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Bear of Rodborough Hotel

4.0 star property

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Terrace/patio
Lobby sitting area
Reception
Bar (on property)
Front of property

Reviews

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • 24/7 front desk
  • Bar
  • Room service

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Rodborough Common, Stroud, England, GL5 5DE
  • Place, Minchinhampton Common
    ‪5 min walk‬
  • Place, Cotswold Canals Trust
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Place, Stratford Park
    ‪5 min drive‬

Room options

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Country House Double or Twin Room

Country House Double or Twin Room

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
(10 reviews)
  • 21 sq m
  • Valley view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Cosy Double Room

Cosy Double Room

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(16 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Classic Double Room

Classic Double Room

  • 12 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Superior Double Room

Superior Double Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(2 reviews)
  • 18 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Good Single Room

Good Single Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(3 reviews)
  • 8 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Superior double or Twin Room

Superior double or Twin Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 18 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Deluxe Four Poster Suite

Deluxe Four Poster Suite

  • 19 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Stroud

With a stay at Bear of Rodborough Hotel in Stroud, you'll be a 4-minute walk from Minchinhampton Common and within a 5-minute drive of Woodchester Valley Vineyard and Winery. .This eco-certified hotel is 11 mi (17.6 km) from Gloucester Quays and 11.5 mi (18.5 km) from Gloucester Docks.

What's nearby

  • Minchinhampton Common - 5 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Cotswold Canals Trust - 4 min drive - 3.4 km
  • Stroud Bowl - 4 min drive - 3.4 km
  • Stroud Park - 5 min drive - 3.7 km
  • Stratford Park - 5 min drive - 3.7 km

Getting around

  • Stroud Station - 4 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Felt Cafe - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Falafel Mama - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪The Old Lodge - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪The Lord John - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Stroud Brewery - ‬15 min walk

About this property

Bear of Rodborough Hotel

Eco-certified hotel with 2 restaurants and a 24-hour front desk
Bear of Rodborough Hotel offers 46 accommodations with safes and complimentary bottled water. Beds feature premium bedding. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Bathrooms include complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.
Make yourself at home in one of the 46 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access. Additional amenities at this hotel include concierge services, wedding services, and a picnic area.
Grab a bite at The Library Restaurant, one of the hotel's 2 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. English breakfasts are served on weekdays from 7:00 AM to 9:30 AM and on weekends from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. Free self parking is available onsite.
English breakfasts are available for a surcharge on weekdays between 7:00 AM and 9:30 AM and on weekends between 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM.
The Library Restaurant - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

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.

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site
  • Free RV/bus/lorry parking on site

Food and drink

  • English breakfast available for a fee 7:00 AM to 9:30 AM on weekdays and 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM on weekends; GBP 12.95 to 25.95 per person
  • 2 restaurants
  • A bar/lounge

Restaurants on site

  • The Library Restaurant

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • No lift

More

  • 2 buildings
  • 3 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Limited room service

More

  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of GBP 20 per pet, per night
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs and cats only
2 total pets
Specific rooms only; pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation
Food and water bowls are available

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for GBP 20.0 per night

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for English breakfast: approximately GBP 12.95 to 25.95 per person
  • Pet fee: GBP 20 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees
  • Rollaway bed fee: GBP 20.0 per night

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
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

National rating

This establishment has received its official star rating from VisitEngland, the National Tourist Board for England.

Property is also known as

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Bear of Rodborough Hotel Reviews

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 275 out of 419 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 110 out of 419 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 22 out of 419 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 8 out of 419 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 419 reviews

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

Great break, would stay again.

Stay was excellent, in extremely warm weather. The room was advised as being a quiet room at the rear. However with the temperature, we had the windows open wide, to be greeted by the continual sound of the air con units, until 11 p.m. Staff, and service are excellent, superb breakfast. Would certainly stay again.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

KEITH

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
When you look at the photos there are cows and serenity.What you get if you stay in the tower room is a very busy road instead and a poor nights sleep. Not for me I am afraid,
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful location with beautiful views and walking on the common. Very friendly staff, excellent breakfast and quality in-room tea and coffee. Large beer garden with fun outdoor games.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Daniel

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Avoid.

Piping hot room, windows that cant fully open, guests snoring and the walls were so thin I couldnt sleep. Bathroom shower took only 2 or 3 minutes till it was overflowing due to blocked pipes. Horrible, expensive food at the restaurant. However, staff are lovely and the location is nice.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

clive

Overnight break

Lovely hotel/pub in a very quiet area
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Karen

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

Dog friendly weekend with friends.

