Mercure Bedford Centre Hotel

4.0 star property

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Breakfast, lunch, dinner served; British cuisine
Premium bedding, Select Comfort beds, in-room safe, desk
Breakfast, lunch, dinner served; British cuisine
Meeting facility

Reviews

8.0 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Parking available
  • Bar
  • Gym
  • Room service
  • Pet-friendly
  • Breakfast available

Explore the area

Map
2 St. Mary's Street, Bedford, England, MK42 0AR
  • St. Paul's Church
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Bedford Park
    ‪17 min walk‬
  • Oasis Beach Pool
    ‪19 min walk‬
  • London (LTN-Luton)
    ‪39 min drive‬

Room options

Classic Room, 1 Double Bed

  • 18 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Classic Room, 2 Single Beds

  • 18 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

Superior Double Room, 1 Double Bed

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

Standard Room, 1 Single Bed

  • 18 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

Privilege, Room, 1 King Bed, City View

  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Superior Double Room, 1 Double Bed, River View

  • River view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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About this property

Mercure Bedford Centre Hotel

Riverwalk hotel with fitness centre and 24-hour front desk
Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free hotel has a fitness centre and a bar/lounge. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, coffee/tea in a common area, 24-hour room service and conference space are on-site. Housekeeping is available on request.
Mercure Bedford Centre Hotel offers 120 accommodations with a safe and a hairdryer. Select Comfort beds feature premium bedding. A pillow menu is available. LCD televisions come with premium satellite channels.

Bathrooms include baths or showers and complimentary toiletries. Guests can surf the web using complimentary wireless Internet access. Hypo-allergenic bedding, an iron/ironing board and change of towels can be requested. Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include a fitness centre.

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

During your stay at Mercure Bedford Centre Hotel, you're just a quick walk from St. Paul's Church. Features include free WiFi in public areas, plus a restaurant and a gym. This property offers pet-friendly amenities, such as food and water bowls.
  • Free WiFi
  • Enjoy British cuisine while dining at The Riverside Restaurant
  • English breakfast served daily for a fee
  • Self-parking available for a fee
  • Services include dry cleaning/laundry, luggage storage and wedding services
  • On-site recreation includes a gym
  • Steps from St. Paul's Church and a 2-minute drive from Oasis Beach Pool
  • Dogs welcome for a fee
  • Pet-friendly amenities are available, including food and water bowls
There's a restaurant on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Public spaces have free WiFi. Event space at this hotel measures 4230 square feet (393 square metres) and includes conference space. A fitness centre, multilingual staff, and coffee/tea in common area are also featured at the business-friendly Mercure Bedford Centre Hotel. Parking is available for a fee.

This Bedford hotel is smoke free.

For a fee, guests can enjoy English breakfast on weekdays from 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM and at the weekend from 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
The Riverside Restaurant – This restaurant specialises in British cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, dinner and light fare. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
The Riverside Bar – This bar specialises in British cuisine and only serves light fare. Open daily.
Late-night fare is available from 24-hour room service.

Languages

Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • Parking on site (GBP 5 per night)

Food and drink

  • English breakfast available for a fee 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM on weekdays and 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM on weekends; GBP 12 for adults and GBP 6 for children
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • Coffee and tea in common areas
  • Couples/private dining

Restaurants on site

  • The Riverside Bar
  • The Riverside Restaurant

Things to do

  • Billiards/pool table
  • Gym
  • Shopping centre
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • Free cot
  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk
  • Water dispenser

Guest services

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels on request
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • 4,230 square feet of conference space
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • On a river

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Braille/raised signage
  • Lift
  • Vibrating pillow alarm
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Free cot
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding
  • Pillow menu
  • Premium bedding
  • Select Comfort mattress

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • LCD TV with premium satellite channels

Food and drink

  • 24-hour room service
  • Electric kettle
  • Tea bags/instant coffee

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Bulk dispensers for toiletries
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Eco-friendly toiletries
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Laptop workspace
  • LED lighting
  • Recycling
  • Safe
  • Water-efficient showers

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; check-in end time: anytime
Contactless check-in and check-out are available
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Contactless check-out

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • Pets: GBP 10 per pet, per night, plus a deposit of GBP 25 per night
  • Only dogs are allowed
  • Maximum 1 pets
  • Pets cannot be left unattended
  • Food and water bowls are available
  • Service animals are exempt from fees.

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Free cots (infant beds)!

Payment types at the property

Important information

Fees

Guests will be asked to pay the following charges at the property:

  • Deposit: GBP 25 per accommodation, per night

We've listed all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for English breakfast: from approximately GBP 12 for adults and from GBP 6 for children
  • Self-parking fee: GBP 5 per night
  • Pet deposit: GBP 25 per night
  • Pet fee: GBP 10 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
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
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards and cash
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, a first aid kit and window guards
This property affirms that it follows the cleaning and disinfection practices of ALLSAFE (Accor Hotels)
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.

