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Bankes Arms Hotel

3.5 star property
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December 2024
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Front of property - evening/night
Courtyard
Single Room
Lobby
Interior

Reviews

8.6 out of 10

Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast included
  • Parking included
  • Restaurant
  • Bar
    Bar
  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi
    Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
23 East Street, Corfe Castle, Wareham, England, BH20 5ED
  • Corfe Castle
    4 min walk
  • RSPB Arne
    4 min drive
  • Isle of Purbeck
    6 min drive
  • Bournemouth (BOH-Bournemouth Intl.)
    31 min drive

Room options

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Desk, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board, cots/infant beds

Double Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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Desk, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board, cots/infant beds

Twin Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Single Room

Single Room

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Family Room

Family Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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About the area

Wareham

With a stay at Bankes Arms Hotel in Wareham, you'll be a 4-minute walk from Corfe Castle and within a 5-minute drive of Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum. .This inn is 11.1 mi (17.9 km) from Durdle Door and 11.2 mi (18.1 km) from Lulworth Cove.
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What's nearby

  • Corfe Castle - 4 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Isle of Purbeck - 6 min drive - 5.3 km
  • Swanage Beach - 16 min drive - 9.4 km
  • Studland Beach and Nature Reserve - 17 min drive - 8.1 km
  • Poole Harbour - 19 min drive - 23.8 km

Getting around

  • Corfe Castle Station - 2 min walk
  • Southampton (SOU) - 57 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Kings Arms - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Square & Compass - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪The Old Granary - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪The Village Inn - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪The Salt Pig - ‬6 min drive

About this property

Bankes Arms Hotel

Inn with free breakfast, a short walk to Corfe Castle
Bankes Arms Hotel offers 7 accommodations with complimentary newspapers and complimentary bottled water. Flat-screen televisions are featured in guestrooms.

Bathrooms include showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. This Wareham inn provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.

Stay in one of 7 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and complimentary newspapers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access.
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant or snacks in the inn's coffee shop/cafe. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary full breakfast is served daily from 7:30 AM to 11 AM.
Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby and luggage storage. Free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary full breakfast is served each morning between 7:30 AM and 11 AM.
Bankes Arms Hotel has a restaurant on site.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and public transport

  • Free uncovered self-parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free full breakfast available daily 7:30 AM–11 AM
  • 1 restaurant and 1 coffee shop/cafe
  • 1 bar

Family friendly

  • Cots/infant beds (surcharge)

Conveniences

  • Free newspapers in reception

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Luggage storage

Business services

  • A meeting room

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Cots/infant beds (surcharge)
  • Heating

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV

Food and drink

  • Free bottled water

More

  • Desk
  • Free newspapers
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)

Policies

Check-in

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

Check-out

Check-out before 10:30 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7:30 AM - 11:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Cribs are available on request at the property

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Cribs (infant beds) are available for an additional fee

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, debit cards, and cash
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Bankes Arms Hotel
Bankes Arms Hotel Wareham
Bankes Arms Wareham
Bankes Hotel

Bankes Arms Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

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Rating 8 - Good. 186 out of 549 reviews" "
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Rating 4 - Poor. 16 out of 549 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 17 out of 549 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Gemma

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful building in an idyllic location. Team were so helpful throughout, allowing us to change in the room before it was ready etc. Breakfast was 10/10 - would fully recommend the full English, really was excellent. However, pub quite run down and in need of investment and refurbishment. Running water noise from faulty toilet and paintwork hanging off walls just some examples. Really excellent building and fab staff though.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Heidi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful setting and great atmosphere, we were made to feel very welcome. Super comfy bed in a really good sized room, would definitely stay again
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Julie

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Peter

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

8/10 Good

Ian

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Super friendly and welcoming, Characterful and charming in a great location. Pet friendly with convenient parking. You get used to the church bells.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Vera, Lincoln

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful period property with very friendly staff in a very central location
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Heather

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely hotel in a beautiful location
We’ve just got back from a stay here, it’s a lovely hotel, the food is lush and service great. We recieved a bottle of fizz for my hubbys birthday which was a thoughtful touch. The Room was a decent size, shower hot and fairly powerful, the basic amenities were fine. The only issue was the lack of secondary glazing in our room. I appreciate with listed buildings you have to preserve the original windows but my friends room at the front had secondary glazing but ours did not and it showed. Our room was close to the main road and my husband is a very light sleeper. This meant he barely slept at all on our first night, which affected the rest of the stay. The only coffee provided in our room was decaf, but he was able to get a caffeine hit at breakfast still. It is a lovely hotel though with stunning views and I would recommend if you want to be in a fantastic location. If you are a light sleeper though, I would suggest making sure you have one of the rooms with secondary glazing or bring earbuds!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Franz

Liked: Staff & service
Freundliches Personal und gutes Essen
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Chris

