The Willows Training Centre

3.0 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
December 2024
January 2025

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Aerial view
Sports bar
Lobby lounge
Superior Double/Twin
Reception

Reviews

8.2 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Spa
  • Gym
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Breakfast available
  • Laundry

Explore the area

Map
Great North Road, Wyboston, Bedford, England, MK44 3AL
  • Wyboston Lakes Golf Course
    4 min walk
  • The Cricket Kitchen
    1 min walk
  • St Neots Station
    14 min drive
  • London (LTN-Luton)
    56 min drive

Room options

Superior Double/Twin

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

Family Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 King Beds

Basic Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Standard Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Bedford

Located in Bedford, The Willows Training Centre is in the suburbs, a 1-minute drive from Wyboston Lakes Golf Course and 7 minutes from St Neots Museum. .This family-friendly hotel is 6.1 mi (9.9 km) from Paxton Pits Nature Reserve and 8.7 mi (14 km) from Potton Library.

What's nearby

  • Wyboston Lakes Golf Course - 4 min walk
  • St Neots Museum - 7 min drive
  • Crafty Monkey Pottery Painting, Build a Bear and Craft Studio - 8 min drive
  • Shuttleworth Collection - 15 min drive
  • Bedford Park - 15 min drive

Getting around

  • St Neots Station - 14 min drive
  • Luton Airport (LTN) - 56 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Waggon & Horses - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Eaton Plaice - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Barley Mow - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Ambience Cafe Restaurant - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Bohemia - ‬7 min drive

About this property

The Willows Training Centre

Suburban hotel with a golf course and a fitness center
The Willows Training Centre offers 193 accommodations with safes and hair dryers. 55-inch flat-screen televisions come with cable channels. Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads, and complimentary toiletries.

This Bedford hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and portable fans. Housekeeping is offered daily and hypo-allergenic bedding can be requested.

Guests can play rounds at the 18-hole golf course. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a fitness center.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Guests can pamper themselves by indulging in the onsite spa services. There are 11 treatment rooms. Services include massages.
Stay in one of 193 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms feature showers with rainfall showerheads and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
While the golfer in the family is out on the course, try one of the other recreational amenities offered, such as a sauna or a fitness center. This hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, an arcade/game room, and a picnic area.
Enjoy a satisfying meal at Cricket Kitchen serving guests of The Willows Training Centre. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. Full breakfasts are served on weekdays from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM and on weekends from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a business center, express check-in, and express check-out. Free self parking is available onsite.
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge on weekdays between 7:00 AM and 9:00 AM and on weekends between 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM.
Cricket Kitchen - This buffet restaurant serves breakfast and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Full breakfast available for a fee 7:00 AM–9:00 AM on weekdays and 8:00 AM–10:00 AM on weekends: GBP 15 per person
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar

Restaurants on site

  • Cricket Kitchen

Things to do

  • Arcade/games room
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Fishing
  • Fitness centre
  • Table football
  • Golf course
  • Golf driving range
  • Motor-boating
  • Sauna
  • Spa services
  • Steam room
  • Waterskiing

Family friendly

  • Arcade/games room
  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • Banquet hall
  • Front-desk safe
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Golf cart
  • Golf lessons
  • Golf pro shop
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Water sports equipment

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Garden
  • Picnic area

Spa

  • 11 treatment rooms
  • Massages
  • Massage/treatment rooms

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • Assistive listening devices available
  • Bathroom emergency pull cord
  • Grab bar near toilet
  • In-room accessibility
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

More

  • Games
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Heating
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding
  • Portable fan

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • 55-inch flat-screen TV
  • TV channels

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Free tea bags/instant coffee

More

  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop-friendly workspace
  • Local maps
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available
Late check-out fee: GBP 25.00
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for full breakfast: approximately GBP 15 per person
  • Late check-out fee: GBP 25.00
  • Spa fee: GBP 80

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Reservations are required for golf tee times, massage services, and spa treatments; reservations can be made by contacting the property prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

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The Willows Training Centre Reviews

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 155 out of 377 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 142 out of 377 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 46 out of 377 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 23 out of 377 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 11 out of 377 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Mark

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Eco-Bull Hotel - Just Average
This is a really, really average Motel type experience. It’s a decent room, cheap TV and a tea / coffee, little safe kind of space but nowhere near worth the money. Some important points for anyone who might get fooled by their “Eco-hotel” kind of marketing: The air-con in the corridors is blasting out cold air (on a cold Sept evening) and the rooms are subsequently very cold - so guests need to put the heating on which then competes with the corridor air-con as the rooms heat up. Madness! And burning up money - which is reflected in the cost - as well as CO2 expended. All the “do-the-right-thing” signage which swamps their marketing is a classic way of saying what they actually DON’T understand nor subscribe to, really. Other Points to note If there’s a big Hooray Henry Party (a huge finance company block-booked the place) happening then do not expect an evening meal. The (lovely, well-meaning) young staff suggested Burger King “just over the road” as the alternative. Think on that business guests. The corridors are dark, with a soulless grey decor and the signage for the whole complex is either confusing or non-existant. The staff I spoke to said it’s a perennial complaint of guests. See attached picture which lists room numbers back to front. I was told that the (actually, amazing) gym “can only take ten guests” which I’m sure was not true as there were over forty pieces of equipment and loads of space. But guess what? The signage to there is very poor.
Grey and dismal and back to front
Like a grim waiting room office decor
Cheap corrugated messages to break up the feeling of being in a mortuary.
Just before the light sensor kicks in, dark, dismal freezing cold corridor.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Leroy

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Khaled

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tony

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Leroy

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Jack

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Matthew

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Mk Dons.
A great getaway
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean and comfortable room Check in reception welcoming and friendly. Excellent service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Neil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Dance
Friday night stopover, this will be the last time here for about 12 months as the venue, St Neots priory is shuting for refurbishment.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

UK GSR TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Wildly expensive and basic
Rooms feel like student dorms, no soul just basic as hell. The bar is wildly expensive for what it is £6 for a bottle of peroni is crazy. I won’t be staying again. You claim a spa also in the listing but when arrived it’s in another hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Zainab

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Connor

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Caroline

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Neil

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tracey

Really enjoyed our stay. Lovely and clean. Staff very helpful overall a pleasant stay
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Julie

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value
Had work in the Knowledge Centre next door, so was very convenient and good value for the tidy set up.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Daryl, Warfield

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Free coffee, flavoured water,
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Lisa, Banbury

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Does exactly what you want. A good value hotel/conference facility. Easy parking. Nice room. Friendly staff.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

2/10 Terrible

Ejaz

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Family stay.
The hotel is situated next to a nature reserve , with a spa, and wellness centre. A very good location. However I found the room to have a very strong smell of damp, there was a lot of dust on top of the curtains, and lamp shades. When closing the curtains the dust fell down and the curtains were stuck along the curtain pole, I’m not sure if the room is used often enough to be thoroughly cleaned each time as it felt very damp as though it was cleaned a while ago and left. Apart from this it is a lovely a room, with good amenties. There is a bar and restaurant within the hotel. There is a supermarket, petrol station and other stores within a very short drive away.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gem of a hotel
This is a gem of a hotel, when we arrived we were definitely pleasantly surprised. The hotel staff are really friendly and helpful, the room was a little on the small side but was really nice. Would definitely look to stay here again when we're down that way
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sukin, Uxbridge

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Smooth service through. Amazing area. Food bit expensive.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Casson

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay away
Very good very nice
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Neil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Dance stopover
Stopover for a few beers
Stayed 1 night in May 2024