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Macdonald Bear Hotel

4.0 star property

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Suite, 1 Double Bed (Deluxe Suite)
Front of property
Terrace/patio
Exterior
Serves lunch and dinner

Reviews

8.4 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Parking available
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Bar
  • Room service
  • Breakfast available
  • Pet-friendly

Explore the area

Map
Park Street, Woodstock, England, OX20 1SZ
  • Oxfordshire Museum
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Blenheim Palace
    ‪12 min walk‬
  • Oxford Bus Museum
    ‪7 min drive‬
  • Oxford (OXF)
    ‪4 min drive‬

Room options

View all photos for Standard Room, 1 King Bed (Standard King)

In-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Standard Room, 1 King Bed (Standard King)

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Suite, 1 Double Bed (Deluxe Suite)

Suite, 1 Double Bed (Deluxe Suite)

  • 29 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed

View all photos for Superior Room, 1 Double Bed (Deluxe Family 4)

In-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Superior Room, 1 Double Bed (Deluxe Family 4)

  • 23 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed

View all photos for Standard Room, 1 Double Bed (Standard Double)

In-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Standard Room, 1 Double Bed (Standard Double)

  • 24 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

View all photos for Deluxe Room, 1 Double Bed (Super Deluxe Double)

In-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Deluxe Room, 1 Double Bed (Super Deluxe Double)

  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Woodstock

Macdonald Bear Hotel is centrally located in Woodstock, a 1-minute walk from Oxfordshire Museum and 12 minutes by foot from Blenheim Palace. .This eco-certified hotel is 7.2 mi (11.5 km) from University of Oxford and 12.7 mi (20.5 km) from Bicester Village.

What's nearby

  • Oxfordshire Museum - 1 min walk
  • Blenheim Palace - 12 min walk
  • University of Oxford - 11 min drive
  • Oxford Castle - 14 min drive
  • Bicester Village - 18 min drive

Getting around

  • Witney Hanborough Station - 6 min drive
  • Heathrow Airport (LHR) - 67 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Oxfordshire Pantry, Blenheim Palace - ‬10 min walk
  • ‪The Royal Sun - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪The Punch Bowl - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪The Killingworth Castle - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Costa Express - ‬7 min drive

About this property

Macdonald Bear Hotel

Eco-certified hotel with a 24-hour front desk and a restaurant
Macdonald Bear Hotel offers 54 accommodations with safes and coffee/tea makers. Digital television is provided. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations, bathrobes, slippers, and complimentary toiletries.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include hair dryers and irons/ironing boards. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Make yourself at home in one of the 54 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and digital programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Take in the views from a terrace and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and concierge services. Additional features at this hotel include wedding services and a banquet hall.
Enjoy British cuisine at The Restaurant, a fine-dining restaurant which features a bar/lounge, or stay in and take advantage of the 24-hour room service. Full breakfasts are available daily from 8 AM to 10 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include express check-out, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. Planning an event in Woodstock? This hotel has 1938 square feet (180 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and meeting rooms. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 8 AM and 10 AM.
The Restaurant - This fine-dining restaurant specializes in British cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, dinner, and light fare. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
The Churchill Lounge - This bar specializes in British cuisine and serves lunch, dinner, and light fare.
Late night fare is available from 24-hour room service.

Awards and affiliations

Eco-Certified Property
This property participates in Green Tourism Program, a program that measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy.

Languages

Chinese (Mandarin), English, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and public transport

  • Uncovered self parking on site (GBP 5 per day)
  • Limited on-site parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Full breakfast available for a fee daily 8 AM–10 AM: GBP 26.00 per person
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar
  • 24-hour room service

Restaurants on site

  • The Restaurant
  • The Churchill Lounge

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • Banquet hall
  • Front-desk safe
  • Newspapers in reception
  • Water dispenser

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Tour/ticket assistance
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Conference space (1938 square feet)
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • Assistive listening devices available
  • In-room accessibility
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • 1 on-site accessible parking spaces
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk height (centimetres): 90
  • Wheelchair-width doorways
  • Wheelchair-accessible doorway width (centimetres): 76

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets

Bathroom

  • Bathrobes
  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bath combination
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • Digital channels
  • TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker

More

  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Phone
  • Safe
  • Slippers

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Contactless check-in available
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property ahead of time using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after midnight please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation
For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
Guests checking in after 11 PM will need to ring the bell for check-in assistance upon arrival.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of GBP 15.00 per pet, per night
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Restrictions apply; for more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
Food and water bowls are available

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
2 children, up to the age of 12 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for full breakfast: approximately GBP 26.00 per person
  • Uncovered self parking fee: GBP 5 per day
  • Pet fee: GBP 15.00 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

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
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 and debit cards; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, a first aid kit, and window guards
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

