The Bear Hotel

E-mail Establishment

Overlooking the historic market place since the 16th Century The Bear Hotel has always been a staging point for weary travellers and today provides the perfect venue for a relaxing break.

Wantage is close to the university city of Oxford, and, via nearby Didcot, is only 40 minutes on the high speed passenger train from London.

The spacious oak beamed Alexander's Restaurant is one of the outstanding features of the hotel. Situated on the first floor with views over the market place and courtyard, the restaurant provides excellent service to both residents and non-residents and offers a very high standard of cuisine with sophisticated A La Carte and comprehensive Table d'hôte menus.

The restaurant is open each day for diners seeking a leisurely meal in comfortable surroundings or business people requiring quiet and discreet surroundings with excellent food and fine wines.

At the end of the day the candlelit atmosphere of the restaurant provides the perfect setting for an intimate dinner party.

The Lounge Bar offers a choice of traditional and keg bitters including a full bar service and provides a wide range of freshly cooked bar meals and snacks. Guests may take their ease in the elegantly furnished lounge and enjoy the peaceful atmosphere and comfort of the log fire during the cooler months of the year. Drinks are readily available from the Cocktail Bar within the lounge.

---

Bedrooms....

Each individually styled bedroom has full en-suite facilities and is equipped with colour television, hairdryer, trouser press, tea/coffee making tray and direct dial telephone and is tastefully furnished in keeping with the hotels traditional style.

For the convenience of guests, a lift is provided to ensure access to all floors. Full central heating throughout is designed to complete the high standard of comfort which has come to be expected of Calotels Hotels.

For Special Occasions.....

The charm of the spacious Ascot Suite is the perfect setting for a wedding, anniversary or special celebration party with its own fully equipped bar providing the opportunity to enjoy your special occasion in complete privacy.

We would be pleased to show you the other facilities the hotel has to offer including a selection of bedrooms should you wish to reserve rooms for visitors attending your special celebration.

Conference and training facilities for up to 60 people can be provided in the Ascot Suite complete with self contained bar facilities and easy unloading access through the courtyard.

Our management have an excellent reputation for organising and providing first class service to many well known international companies who have sited conferences and training seminars at The Bear Hotel.

Special delegate rates for residential course accommodation can be provided upon request.

Location....

The countryside of South Oxfordshire and the Vale of the White Horse provides a wealth of interesting places to explore, from the famous Ridgeway National Trail, stretching through some of the best scenery in South Central England, to the 'Dreaming Spires' of Oxford's historic university buildings and the majestic grandeur of Blenheim Palace.

Contact Wantage Tourism for details of these and other attractions.

Wantage itself was the birthplace of Alfred the Great, whose statue stands in the Market Place surrounded by a variety of half timbered buildings of 16th Century origin to the Georgian age such as the Bear itself reconstructed on the brick vaults of a much earlier hostelry.

Nearby, Lambourn, the home of the English horse racing community, provides a perfect backdrop of English countryside to the thundering hooves of thoroughbreds training in the early morning mists.