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service
A lovely old historic pub but incredibly overpriced. Our room was nice, but at luxury prices, you expect luxury - its tired and in need of a good clean and lick of paint, we had one small shower gel for two of us, no soap, and a coffee filter machine but no filter coffee! So you use the machine to make hot water for a tea bag or coffee sachet. You have to preorder your breakfast the night before, with the time you want it, but then have to wait 40 minutes for it, so not sure why you have to preorder or put a time. The night we stayed, we got locked out due to the front door snib dropping so our key wouldn’t work (it had happened during opening hours too, so they must know the problem). The emergency number we called wasn't answered. We called again and someone obviously not happy to be called answered (it was only 11.20pm). Someone then had to come from their home to let us in (she had to go through the back door, so if the front door was ok, we would have gone in that way!) Two staff were great - Lou, who had to come to get us in when we were locked out, and the breakfast serving lady - they were both cheerful, friendly and helpful. The other staff acted like customers were a pain, were rude and surly. One member of staff even asked her colleague where to 'bung' our bags, even though we were stood there! Although the food was good, and it was the perfect place for where we had to be, it definitely wasn't worth the cost, and our stay was spoilt by the issues mentioned above.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Julia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A break away in beautiful Dorset
We booked our stay via Tesco vouchers and it really has been great value for money. The hotel is very welcoming and eager to please. Abby greeted us and gave us lots of suggestions about where to visit and places to eat, not really necessary as the food there was absolutely first class. Breakfasts were included in the price and we were looked after brilliantly by Wendy - nothing was too much trouble - efficient, friendly and it was obvious that her customers came first, thank you Wendy! Our room was a good size and had everything one could wish for, comfy beds and plenty of storage space; the bathroom was a little tired, but perfectly functional. The hotel is ideally situated for exploring and we did everything we wanted to, and more. We have fallen in love with Dorset and would definitely return to the Bankes Arms Hotel - a great stay!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Wioleta

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Recommend
Perfect location, good hotel with wonderful staff. Clean, comfortable rooms. Breakfast was superb 5⭐️
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

Don

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

Etienne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Own free parking and short walk to Corfe Castle. Good breakfast. Property with character. Rather noisy room directly at the street with street lights lighting the room all night.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Kestrel

Great food, beautiful village, great location not a fan of pre order breakfast…great shower, bed not comfy!! Good car park..steam strain to Swanage is a MUST and the Castle…would stay again…
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Paula

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely meal and comfortable room. The road noise was a problem for us.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

stephen

Stayed 1 night in May 2024

6/10 Okay

Stephen

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed for 1 night with my mum who was visiting a long time best friend. Our room was a twin and absolutely lovely xx staff were warm and welcoming and we had a meal in the bar which was very nice .. a private dinner party was in progress but service was still great. The only niggle was a dirty towel left in the shower and the bathroom could do with a good clean .. mould on sealant by shower and toilet bowl stained. A proper hoover and better fitting valance sheets would look a little nicer. Nothing ruined our stay though and as it for for one night we let it go xx could be fabulous but I’d go with good.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

8/10 Good

Rachel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
The staff were lovely and helpful and the meals superb. Housekeeping was a bit lacking - our room was quite dusty on some surfaces and well handled parts of the joinery were noticeably dirty eg bathroom door frame. The hotel is right in the centre of everything and the village is incredibly charming. On the whole, we loved our stay.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Leigh

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

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

8/10 Good

Anthony

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Lovely old pub in centre of village, with fabulous ambience and great food Good sized room with comfortable bed, although some signs of wear and tear
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Amazing town, very quiet, very nice people
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A. A very old hotel pub. Welcoming staff. Double bedroom spacious and comfortable. Only problem for two of was garlic in most foods. We are both allergic to garlic.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

2/10 Terrible

Ray

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely place to stay
Corfe Castle is small but beautiful and the Bankes Arms is conveniently situated in the heart of the town, with a car park at the rear. We stayed in the Eleanor room at the front, which was a good sized room, with a comfortable bed. The shower head in the bathroom was bit temperamental, sliding down the pole if not in exactly the right position, but otherwise all fine. The room was noisy during the evening, especially on the Saturday night, as sound travelled up from the bar below and there was a surprising amount of traffic from the road outside, but this wasn't unexpected, given we were staying in a pub/hotel. There was a kettle, tea etc in the room (including coffee bags) but sadly no biscuits. However, with the bakery across the road we 'managed' fine without! We ate in the hotel on the first evening - good service and good food (fish & chips/burger/ sticky toffee pudding and an excellent creme brulee) of which there was plenty. Breakfast had to be pre-ordered the evening before and was cooked fresh - the poached eggs were perfect. All the staff were lovely, and credit must go especially to the lady in charge of breakfast who was having to contend with it raining inside from different locations both mornings - a drawback to working in an old building. We would definitely go back!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024