The Bear Hotel

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Dates

December 2024

January 2025

Overview
Rooms
Location
Policies

Very good

Popular amenities

24/7 front desk

Bar

Breakfast included

Housekeeping

Free WiFi

Restaurant

Explore the area

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

Twin Room, Ensuite

Sleeps 2
2 Twin Beds

Suite, Ensuite (Sleeps up to 3)

Sleeps 3
1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

Single Room, Ensuite

Sleeps 1
1 Twin Bed

Double Room, Ensuite

Sleeps 2
1 Double Bed

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

Sleeps 4
2 Double Beds

Triple Room, Ensuite

Sleeps 3
3 Twin Beds

Standard Single Room, Ensuite (Courtyard )

Sleeps 1
1 Twin Bed

Similar properties

Parking included

Free WiFi

Restaurant

Breakfast available

for 1 night

includes taxes & fees

9 Dec - 10 Dec

About this property

Hotel in Wantage with free breakfast and a 24-hour front desk

Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free hotel has a bar/lounge and a 24-hour front desk. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a computer station, wedding services, and a garden are onsite.

The Bear Hotel offers 33 accommodations. Housekeeping is provided daily.

During your stay at The Bear Hotel, you'll be close to Bakers Yard. Enjoy features like free breakfast and free WiFi in public areas, plus a restaurant.

Free breakfast offered
Free WiFi and wired Internet in some public areas
Grab something to eat at the restaurant or stop for a drink at the bar/lounge
Services include luggage storage and wedding services
Just a 5-minute drive from Bakers Yard and 7 minutes from Champs Chapel Museum of East Hendred

There's a restaurant on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Free breakfast is available. A computer station is on site, and both WiFi and wired Internet are free in public spaces.

The Bear Hotel also features a garden and an elevator.

This 3-star Wantage hotel is smoke free.

Guests are served free breakfast.

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

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

No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome.

Payment types at the property

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

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival.

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

8.4

Very good

8.2/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

10/10 Excellent

Ronel

23 Aug 2024

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Chris

20 Aug 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Mrs H D

19 Aug 2024

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Scott

Business traveller

9 Aug 2024

Liked: Staff & service

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Emma

Travelled with group

3 Aug 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Ronald, PAIGNTON

2 Aug 2024

Liked: Amenities

Very comfy bed

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Charles

31 Jul 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Tuesday

28 Jul 2024

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

22 Jul 2024

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

21 Jul 2024

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

20 Jul 2024

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

20 Jul 2024

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

20 Jul 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

ANDREW

20 Jul 2024

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

PHILIP

Business traveller

20 Jul 2024

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

18 Jul 2024

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Shirley

17 Jul 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Anne F

13 Jul 2024

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

7 Jul 2024

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