We should mention

  • Connecting/adjoining rooms are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property at the number on your booking confirmation.

Property is also known as

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Park Inn Bedford
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Mercure Bedford Centre Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 129 out of 313 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 94 out of 313 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 45 out of 313 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 21 out of 313 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 24 out of 313 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
One night's stay
Had to pay for parking not a good point should be part of the cost of the room, the room was small but had everything we needed for the one nights stay. Smile it costs nothing even if you don't really want to there 😊
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great for a weekend away,
Happy with our short stay. Room was large overlooking river, short distance into town for shopping and restaurants. Bed was soft but fine for one night. Bathroom now a shower room on the small size, not suitable for the larger person as toilet did not have enough space.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Colin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice room
An overnight stay on the way to a family event. Ample car parking, nice room and adequate, if uninspiring, restaurant. The level of lighting in the room was very low which was fine for relaxing but inadequate for working. Hotel staff were very attentive.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kerry

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Phil

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Ifeoluwa

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

8/10 Good

Cheryl

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Adam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gordon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Just as expected
The room was perfect and the staff friendly and helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

2/10 Terrible

Lyndon

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness
Where to start. We initially checked in and was given our room. After 3pm. However when we got to the room it was dirty and still to be cleaned after the previous occupant checked out. Stale left over Chinese takeaway included! Eventually refused the cleaning of the room (apparently a house keeping error) and demanded an alternative room. The new room was clean and comfortable (especially the bed) but again some of the expected items were missing, including the complimentary slippers. Bath robes very crusty and uncomfortable. Half way through are evening we returned to the room and found that my wife’s perfume was missing and there was a pile of toilet tissue in the shower! Bizarre. Thinking the perfume had possibly been misplaced we checked again at the end of our event when we again returned to our room. We then found that a bottle of expensive wine we had left in our room had been taken and my aftershave. In total 3 stolen items. Reported to reception first thing the following morning and after breakfast we travelled home. On arriving home the hotel called to say all 3 items had been found by housekeeping in our room! I’ll let you be the judge of whether we were incompetent and needing urgent eye tests or the items were stolen and simply the management knew how they could recover the items. When I collected the items despite a receptionists apologies there was no concern shown by the hotel about the theft. No comment or approach by hotel management.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

renha

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely stay
Lovely stay like always, room warm and cosy, very clean, staff friendly and helpful when requesting a room type. house keeping also very attentive.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

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

8/10 Good

Cat

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel was lovely, the privilege room was very nice, would definitely stay again. However access from the car park was a pain. I also paid for parking and they sold the space to someone else so I had to pay in a public car park elsewhere. They also didn't check me in when I arrived. I came back that night and they had no record of me even though my stuff was in the room and I had a key. They were friendly and helpful sorting it, but having issues in the first place was a pain.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Pamela

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Travelled with group
Our tv didn’t work. And we were given another room very prompt
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice hotel and close to the town centre where bars and restaurants are. Lovely breakfast with plenty of choice.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Leanne

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nicola

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Dean

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Hannah

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

8/10 Good

sean

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

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Okay all in all
I was told on booking that car park was included yet on arrival I was told no you have to pay another £10 for parking Arrived 9:30pm, was told we had 30 minutes to order food before the kitchen closed. Went to what I assumed was a bar to order food, the very clueless girl working there was "not sure" whether we could still order food. We told her reception said we had until 10. She then rang the kitchen to ask if we could have food. She then asked us what we wanted, we had to explain we need a menu first? Just ordered chips in the end, no sauce, no salt, no cutlery, no side plates, nothing just a tiny bowl of chips. Side door that led into carpark was left unlocked from saturday night until monday morning making us a bit nervous on sunday night as anybody could have wandered in. Sunday morning our room key wouldnt let us back in, went to reception & were told this was likely because we left our keycard too close to our phones - we didnt even have our phones with us. We were able to get back in the room then. But throughout the day the keycard wouldnt let us back into the room, a further 3 times we had to go back down to reception or get a housekeeper to let us in. This morning our keycard wouldnt let us back in AGAIN. We found the head housekeeper who came with her master key to let us back in. Even that didnt work and she had to go get another key to let us in. Annoying and bizarre. Nice and clean enough tho, lovely reception & housekeeping staff
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Cher

The hotel was lovely friendly staff had no problems with hotel in the morning we took our things to the car in hotel car park somebody broke into my car stole my jacket and kindly left a bottle of wee on my front seat so my advice is do not park in hotel carpark
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024