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The Wishing Well

3.5 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
December 2024
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Miscellaneous
Exterior
Standard Double Room, Ensuite
Restaurant
Exterior

Reviews

8.0 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping
  • Parking included
    Parking included
  • Free WiFi
    Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
    Restaurant

Explore the area

Map
21 Main Road, Dyke, Bourne, England, PE10 0AF
  • Grimsthorpe Castle
    8 min drive
  • Springfields Outlet Shopping & Leisure
    19 min drive
  • Burghley House
    25 min drive

Room options

View all photos for Standard Twin Room, Ensuite, Garden View

Standard Twin Room, Ensuite, Garden View

Standard Twin Room, Ensuite, Garden View

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

View all photos for Standard Double Room, Ensuite

Standard Double Room, Ensuite

Standard Double Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Bourne

Located in Bourne, The Wishing Well is within a 5-minute drive of Bourne Town Hall and Paint A Pot Place. .This hotel is 1.9 mi (3.1 km) from Recreational Road Park and 2 mi (3.2 km) from Well Head Fields.

What's nearby

  • Grimsthorpe Castle - 8 min drive - 8.3 km
  • Springfields Outlet Shopping & Leisure - 19 min drive - 23.3 km
  • Rutland Water Nature Reserve - 25 min drive - 28.0 km
  • Burghley House - 25 min drive - 24.8 km
  • Peterborough Cathedral - 26 min drive - 32.9 km

Getting around

  • Rauceby Station - 20 min drive
  • Birmingham Airport (BHX) - 118 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪George's Fish and Chips - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪The Jubilee Garage - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Costa Express - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪The Raymond Mays - JD Wetherspoon - ‬3 min drive

About this property

The Wishing Well

Hotel in Bourne with a restaurant and a bar
The Wishing Well offers 9 accommodations. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Make yourself at home in one of the 9 guestrooms.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and wedding services.
At The Wishing Well, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge.
Free self parking is available onsite.
The Wishing Well has a restaurant on site.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site

Food and drink

  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar

Guest services

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Wedding services

Outdoors

  • Garden

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Smoke-free property

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Early check-in subject to availability

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

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

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
A car is recommended for transportation to and from this property

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The Wishing Well Reviews

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 32 out of 88 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 31 out of 88 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 16 out of 88 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 7 out of 88 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 88 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Steve

Liked: Staff & service
Public areas were great and full of character. Staff were friendly and the bar stocked a good selection of beers. The accommodation however is tired and in need of refurbishment.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Jill

Travelled with partner
Nice room and excellent staff.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Jennifer

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It was a convenient location for where we were going. The room was adequate but could have done with a makeover. Breakfast was not until 9.30 so too late for us. The rickety wooden staircase upstairs was hard to negotiate for us over a certain sge - when leaving, we found there was an outside metal staircase.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

David

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Car parking is both ample and free of charge. Pleasant and large outdoor seating area Bar/restaurant is very charming and cosy with nice olde worlde features. Staff were all lovely and service good. Wholesome well cooked and nicely presented food at reasonable prices. We stayed for one night in Room 12. Generally it was okay, but the shower room was in desperate need of some cosmetic tlc. The shower gave a decent flow of hot water, but the sliding cubicle doors didn't meet/join where they're supposed to! The worst aspect however was the very loud creaking floor board noises caused by the guests in room above moving around. Sadly this ruined what otherwise would have been a peaceful night's sleep.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Scott

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Cushty
Very comfortable and friendly staff
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jeremy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Had a lovely look about it with the beams i inside. Lots of room plenty of food choice complements to the staff and chief. Overall really enjoyed our stay
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Trevor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stop off.
Was a great place for an overnight stay. My only potential issue was the 10pm cut-off for checking in. In theory I needed to get there nearer 11pm, but as it happenedon the day various health factors meant I was well inside 10pm.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

ANDREW

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

10/10 Excellent

Kathryn

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

4/10 Poor

Rodney

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alison

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay
Great place to stay in a quiet location but near to Peterborough. The staff were very friendly and welcoming. The room was spacious with tea and coffee making facilities. The bathroom was ensuite with a shower. We had an evening meal which was fantastic, very good sized portions. Would highly reccomend and will definately stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nichola

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

Ian

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

William

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

nick

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

James

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rob

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We really enjoyed our stay at the Wishing Well. Sam and her team were wonderful hosts, accommodating our requests and additional requirements with a smile. Dining options in the pub were very good, and we enjoyed getting our whole family together on one evening. Thanks for accommodating us, we look forward to returning again some time in the future

10/10 Excellent

wendy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
One night stopover
Lovely location..staff friendly..room nice but bed was bit hard for me didnt eat there but menu looked nice .beer garden had amazing view
Beer garden
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

martin

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Great service, food ok but rooms need an urgent update. Very noisy between ground and upper floors.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Valerie

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

Adrian

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The decline of the Wishing Well is under way. It's easy to see that just a few years ago, perhaps before the current owners took over in 2020, it was better, but from an accommodation perspective it is past any prime it may have had. The rooms are unclean. I had to wash even the (mismatched) coffee cups before use - they still had liquid coffee in them. The shower was grubby, with mould-blackened grout and some former users hand-marks on the controller. It delivered only a faint impression of water. Paintwork is peeling, and a Henry hoover, which blocked the narrow hallway (and therefore the fire exit), was left on display as if to say "yes, we do clean this (badly moth-eaten) hallway carpet". The food at dinner was good (the chewy chips notwithstanding), and the excellent chef - who was in the kitchen when our server commented negatively on the man's ethnicity - was the only staff member present the next day at 9:00, an hour into the breakfast service. Two others arrived in due course to support him, and to explain to us that the kitchen was devoid of breakfast cereals (except Rice Krispies and Cocoa Puffs), marmalade, Earl Grey tea, croissants, and multiple other breakfast standards. Apologies we're made, at least. The rooms were only £85 each, but we expect cleanliness at any price.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

2/10 Terrible

Steven

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

4/10 Poor

E

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Poor and overpriced
Check in was average… room location was poor. Access via a fire escape (not recommended for those who dislike heights nor anyone wearing heels - death trap!). Room itself was in desperate need of updating. Duvet thin which was a problem as fire escape door is open all the time and one window was too warped to shut. For me, as a single female traveler, was told this was because all the rain had caused the door to swell but previous reviewer also mentions this. I had issues with both security and temperature. Second night I rolled up towel and used as a draft excluder. Tea and coffee making facilities provided but if there were two guests in the double room, you would have to boil kettle twice as cuts only possible to fill it a third full due to tiny size of sink. The shower tray was chipped and the bathroom fairly manky. Only one bedside table had a lamp. Bed reasonably comfortable. Bar/restaurant nice but I returned with friend after spending 6 hours outside to be told “no hot drinks because lunch is over so I’m cleaning the machine… if I make you a hot drink it’ll taste like cleaning fluid!” No breakfast available at all… this is apparently temporary. But there is no one on site from 10pm until the bar opens. Definitely not worth £80/night.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

4/10 Poor

H

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great pub, terrible accommodation
The staff were lovely and the pub itself nice. The room though was awful. I'm no light sleeper, but the noise from the other rooms was very loud. Room itself was in poor condition, dusty and the bed uncomfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

8/10 Good

Nicholas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The staff were really welcoming, but no-one was on duty when I left. I handed the room key to the cleaner who spoke no English. The downstairs room I was in was not well insulated from noise in the room upstairs.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022