Perfect! Lovely spacious room, excellent facilities, large comfortable bed, great to have plenty of space with 2 dogs. Superb shower with quality toiletries. Staff were very friendly and attentive. Menu and quality of food excellent. So much space both indoors in bar/eating areas and outdoors in beer garden. Best ‘dog friendly’ hotel we’ve stayed in, can’t wait to book again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sean

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
From start to finish our 2 night break was excellent. From the warm welcome when checking in to us checking out the staff made us want for nothing. The room we stayed in was clean and was cleaned with everyting restocked. It had all the appliances you would expect, kettle for provided tea and coffee, ironing board and kettle including a safe and T.V. Although in the adjoining country house, we never felt that we was not part of the main hotel building. There was also an outdoor bar which was open when we had pizzas on the Friday of our stay which were freshly cooked in the outdoor pizza oven. The Sunday dinner was of high quality and again, the staff during meal times were thorough and efficent. The hotel is situated just off the common which gives access to plenty of walks. Overall I would recommend the hotel to anyone as it caters for all.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Marcus

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really pleasant stay with wonderful views and a furry bear!
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Adele

Travelled with family
Everything
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lesley

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
perfect doggy friendly accommodation
beautuful cosy room
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Paula

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Leon

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

Stunning hotel, great service

Absolutely stunning hotel. Beer garden a great space on a lovely summer's day. Staff were friendly and attentive. Rooms were comfy and spacious and the blackout blinds made for a good night's sleep. Breakfast very good I will be returning if I'm in the area.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Period property with it's quirks. Staff very friendly. Ample parking. Rooms clean with a nice touch of adding quality items in the room (tea pigs tea bags, Molton Brown etc) Breakfast excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely character property. Rooms are worth the money. Breakfast very good value.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

6/10 Okay

Vickie

Liked: Staff & service
The area around the hotel was amazing. sceanic and peaceful. Lovely walks and lots of nearby to visit. We stayed in a pet friendly room that was ok. Some redecoration needed. Smelt abit doggy but also being on the ground floor and next to the door, there was alot of banging and people chatting as they were coming and going. No sound proofing and i could clearly hear people using the toilet. Although the room had beautiful views across the valley, directly in front of our window was some seating so we had to have the curtains drawn for privacy most of the time. Another thing to point out was the wifi randomly stopped working and would not come back on. We had gone for dinner and wanted to relax in the room and were only about to do so for about half an hour before the wifi connection said it had no service. A call to reception wasnt helpful as was told it happens, signal drops in and out and just try again in a bit. The wifi didnt work for the rest of our stay. Dinner and breakfast was fine, reasonably priced. I couldnt say the food was exceptional but it was good nonetheless. Our doggy got spoiled with a sausage in the morning and i thought it a nice touch the restaurant offered a doggy dinner (albeit at £8.50) I would like to point out that staff are lovely. There was a particular lady at reception who was fabulous and super helpful, giving us info and guidance about local areas and what to do. Our stay was fine but if returning to the area again, id stay somewhere d
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities
The Bear is in a beautiful location,we had a great view from our room.The best thing about the Bear are the staff. Without exception they friendly,welcoming and most helpful
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

STEPHEN

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nigel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly welcoming receptionist and staff. Good size one bed room and had a great breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

John

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Colin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I originally come from the Stroud area and know the hotel well. As we were visiting family we didn’t eat at the hotel so we aren’t able to comment on the full experience. The setting is great as was the view from our hotel room. Would we go back? Of course, we never got a chance to visit Winstons.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Fay

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely Cotswold hotel, restaurant and bar. Especially good being able to bring our dog and stay in one of the dog friendly rooms. Stunning local countryside.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Lara

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Disappointed

It’s a shame to rate this beautiful place so low but it’s purely down to the service. Firstly, my name was spelled wrong on my room card. Not a big issue, I made my way to my room. I booked valley view specifically as I wanted to enjoy that on my solo trip. I look out of my window and I see… the car park. I try to call the reception a few times, no answer. I try to call on my mobile, get through but they can’t hear me so quickly hang up. No call back. I make my way back to reception to ask them if I can change room, but I’m told ‘we have a large booking and they’ve taken all the valley view rooms. I can’t change you’. No apology or offer of compensation/a good will gesture to make it up to me. Baring in mind I paid for valley view! Fine. Evening comes and I fancied a bath. I go to run it and I see multiple suspicious curly hairs… nope! Shower it is :) Room was quite cold despite putting the radiator on max. I thought I may give them feedback at checkout when they ask me how my stay was… oh, they didn’t ask! Just took my payment and goodbye. I would love to stay here again but I’m just so disappointed by the service. The place really is beautiful.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Philip

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025