Pelby is widely regarded as being one of the harder Cambridge colleges to locate, most students only knowing that it is somewhere between Magdalene and St John's. In fact, Pelby is relatively invisible compared to other colleges, being both set back from the road and hidden amongst shops. Much like other well hidden colleges, the only indication that it exists is the entrance to the Porters' Lodge, this being a small door slightly to the right of the Oxfam shop, just before the bridge over the River Cam.