The Bear Marlborough

2.5 star property

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Exterior
Exterior
Bar (on property)
Double Room, Ensuite
Family Triple Room, Shared Bathroom

Reviews

7.4 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Free WiFi
    Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
    Restaurant
  • Business services
    Business services

Explore the area

Map
1 High Street, Marlborough, England, SN8 1AA
  • The Merchant's House Marlborough
    1 min walk
  • Silbury Hill
    8 min drive
  • Barbury Castle
    18 min drive
  • Gloucester (GLO-Gloucestershire)
    44 min drive

Room options

Family Triple Room, Shared Bathroom

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

Premium Double Room, Ensuite (6)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Double Room, Shared Bathroom

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Premier Double Room, Ensuite (Grand premier room)

  • 10 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Superior Double Room, Ensuite, Courtyard View (King size)

  • 6 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Suite, Shared Bathroom

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed

Superior Double Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Double Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About this property

The Bear Marlborough

Inn in Marlborough with restaurant and bar/lounge
Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free inn has a bar/lounge and an outdoor tennis court. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include a meeting room and wedding services. Housekeeping is not available.
The Bear Marlborough offers 7 accommodations.
Recreational amenities at the inn include an outdoor tennis court.

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

During your stay at The Bear Marlborough, you're just a quick walk from The Merchant's House Marlborough. Free WiFi in public areas, a restaurant and a bar are available.
  • Free Wi-Fi in some public areas
  • Grab something to eat at the restaurant or stop for a drink at the bar/lounge
  • Services include wedding services
  • On-site recreation includes an outdoor tennis court
  • Steps from The Merchant's House Marlborough and 8 minutes by car from Hackpen Hill
There's a restaurant on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. WiFi is free in public spaces.

This Marlborough inn is smoke free.

The Bear Marlborough has a restaurant on site.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Guest services

  • No housekeeping service
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Meeting room

Accessibility

  • No lift

More

  • Smoke-free property

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; check-in end time: 11:00 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

The host will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Host will greet you

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.

Payment types at the property

Important information

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
This property accepts credit cards
The host will greet guests on arrival.

Property is also known as

Bear Inn Marlborough
Bear Inn Marlborough
Bear Marlborough
Inn The Bear Marlborough
Marlborough The Bear Inn
The Bear Marlborough
Inn The Bear
Bear Inn
Bear
The Bear
The Bear Marlborough Inn
The Bear Marlborough Marlborough
The Bear Marlborough Inn Marlborough

The Bear Marlborough Reviews

Reviews

7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 19 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 19 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 13 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 7 out of 63 reviews" "

8.0/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Matt

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Brenda

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Worst Experience Ever
It's 1:02 in the morning and still the pub is full of drunk, loud people singing at the top of their lungs. Management must be encouraging it since no one has told them to go home. When you have guest rooms, you should practice respect for your guests who are trying to sleep!! Never again will we come here.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Miss Jane H

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Des

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
marlborough stay
Bathroom recently refurbished & the shower was great. Staff appeared to be distracted by boiler replacement during check-in & no info given about keys, breakfast or wifi.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
For the price this was an excellently appointed room and very comfortable. Very well situated at the east end of Marlborough high street. Parking is at one of the long stay car parks approx 200m away. The only downside to the central location is that this is a pub and on a Saturday night it can get noisy admittedly mostly from a different establishment. But given the central location I was expecting this so fine. Full breakfasts are available for about £7 in the on premises cafe which on Sunday morning was probably the only cafe open.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

6/10 Okay

Desmond

Travelled with family
Ok
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Booked this hotel for an overnight stay in the week and was pleasantly surprised by the very accommodating staff and how lovely the room was. My one criticism would be that they should update their photos as the rooms are actually much nicer! Had a cosy feel and all the amenities you’d expect. Would definitely stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

6/10 Okay

PAUL

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

2/10 Terrible

Mike

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Freezing room and disinterested owner
Awful experience. The premium room we booked was freezing when we turned up and uninhabitable. The room had very large sash windows which had many gaps so the cold air was coming in. The tiny radiator was off. The bathroom had no heating at all. After 4 hours with the heating on it was still too cold to stay in. The landlord told us heating is expensive and we needed to go to a charity shop and buy jumpers. He was serious. It's a small village and many people told us the landlord is notoriously tight and will not put the heating on nor fix the windows. We tried to find another place to stay but a wedding across the road meant the few hotels/pubs locally were all full. Ironically, the bar has an open fire and was warm and welcoming. It could be a nice place to stay if the owner cared for customers but i would avoid at all costs
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

6/10 Okay

Simon

Travelled with group
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
This pub is the last to close in town, which may be a good or a bad thing depending on your constitution. Room was fine. Shower/toilet was an odd cupboard built into the wall, and was a little gross.

10/10 Excellent

James

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
10 stars
Great hotel. Beautiful clean rooms. Excellent food and top rated staff
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

6/10 Okay

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean and tidy but take some noise reduction headphones if you want to go to bed before Midnight
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

jonathan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Value for money
Staff was friendly, room was good. Love Marlborough and will come back.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Darren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
King Alfred’s way day 2
Great pub friendly staff massive atmosphere it’s a great place to stay if you wanna be in the buzz centre of Marlborough
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place. Nice town.
The Bear was clean with everything you need. Nice shower. Only problem is traffic noise which is obviously beyond their control.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Gerald

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

6/10 Okay

Julia

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

a

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Tessa

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Give the Bear a Hug
Authentic Period Pub with Clean and Comfortable Rooms. No food at present, but there are multiple dining choices for evening meals in the nearby high street and coffee shops in the morning.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Susam

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room and bathroom was spacious and very comfortable and peaceful; the staff were friendly and attentive. Old fashioned and atmospheric. Excellent value for money and would definitely stay again. The Polly Tearooms nearby is a lovely place for breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jo

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Catherine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Stay!
We loved our cosy little room, very comfortable and clean. Very generous with clean towels and coffee, tea, biscuits and water. The live music for the Halloween party was excellent a great bonus. Staff were very friendly and welcoming. Would definitely stay again. 😊
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

4/10 Poor

Darren

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Overall disappointing
Positives: Staff Friendly, Room very clean, Towells and Linen very clean. Negatives: Very Noisy, I know the rooms are above a pub, however around midnight you expect things to start to quieten down? At 02:30 it was like a load of football hooligans were still in the pub, plus you could hear the people in the other rooms like they were in your room with you, Room and decor very tired and need of updating!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Anthony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Convenient and comfortable
Conveniently located, with 2 hr free parking slots nearby that work till 10 am. Large, well equipped room (no 1), but close to street, so some road noise. Above busy pub with courtyard garden and two bars. Sky and BT Sport's TV in bars.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021