Name: The Bell Inn
Address: 21 Standlake Rd, Ducklington, Witney, Witney, Witney, OX29 7UP, United Kingdom
Rating: 8

Smoke-free property

Garden

No elevators

General

Breakfast

Restaurant

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Free Wi-Fi

Internet

Free parking

Parking

Playroom

Kids

Pets allowed

Pets

Temperature control for staff

Personal protection equipment for staff

Extra decontamination measures

Personal protection equipment for guests

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At the guest house

Raf Brize Norton

Oxford Airport

Asaba International Airport

Gloucestershire Airport

Wycombe Air Park

Milton Keynes

The Bell Inn

Witney

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limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

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sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

Parking at hotel is limited so had to be on the main village street that was generally quite quiet.
Reception at bar were expecting us and quickly shown room upstairs from the outside stairway. Room was quite pleasant with nice amenities.
As restaurant was closing had to make our way there quite quickly before getting our suitcases in. (see separate review for food).

Disturbed at midnight by fire alarm but just as about to go out of room alarm silenced and panic over (chef apologised at breakfast as cause was unknown).
Good choice of cereals, fresh fruit and juice plus choice of cooked breakfast.
Service not quick but in no hurry and food was hot and tasty

Bed and Breakfast

2nd time staying here. The room was functional, the carpet could have done with a vacuum. The shower was 5 seconds on 5 seconds off, continuous which is extremely frustrating. One reading light didn't work. Alot of stains on carpet and sofa. One light pillow each but cushions from sofa helped. The alarm went off before 7am and stopped after a couple of minutes. No apologies or explanations  forthcoming. When I asked at breakfast, I was told when the kitchen closed something wasn't switched off so when opened in the morning it set off the alarm. No one to explain what happens at breakfast. Not particularly easy to log in or order meals. However, evening meal and breakfast were tasty and good value. Parking along the road. Cups in room but no milk/tea bags etc. Was too tired after a long journey to chase up. The staff were fine. Beautiful picture box historical village with lovely pond and ducks.  Bed and bath room clean. 

Overnight stay 

Very mixed experience. One night stay ahead of event in Oxford. Ideal location in Cotswold village. Beautiful old pub. Staff friendly & helpful. Price reasonable. Room disappointing a mish-mash of beds, shower noisy & intermittent hot water. Biggest issue was a rock band playing to a boisterous audience right beneath the 1st floor bedroom. Love my music but this was very loud & unable to reduce noise as windows were original sloping wooden slats. Power cut stopped music just b4 11pm. Would not revisit

Disappointing given location

The Bell is not perfect but has character and is excellent value. We paid under £100 each for 3 nights B&B. Staff & the locals were very friendly. The English Breakfast was very tasty indeed. The bedrooms need a bit of refurbishment but are en-suite and good for a quiet nights sleep. 

Great Value

Wanted a dog friendly place to stay near Witney without paying a fortune. The Bell Inn was inexpensive, very friendly. The were lots of positive points but some aspects really let it down. The breakfast was particularly disappointing, but we could have been unlucky.  
The room was well presented and clean, although the shower was not good (blocked and the waste pipe needed a good clean hence water didn’t flow away.  Hopefully this has been sorted after we brought it to the managers attention. 
If you are looking for an inexpensive place to stay, which is dog friendly (and person friendly), are happy with ‘pub grub’ and friendly service.  The Bell will serve you well.

Ok for the price

A lovely traditional real pub with accommodation and restaurant.

We we were booked in overnight mid-week and received a warm welcome - but even though it was only 7:30pm and we had just driven for 4 hours to get there, we were told the kitchen would be closing in 10 minutes.

After being shown outside and up an external metal staircase to our dog friendly room (which is not recommended for those with mobility problems) we scuttled back down to the bar and ordered some food.

The service was excellent and the bar had a lovely rustic charm, with a big open fire.

Food was nice as were the drinks and they even kindly brought them to the table for you. 

The twin room was a bit dated and lacked some basics like coat hangers, but was comfortable overall.  Water pressure was dismal in the bathroom however but it is an old historic building after all.

There is no car park and street parking can provide a challenge to find somewhere to leave your car.

We would give this a 2.5 star Inn in terms of accommodation and 3.5 for food and drinks with top marks for attentive service overall.  

We found all of it reasonably priced and we would go back and stay over again.

Nice traditional pub

We Stayed for one night lovely evening meal and breakfast, rooms comfy and cozy staff very friendly 
Would definitely stay again when visiting family in Oxford . Only grip is the parking is hit and miss

Lovely place

The friendliest place I've ever stayed. The welcome was genuine, we sat in the bar and within a short space of time, felt that we were at home with friends. Andy and the staff were wonderful and made our stay even better than we could have expected. The food was lovely good hearty pub grub with a real touch of class, breakfast was so good we didn't need dinner. I cannot recommend the stay highly enough. A fantastic location almost centrally between the cotswolds and Oxford. If you like warm and friendly you must try it.

Found this place and will be going back, Very soon

What a pub! 'Enter as a stranger- leave as a friend', declares the somewhat pithy sign in the bar- but, on this occasion it was true! A local, propped up by the bar told us how to get to the nearby country park for really good walking, later, in a bar nicely crowded with locals, space was made for us so that we could look at the draught beer on offer and make our choice of Timothy Taylor or Morland- both really tasty! Home made steak and ale pie( 'slow cooked for 9 hours', the chef told us) was outstanding. Service was great! 

Marvellous really, wish it was our local! Lots of friendly dogs with friendly owners ! Pool later, played with friendly customers and off to bed in a reasonably priced, decent bedroom. 

The church is also great, 800 years old - Rev Andrea is very friendly - well, she is a Yorkshire lass so that says it all really! Tea and biscuits are worth sampling !

Just Great! Great Character, Great People, Great Home Cooking

Delicious carvery 
22 of us attended for a cavern lunch …4 meats on offer (turkey, pork, beef and gammon) huge Yorkshire’s, crispy potatoes, red cabbage, cauliflower cheese, parsnips, green cabbage and gravy - delicious ! 

The ice cream puds were also delicious - sadly the other puds not so much 

We would def come back ⭐️

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