Is The Bell at Boxford pet-friendly?

Yes, The Bell at Boxford allows dogs (limit 2 total). There's a fee of GBP 6 per accommodation, per stay. Service animals are exempt from fees. Some restrictions may apply, so please contact the property for more details.

What time is check-in at The Bell at Boxford?

Check-in start time: 10:00 AM; Check-in end time: 7:00 PM.

Where is The Bell at Boxford located?

Situated in Newbury, this inn is within 3 mi (5 km) of Welford Park, Deanwood Park Golf Course, and Watermill Theatre. Snelsmore Common Country Park is 3 mi (4.9 km) away.

The Bell at Boxford Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Sep 1, 2020

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Disliked: Cleanliness

Lovely location, friendly staff on arrival and a nice pub feel. Not the most immaculately clean bathroom but overall the room was comfortable and good value for money

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

Peter

Aug 10, 2020

Liked: Room comfort

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Closed

When I arrived the premises was closed. Luckily the owner answered the phone and opened up as he said he hadn’t had notification of booking. He opened up for me and gave me a room. But breakfast was supposed to be included but no facilities for breakfast, dinner or even drinks as basically the premises were closed

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Dec 22, 2019

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

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

2/10 Terrible

Kirk

Jul 29, 2019

Disliked: Staff & service

Never again

Cheery checkin turned intk a disastrous evening with dinner - as the only diners that evening taking an hour to be served! Inedible seafood salad, no customrr service skills and no apologied

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Andrew

Jul 9, 2019

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

Nice , country hotel with a sea food and champagne themed restaurant. Pleasant atmosphere and bar food .

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Frank

Jun 26, 2019

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

Comfortable, but nothing outstanding.

We didn't expect perfection from what is a room above a pub and clearly the owners are trying to do the best with what they have. The rooms (room 11) are small and the ensuite microscopic but they are clean and well cared for. Where the room falls short on are the things within control. For example, there is only one (ONE!) socket available for guest use in the room and that is at the furthest point from the bad. Had we required the supplemental electric heater there would have been no available sockets. Fortunately we had a power strip with us so we could plug in our cellphones to charge overnight. But, any room ought to have sufficient sockets for charging essential gadgets. A power-strip with a cord long enough to reach the side of the bed so that a cellphone could be used as an alarm is a basic requirement. Our meal was so-so and served sequentially so that even though we sat 6ft from the kitchen my wife's food was cold by the time mine was served. In Britain I expect concurrent serving, especially as we were the only two diners that rainy Monday night. The menu is basic pub-grub fare, which was all we needed, but since the advertising leads you to expect more, beware. There are two WiFi networks, the guest one and the private one. Ask for the password to the private one as the guest one is provided through a partner that requires too much private info. The staff, both during the evening and again in the morning, were friendly, approachable, and eager to please.

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

LAURENCE

Feb 11, 2019

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

HORSE RACING

NICE STOP OVER FOR HORSE RACING AT NEWBURY

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Feb 1, 2019

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

nice hotel out in the country. on our visit we had six inch deep snow

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Magnolia, New Zealand

Nov 6, 2018

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

Great country hotel. Very helpful and friendly staff. Thank you

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

6/10 Okay

Dave

Oct 5, 2018

Liked: Staff & service

Everything there is ok but the rooms could do with updating

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Gareth

Sep 20, 2018

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

Nice stay

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

4/10 Poor

peter, Cambridge

Sep 10, 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Comfortable room, poor breakfast

The room was clean and comfortable which is the main thing. It had a shabby, down-at-heel feel about it but then it wasn't very expensive. It is long overdue for refurbishment and the towels were very frayed. Service at breakfast was excellent but the cooked breakfast very poor: Old, wrinkled mushrooms that were practically raw, a fried egg that was solid and bacon that was very over-cooked. Not a pleasant experience!

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

Lee

Jun 18, 2018

Liked: Staff & service

hotel was ok, very small bathroom.

Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Tim

May 22, 2018

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

Good stay

Stayed 1 night in May 2018

4/10 Poor

Michael

Feb 22, 2018

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

sarah, Herts

Feb 12, 2018

Liked: Staff & service

Lovely village in gorgeous part of the country

The staff were excellent. The hotel is quite tired really, but the food was good and as the staff so friendly and welcoming forgave the rest of it really!

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Aug 7, 2017

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

Very poor quality needs some TLC

Did not get what we had booked. Rooms very tired decor and dirty. No lamp shades non matching bulbs. Pictures and lights falling off walls. Beds uncomfortable. Ceiling dirty marks. Curtains poor fit. Will not return!!

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Jul 1, 2017

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2017

8/10 Good

moorland martin, staffs

Jun 15, 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

short stay

not bad......rooms dated but service was very. good

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2017

4/10 Poor

Carol

Jun 5, 2017

Liked: Property conditions & facilities

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Convenient location, inadequate cleaning staff.

Had booked a twin room, was given a double bedded room - blow up bed was provided but on retiring discovered the double had been used previously. The pillow on one side was crumpled and dented ( head shape) the sheet on the same side was rumpled ( body Shape) while the other side was taught and unruffled as was the other pillow. After some discussion, that it was too late to do anything while insisting it was not necessary as it was clean and the room was unused the night before , staff reluctantly changed the bedding. It could easily have been used and left unchanged from several days earlier by the cleaning person, It was quite obviously used bedding!

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

May 20, 2017

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

MR D R

May 15, 2017

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

excellent

Excellent hotel Staff great Food fantastic

10/10 Excellent

C ROBERT

Sep 15, 2016

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

Very convenient for the length of time I was in the area. Very pleasant and efficient service. Nothing too much trouble. Could definitely recommend it and hope to visit again many thanks Robert needham

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Sep 10, 2016

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

8/10 Good

Robert

Sep 10, 2016

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

great location for Oxford and the surrounding area - a bit remote but very peaceful and relaxed (I stayed on a Thursday. loss as if it was much busier at weekends)

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