The Ship and Bell

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Lounge
Exterior
Standard Twin Room, Ensuite
Standard Suite, Ensuite, Garden View
Lounge

Reviews

8.4 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

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

Explore the area

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6 London Road, Horndean, Waterlooville, England, PO8 0BZ
  • Butser Ancient Farm
    5 min drive
  • Four London Road
    1 min walk
  • Rowlands Castle Station
    5 min drive
  • Southampton (SOU)
    35 min drive

Room options

Standard Suite, Ensuite, Garden View

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Twin Bed and 1 Double Bed

Standard Twin Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

Standard Double Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Waterlooville

With a stay at The Ship and Bell in Waterlooville, you'll be within a 15-minute drive of Portsmouth International Port and Gunwharf Quays. .This inn is 2.4 mi (3.9 km) from South Downs National Park and 3.3 mi (5.4 km) from Butser Ancient Farm.

What's nearby

  • Portsmouth International Port - 12 min drive
  • Gunwharf Quays - 14 min drive
  • Goodwood Motor Circuit - 19 min drive
  • Goodwood Racecourse - 21 min drive
  • West Wittering Beach - 38 min drive

Getting around

  • Rowlands Castle Station - 5 min drive
  • Southampton (SOU) - 35 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Village Chippy - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Chandlers - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Kens Kebabs & Speedy Pizza - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪The Farmer Inn - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪The Spotted Cow, Waterlooville - ‬3 min drive

About this property

The Ship and Bell

Inn in Waterlooville with a restaurant and a bar
The Ship and Bell offers 2 accommodations. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Make yourself at home in one of the 2 guestrooms.
This smoke-free inn offers complimentary parking nearby.
At The Ship and Bell, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge.
Free self parking is available onsite.
The Ship and Bell has a restaurant on site.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Free off-site parking

Food and drink

  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar

Guest services

  • Daily housekeeping

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Smoke-free property

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 8:30 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

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 major credit cards and debit cards

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

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The Ship and Bell Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 17 out of 34 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 11 out of 34 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 34 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 34 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 34 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Live bands Saturday and Sunday if you’re trying to have a peaceful time
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

Nichola

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
eekend break
Weekend break for anniversary. Lovely service room a bit tired
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Good one-night stay
Good no-fuss overnight stay, in a pleasant enclave with several nice bars and eateries.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Kristian

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
have stayed several times and always enjoyed the time here
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

6/10 Okay

Roger, Calgary

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Ok accommodation Food good Location is ok but not much of interest within walking distance
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly staff, with excellent food. The bedroom was very spacious. also very helpful about booking a table for evening
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good spacious room, well worth a stay
Spacious room, very comfortable bed and great shower. Tea, coffee, bottled water provided. Only slight downside was that the street light shon in past the edges of the curtains, but over all would fully recommend!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was very spacious for 3 people and the beds were very comfortable and linen and soap and shower gel provided on arrival, the young members of staff were very helpful especially Brandon he was superb host, the main chef was very nice man as well.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

michael

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely and well-equipped room, charming staff, good breakfast. A number of the light bulbs, and the bathroom fan, were not working but apart from that our stay was delightful.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
Pub closed very early we had to go round back to beer garden to get in needed a torch room not clean bin didnt get emptied asked for a refund and moved out
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The staff was wonderful. We really enjoyed our stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Pete

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place for a couple of nights
Great staff made me feel welcome let me stick motorbike in beer garden at the end of the night Great atmosphere excellent food can’t gonwrong
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Nicky

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfy overnight stay
Lovely welcome and immediately showed me to my room.. Welcomed with ample complementary toiletries and tea/coffee facilities. Lovely full English breakfast. Great overnight stay.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Breakfasts and staff service excellent. Nice old-fashioned ambience. Beds very tired - mattresses need replacing. Sadly, only one (v. low) chair in the twin room. Upon arrival, we were misleadby SatNav into trying (unsuccessfully) to access a nearby former annex, which is now a private property, . There was a terrible parking problem - but once a passer-by explained, all became obvious - but we could have done without the extra hassle at the end of a long day.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Arrived at the property, having let them know we would be late. Staff very nice and helpful. Shown to our room, but they couldn't unlock the door, so had to give us another room. We had booked a family room, but fortunately our son didn't stay, as the alternative room only had two single beds. What they would have done if he had come, I don't know. Room was ok, but dated. One of the plug sockets didn't work. The lamp next to my husband's bed didn't work. The light above the mirror in the bathroom didn't work. There was no mirror in the room. The toiletries provided in the bathroom were good and useful. We booked breakfast for 8.45am, but when we came down, we found the door locked and no sign of any staff. The kitchen was empty. Managed to let ourselves out through a back door. At 9am, a member of staff arrived apologising, saying he'd had a late night and slept in!!! I know he'd had alate night, because I could hear him chatting until 1am the night before. Told him we didn't have time to wait for breakfast and he did refund us the cost of breakfast, which was kind. But still not a good enough service and guess what, we won't be returning!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
We attended for a function where staff were lovely, however glad didn’t pay full price for accommodation as it didn’t match the service to date. Room had cobwebs at height & bathroom windows & walls. Bathroom window was clear glass with net curtain overlooking restaurant next door. Breakfast cold & I apologised. Wanted to give feedback at checkout but not interested.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Kristine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

K J

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good older style
Fine older style of property but clean. Staff a bit matter of fact.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Enjoyed our 2 nights stay.room was large, clean and warm, Breakfast had a large selection of items, The food in the main dining room was also good. The one thing that I would recommend to be looked into is to have a thicker curtain in the bath room.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely comfy spacious room and Breakfast was outstanding
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed here for last 12 years on and off. staff always pleasant but we were let down on first morning as chef was not around for breakfast after we went all round the bar areas he turned up, breakfast was on a cold plate and butter was solid. for toast. On 2nd day we went down for breakfast at 7.45am,'b.fast is from 7.30am. but place was deserted and in darkness so we returned to our room until 8.30am when we saw a car coming into the c.park . on returning to the restaurant, a young lady met us followed by the assistant manager who was doing the breakfast. which was covered in burnt residue and was not edible. the young lady made a note of the fact and was going to let Jenny the Manager know when she arrived later. The kitchen area was covered with dirty dishes from the night before on both occasions and was not clean. burnt marks on splashbacks etc. When we went to check out the fella told us he was told to do b.fast at 9.am but did not let us know. After all this trouble we will not be using the hotel side of the pub in future
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018