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Bel & The Dragon Kingsclere

3.5 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
December 2024
January 2025

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Terrace/patio
Desk, free WiFi, bed sheets
Balcony
Exterior
Interior

Reviews

9.6 out of 10

Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Breakfast included
  • Pet-friendly
  • Housekeeping
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
Swan Street, Kingsclere, Newbury, England, RG20 5PP
  • 4 Kingdoms Adventure Park
    6 min drive
  • Greenham Common
    12 min drive
  • Highclere Castle
    15 min drive
  • Southampton (SOU)
    51 min drive

Room options

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Double Room

Double Room

  • 12 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Deluxe Double Room

Deluxe Double Room

  • 16 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About the area

Newbury

Located in Newbury, Bel & The Dragon Kingsclere is in the historical district, a 3-minute drive from North Wessex Downs and 6 minutes from 4 Kingdoms Adventure Park. .This inn is 8.9 mi (14.4 km) from Highclere Castle and 4.9 mi (8 km) from Sandham Memorial Chapel.
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What's nearby

  • Bombay Sapphire Distillery - 10 min drive
  • Newbury Racecourse - 14 min drive
  • Donnington Castle - 15 min drive
  • Highclere Castle - 15 min drive
  • Watermill Theatre - 16 min drive

Getting around

  • Overton Station - 7 min drive
  • Farnborough (FAB) - 42 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Nelsons Diner - ‬16 min walk
  • ‪Dew Pond Restaurant - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Fox & Hounds - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪Coffee Exchange - ‬7 min drive

About this property

Bel & The Dragon Kingsclere

Inn in Newbury with free breakfast and a restaurant
Bel & The Dragon Kingsclere offers 9 accommodations. Flat-screen televisions are featured in guestrooms.

Bathrooms include showers. This Newbury inn provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Stay in one of 9 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms with showers are provided. Conveniences include desks and electric kettles, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access.
At Bel & The Dragon Kingsclere, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary full breakfast is served daily.
The front desk is staffed during limited hours. Free self parking is available onsite.
Guests are offered a complimentary full breakfast each morning.
Bel & The Dragon Kingsclere has a restaurant on site.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free full breakfast available daily
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar

Guest services

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Front desk (limited hours)

Outdoors

  • Garden

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
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Heating

Bathroom

  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle

More

  • Desk

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9:30 PM
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 from 8:00 AM - 9:30 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of GBP 20 per accommodation, per stay
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs only

Children and extra beds

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

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Pet fee: GBP 20 per accommodation, per stay
  • 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
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Bel Dragon Newbury
Bel Dragon Kingsclere Inn Newbury
Bel Dragon Kingsclere Newbury
Bel Dragon Kingsclere bury
Bel & The Dragon Kingsclere Inn
Bel & The Dragon Kingsclere Newbury
Bel & The Dragon Kingsclere Inn Newbury

Bel & The Dragon Kingsclere Reviews

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 131 out of 165 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 27 out of 165 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 165 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 165 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 165 reviews" "

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

9.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Chris

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff were very amicable & accommodating, the building has some history and is quite interesting, but not well suited to ‘modern systems’ like the fire alarm - I didn’t enjoy being outside at 1am on a previous visit and 3am this time!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Danilo

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a go-to property every time we come over. The food is through-the-roof good, the rooms are clean and beautiful, and the parking is great. The bar is a local hangout, and everyone is VERY welcoming and they love to chat and share stories. Don't hesitate to eat there. The food is one of the reasons we stay. Staff is amazing. The ground floor room we had opened up onto the chef's garden, and it was quiet, and even pastoral. A lot of people come there to go to Kingsclere castle, i.e. "Downton Abbey" -- but we stay there for the food and service, and it's a wonderfully quiet place with great people.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Louise

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect stsy
Loved our stay here . Second time we’ve been here . Staff are so friendly you feel welcomed straight away . Room large and super king comfy bed . Had excellent sleep . Food and drinks in bar and restaurant were excellent .
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Margaret

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

10/10 Excellent

Lorna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Accommodation and Food
Delightful 15th century pub with very comfortable rooms. The food in the pub was superb at both dinner and breakfast and we would highly recommend staying here.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Vernon

Staff were so polite and informative. No question was too small to answer. Room and food were excellent and the surrounding are beautiful Would stay here again
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

