk).

## The direct record
What agents get for The Castle Inn, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/castleealing.co.uk
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: none on record

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 0 | 25 |
| Actionable | 0 | 30 |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: no

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/castleealing.co.uk/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/castleealing.co.uk/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. Reading and scanning stay free; these few euros pay for the questions sent to the assistants and for the servers.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=castleealing.co.uk&force=1