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Macdonald Bear Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 465 out of 1002 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 334 out of 1002 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 122 out of 1002 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 48 out of 1002 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 33 out of 1002 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Nigel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely old coaching inn. Great location in Woodstock and close to Blenheim Palace. Friendly and helpful staff. A great place to stay.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

4/10 Poor

Tina

What I didn't like was being charged £24 for two poached eggs on toast as when I ordered for three guests I asked if this would be the price of the full English (£24) and was told NO A very expensive breakfast Indeed
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sharon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect location with parking
Love the hotel and have stayed before, love the rooms, noticed some cleaning issues that we alerted staff whom immediately upgraded us and we was happy Breakfast service, server not very friendly Would have liked some toast with our full English. Overall 8 out of 10 would go back
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

6/10 Okay

Julie, Swadlincote

Travelled with partner
On site parking is great. Paid for breakfast in advance but when we ate, we were advised there were supplements for cappuccinos! And not everything was included, so eggs Benedict was a supplement too. Didn’t get offered toast with breakfast. Staff not very helpful. Rooms needed a refresh, there was rust on the shower support. No extractor fans. Could only plud beside lamp in or charger, not enough sockets. Handy location for Woodstock and Blenheim palace. No warm welcome as a returning repeat guest.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Chris

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Not the most friendly of welcomes!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Andrew, Guildford

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The Hotel is looking extremely tired and needs to up its game. We stayed in the Churchill Suite with a Sofa so old that it was probably sat on by Sir Winston himself. The television in the sofa area clearly had never worked me mentioned it on leaving but am sure it is a known issue that never gets fixed. The curtains and blinds are all tattered and old - some money really needs to be spent on this hotel - will stay at The Feathers the next time. Also the hotel needs to invest in some coffee machines at breakfast- rubbish black coffee from a metal flask is not good enough anymore- we are not living in the 1990s. All the Staff were absolutely excellent and very helpful- but The Bear is VERY tired.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Tina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Always enjoyable - just love Woodstock!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jackie

Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Kevin

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jeremy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
3 night stay
We had a 3 night stay at the Bear hotel. The hotels location is fantastic...Blenheim palace grounds are less than a 5 minute walk and the hotel also has its own car park. Itis also situated in the town square. Lots of shops and restaurants nearby. We had a delux room (room 11). Although its front door lead onto the main car park and to be honest is not much to look at from the outside once inside it had a fantastic gallery bedroom that overlooked the lounge. It had a very comfy large bed and a separate shower cubice. Breakfast was very tasty and catered for all food groups. The evening menu had an adequate choice of meal. Service was friendly and polite. I think the hotel is really good value for money and would recommend it to anyone going to visit Blenheim.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

2/10 Terrible

Chris

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Lovely property but the staff need some training. Check in staff are rude, impolite and not very friendly. A fire alarm sounded early in the morning and the staff didn’t even evacuate themselves. Very very dangerous.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent stay at an historic coaching inn
Fantastic stay at this prestigious coaching house hotel. Everything about the stay was fantastic. Room exceptional, friendly staff and good food. As it's an old property parking can be an issue with limited space, however, as in middle of Woodstock, plenty of parking around at a reasonable price
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ann

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed for one night to visit Blenheim Palace. The staff were all really friendly and helpful. It’s s perfect location with parking. It is an old building, it does creak, but didn’t hear any other guests even though it was busy. Could do with a spruce up, but would stay again!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Chris

Liked: Cleanliness
Nice location, staff friendly. Breakfast nice but staff didn’t clear away dirty plates. Requested fresh coffee and tea and despite a reminder it didn’t arrive.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Allum

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

2/10 Terrible

Michelle

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Dave and Katie

Travelled with partner
We are in the hospitality business and have stayed at some outstanding historical properties throughout the United Kingdom. The photos of this hotel looked like it would be equally beautiful, charming and high end. Unfortunately the interior is run down with old stained carpets, drapes severely frayed and looking tired throughout. Our room was clean for which we are grateful. We stayed in another hotel (The Lygon Arms , which would be a great model to be inspired by) which was also built in the 1200’s and it was luxurious, inviting and sumptuous in its decor throughout its many sitting rooms, dining rooms and our bedroom ensuite. The word through out the town of Woodstock is its declining in reputation. Being a historic property and outside the gates of Blenheim, the owners would be wise to do a major renovation and investment to keep guests coming. People will continue to flood Woodstock and will find other places to pay the big bucks.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Tom

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hotel was well located and easy access to local conveniences. Room was clean. Evening meal was very good. Both bar and restaurant staff were very attentive.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Diane

Travelled with group
Liked: Amenities
Lovely Hotel in the Heart of Woodstock !
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

8/10 Good

Roger

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sandra

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Taina

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

10/10 Excellent

Kate

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

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024