James

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

10/10 Excellent

Gregory

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is lovely hotel situated in a very cozy area! On site parking was convenient. Staff were extremely helpful! Breakfast service was great and the hotel restaurant was outstanding. Very close to many sites especially Highclere Castle. Rooms were updated, clean, and spacious with all of the amenities. There was even a very comfy sitting room on our floor!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

8/10 Good

William

Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

MARGHERITA

Stayed 1 night in May 2024

8/10 Good

Shani

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Room for improvement
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Definitely recommended!
Stayed overnight after a gig with my band. Very comfortable room, great food and great service. Definitely recommended!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Heidi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The staff make it amazing
My husband and I are Brits but live in the US, we were visiting family for the week and decided last minute (literally 24 hours notice) to spend one night between long car journeys at a B&B halfway, did a quick hotels.com search and found Bel and The Dragon, the only place with a King bed at such short notice. I called to let them know we'd probably not arrive til about 7:30/8pm and spoke to Luke, such a professional, he told me it was no problem and that he'd book a table for us for dinner so we'd catch the kitchen in time. The room was stunning, everything thought of, down to the complimentary tea and coffee, the food in the restaurant was delicious, there is a rec room with games and whisky to help yourself! the staff were amazing, especially Luke the Manager, Lee the barman and Chloe in the morning at breakfast, who was helping this branch due to short notice. We never think to stay in a B&B because we're always staying with family when we come back, but we loved every minute of our stay at Bel and The Dragon, Kingsclere. Beautiful location and most importantly the staff were fantastic.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Colin, Jackson Hts

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Cosy, cute and comfortable, very friendly and helpful staff. We loved our visit and plan to stay again soon.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A wonderful stay
A wonderful hotel. Our bed was large and very comfortable. The bathroom had all you need. We ate in the restaurant and the menu was very varied with lots of local produce. The evening meal and our breakfast were delicious. We would definitely stay again. The staff were very friendly making the whole experience execeptional.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Old inn with cottage-style furnishing; Incorporates good restaurant; Good breakfast choices.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Shani

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
All in all a good stay
Enjoyed our stay. Staff lovely. The only negative was service at breakfast extremely slow and nobody at hand if we needed anything. In the bar area nobody cleared the glasses from the tables.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
GOOD STAY and meal
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

laura

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kathie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Karen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
We stayed on an incredibly hot weekend. We were given a small room which overlooked the outside dining area and the extractor fans (noisy & pumping out even more hot air) for the kitchen. We were given a fan, which redistributed the already hot air around the room. It was impossibly difficult to sleep - both noise & heat - including kitchen noise, dining & drinking noise, kitchen staff noise (til late), road noise & then all the bins being emptied very early the following morning. I ended up sleeping in the floor in the shared sitting room space. The staff were apologetic the following morning and moved us to a room at the front of the hotel which was significantly better. Request that you are not in a room called Kisby. I am gluten free and the staff tried hard to provide gluten free alternatives. These were limited but I appreciated their efforts. Beware - Avocado on toast in the morning is overprocessed guacamole. It’s a young team - that tried hard - were friendly - but not what I would have expected for the price we paid. Kingsclere is very pretty and the walking locally was great. The food was good but expensive. Slightly bizarre to have a menu fit for deep autumn when the weather was so hot.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a lovely property in the heart of Kingsclere village. Very happy with our stay.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Looks and feels great, but issues with our room
I really wanted to like this hotel, and there's a lot to like. There are also a few things to dislike. It's a charming, old building that wears its history well. Our room was just off a communal lounge area that was littered with old books, had a vaulted, beamed ceiling and plenty of space to relax, including a complementary decanter of single malt whisky! The room though had some issues. It was booked as a "deluxe double" room but was quite small and not especially well thought-out. There was a large, claw-footed free-standing bath in the room with a shower attachment on the taps, but no shower cubicle, curtain or similar. There was a separate toilet room with a hand basin, but no soap dispenser at the basin, meaning you had to leave and use the other basin that was in the main room. There was no wardrobe space and nowhere to sit other than on the bed. Very little surface top space to put stuff down on too. The main issue was that our bedroom formed part of the fire escape route from this floor. This meant that there was a break-glass outside our room which unlocked the room to allow egress; anybody could access our room at any time without a key. In fact when we tried to lock our door to go out it turned out that this mechanism had been activated and the door simply wouldn't lock. The staff quickly reset and fixed this, but it's very disconcerting. Finally the extraction from the kitchen was right outside the window and very noisy during serving times. Great food though.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

michael

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice hotel and food. Friendly staff. Our waitress was lovely. Easy check in/out and good room to spend the night.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023