The Bear Hotel by Greene King Inns

3.0 star property

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Exterior
View from property
Breakfast, lunch, dinner served; local cuisine
Terrace/patio
Family Room

Reviews

8.2 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Room service
  • Laundry
  • Parking included
  • Housekeeping

Explore the area

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Charnham Street, Hungerford, England, RG17 0EL
  • North Wessex Downs
    ‪15 min drive‬
  • Newbury Racecourse
    ‪18 min drive‬
  • Highclere Castle
    ‪23 min drive‬
  • Oxford (OXF)
    ‪56 min drive‬

Room options

Standard Twin Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 12 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

Superior Double Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(7 reviews)
  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Standard Double Room

7.8 out of 10
Good
(10 reviews)
  • 12 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Hungerford

Located in Hungerford, The Bear Hotel by Greene King Inns is a 1-minute drive from Kennet & Avon Canal and 8 minutes from Combe Gibbet. .This hotel is 13 mi (21 km) from Highclere Castle and 5.5 mi (8.9 km) from Walbury Hill.

What's nearby

  • Welford Park - 9 min drive - 12.3 km
  • Watermill Theatre - 13 min drive - 17.8 km
  • North Wessex Downs - 15 min drive - 20.7 km
  • Newbury Racecourse - 18 min drive - 21.1 km
  • Highclere Castle - 23 min drive - 28.8 km

Getting around

  • Hungerford Station - 7 min walk
  • Heathrow Airport (LHR) - 59 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Hungerford Arms - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪The Borough Arms - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪The Bell - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪The Pheasant Inn - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪1772 - ‬6 min drive

About this property

The Bear Hotel by Greene King Inns

Hotel in Hungerford with a restaurant and a bar
The Bear Hotel by Greene King Inns offers 41 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and irons/ironing boards. Flat-screen televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers and complimentary toiletries. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Stay in one of 41 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have bathtubs or showers and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access.
Satisfy your appetite for lunch or dinner at the hotel's restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services and laundry facilities. Free self parking is available onsite.
Onsite venue - This restaurant specializes in local cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • Laundry facilities
  • Limited-hour front desk

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)

Business services

  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • Banquet hall

Room amenities

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Limited room service

More

  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 10 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily until 11 PM
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after 11 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

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 credit cards

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Reviews

The Bear Hotel by Greene King Inns Reviews

8.2

Very good

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.8/10

Eco-friendliness
Rating 10 - Excellent. 130 out of 319 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 114 out of 319 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 50 out of 319 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 20 out of 319 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 319 reviews

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Simone

Business traveller
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
I chose this hotel because I was on a business trip in Newbury and closer hotels were over my budget. I didn't need frills, just a place to lay my head for the night as i knew i would be arriving late night. As such, I was not expecting much in terms of facilities as it's a budget hotel. What i wasn't expecting was the room to be dirty. The carpet was full of dust bunnies. I don't even know how that happens, it looked like a weeks worth of rolled up dust or the hoover bag burst, it was all over the room. Because I checked in late reception was closed so I couldn't even change rooms.The smell from the drains was awful and I had to spray my pillow with perfume to try and cover the smell but it didn't work. I couldn't even watch tv because the light attracted these tiny gnats. The bedding did not smell fresh. I had bought my own towel and ended up using it as a bed sheet as I couldn't bear the thought of lying down in someone's bed sweat. Yuck! It was a miserable nights sleep. I seriously contemplated sleeping in my car. I wish I had read the reviews a little more carefully as I have since seen others complain of exactly the same things. What a shame this could really be a nice place if they sort the smell and cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sheila

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cleanliness was good. Staff friendly and helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

William

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The staff are very helpful and pleasant, due to the cooler weather could have done with some heat in the rooms. Unfortunately our towel rail didn’t work which meant replacing the towels because no way to get them dry. The extractor fan didn’t work either both reported to staff, One other little niggle there are signs to hang on the doors on whether you want your room tidied up but nowhere on the outside of the door too hang them. If there was it might save chambermaids going into each room when it wasn’t really required.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Guy

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
The twin room was ok. The only down side is no toilet brush and having to leave the hot tap running for a while waiting for it to get hot
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Henry

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Amanda

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness

Disappointing

Nice building , staff pleasant and helpful , food general pub food , breakfast very good . My only real issue was the cleanliness , there were dead flies in all the windowsills , the shower heads were full of limescale and looked grim , shower surround had previous guests hair on it , chipped cups for coffee in the bedrooms and wine glasses in the bar cloudy and looked unclean , sink in bathroom had a build up of limescale , the paintwork on walls and doors all need redoing looked tatty , i am not high maintenance , and have stayed in many Greene Kings , this sadly was not upto the standard of the others we have stayed in .
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

8/10 Good

Betty

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Carlyann

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Holly

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

A real hidden gem!

This is one of the nicest hotels I've stayed at, and I've stayed at a lot of hotels! We had such a lovely room that had the stream running past the window. The beds were super comfy and the room had lots of plug sockets which seems rare in hotels! It was a Greene King but the food was better than any I've been too and reasonably priced. Service was quite slow considering how quiet it was but the staff were very friendly. The pictures online don't do this place justice, a real hidden gem!
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place lovely staff,totally recommend
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sheila

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pleasant and friendly
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Craig

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Louise, hungerford

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Check in was very easy, the room was clean and very spacious. The room had everything that we needed. Bathroom was very clean and the shower pressure was good. When next in the area would definitely use again
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Roy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

CJM

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Ronald

Travelled with family
This is a good old fashioned hostelry with excellent staff ,friendly ambience Customers here for a good time .
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Alun

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

Lovely stay

Lovely one night stay. Comfortable, clean and tidy. Staff pleasant and friendly. Great breakfast. Would definitely stay again without hesitation.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Kirsteen

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

Character hotel

Lovely hotel, very quiet and has charm.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Andrew

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Hungerford Feb 2025

Great location for both the town centre and train station, great food hotel area slightly dated.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Rebecca

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Shaun

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Shaun

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

10/10 Excellent

Lyn

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

Bear Hotel

Nice room, plenty of parking. Good nights sleep
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024