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The Bear Hotel

3.0 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
December 2024
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Exterior
Bar (on property)
Room
Terrace/patio
Restaurant

Reviews

8.4 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • 24/7 front desk
    24/7 front desk
  • Bar
    Bar
  • Breakfast included
    Breakfast included
  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi
    Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
    Restaurant

Explore the area

Map
Market Place, Wantage, England, OX12 8AB
  • Uffington White Horse
    9 min drive
  • Millets Farm Centre
    13 min drive
  • University of Oxford
    25 min drive
  • Oxford (OXF)
    42 min drive

Room options

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Room

Twin Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Room

Suite, Ensuite (Sleeps up to 3)

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Room

Single Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Double Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Standard Double or Twin Room, Ensuite (2 Double Beds)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Room

Triple Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 3
  • 3 Twin Beds

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Standard Single Room, Ensuite (Courtyard )

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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includes taxes & fees
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About the area

Wantage

Located in Wantage, The Bear Hotel is a 5-minute drive from Bakers Yard and 7 minutes from Champs Chapel Museum of East Hendred. .This hotel is 11.2 mi (18 km) from Thames River and 6.9 mi (11.1 km) from Uffington White Horse.

What's nearby

  • Uffington White Horse - 9 min drive - 11.2 km
  • Didcot Railway Centre - 15 min drive - 14.6 km
  • Christ Church College - 23 min drive - 27.3 km
  • University of Oxford - 25 min drive - 28.8 km
  • New Theatre Oxford - 25 min drive - 28.8 km

Getting around

  • Newbury Station - 21 min drive
  • Heathrow Airport (LHR) - 77 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Royal Oak Inn - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪The Kings Arms - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Wildwood Restaurants - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Bay Tree - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Grove Kebab Van - ‬3 min drive

About this property

The Bear Hotel

Hotel in Wantage with free breakfast and a 24-hour front desk
The Bear Hotel offers 33 accommodations. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Make yourself at home in one of the 33 guestrooms.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and wedding services.
At The Bear Hotel, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary breakfast is included.
Featured amenities include complimentary wired internet access, a computer station, and a 24-hour front desk.
A complimentary breakfast is offered.
The Bear Hotel has a restaurant on site.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired Internet

Food and drink

  • Free breakfast available
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar

Things to do

  • Billiards/pool table

Conveniences

  • Lift

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Luggage storage
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Computer station

Outdoors

  • Garden

Accessibility

  • Lift

More

  • Smoke-free property

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:30 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Early check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Payment types

Important information

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
This property is professionally cleaned

We should mention

A car is not required for transportation to and from this property

Property is also known as

Bear Hotel Wantage
Bear Wantage
The Bear Hotel Hotel
The Bear Hotel Wantage
The Bear Hotel Hotel Wantage

The Bear Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 137 out of 330 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 128 out of 330 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 43 out of 330 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 13 out of 330 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 9 out of 330 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Ronel

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Chris

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Mrs H D

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Scott

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Emma

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Ronald, PAIGNTON

Liked: Amenities
Very comfy bed
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Charles

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Tuesday

Was just staying the night comfy bed decent shower shame I had somewhere to be so didn’t have time for breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Catherine

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Small, friendly hotel in the middle of pretty Wantage. Delicious freshly cooked breakfast. Thank you!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Ian

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect Base
We used the Bear Hotel as a base whilst visiting the Air Tattoo in Fairford. It was a great location for us. The food and drinks at the hotel were excellent and reasonably priced. The room was adequate for what we needed. I would use this hotel again
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gavin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
last room in the area.
Last minute, last room available. It was a small single room with tiny bathroom but it served its purpose. Shower hose leaked badly into the regulator but still worked. Very good and speedy breakfast, most delicious.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
I had a single courtyard room. On the plus side it wasn’t expensive, the staff were friendly & breakfast was fine. Unfortunately the bathroom was tired & anyone who’s on the larger side may struggle as it’s small. The shower & unit had seen better days. The plumbing made some awful banging noise especially after flushing the toilet which isn’t great in the middle of the night! As this is essentially a pub, any courtyard room is straight onto an outside area where people are sat drinking right outside the door. The noise was really loud and whilst the pub closes at 11pm if you want to sleep before then this isn’t a good option. Also when I had the bedroom light on they could see in so I had to close the curtains. Again because the room opens to the outdoors there were a couple of large spiders that appeared. Whilst free Wi-Fi is available the reception is awful and kept dropping out entirely. This may be due to the location of the courtyard rooms. Unfortunately there is no parking at the hotel which was really inconvenient. I had to go to a long stay car park in an undercroft where free parking is available from 6pm to 9am. Outside of that charges apply. My car was fine but I didn’t feel comfortable leaving it there. I won’t be staying again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Neil

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

ANDREW

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

PHILIP

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good Service but we were given a poor hotel room
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Henry

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Shirley

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

10/10 Excellent

Anne F

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The Great Bear!
Wantage is lovely and the Bear Hotel was excellent in all respects
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

2/10 Terrible

Erica

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Booked in for 2 hours, sat and had lunch hadn’t even put our bags in the room then had a family emergency so could not stay, hotel and hotels.com would not refund us.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sujira

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Convenience
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Alan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel in centre of town.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Rebecca

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Roberto

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Becky

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Graham

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024