The Swan Hotel, Bedford, reminds me of my childhood, when my Grandmother took my brother, Gareth, stay and I on our first in a hotel ever. It is a unique hotel, which seems to invite relaxation and calm. There is even a leisure centre inviting its guests to unwind and is a complimentary facility ... Read review
Bedford's most historic hotel has been transformed, and features sensational new rooms ... more
with air conditioning, a great town-centre location and stunning views over the River Ouse.The 18th-century Bedford Swan is full of character and history. It was built in 1794 for the 5th Duke of Bedford, and is one of the most distinctive hotels in the town. It has a Roman-bath-style pool and Jacuzzi. Spa treatments are available at an additional cost.Rooms are luxurious and comfortable and come with stylish furniture, free Wi-Fi and a flat-screen 32-inch LCD TV (with movies). White Company toiletries are in all bathrooms.River Room Restaurant has an outdoor terrace overlooking the river and serves freshly prepared food. There are elegant meeting and function rooms for events..
Information: :Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
The Bedford Swan Hotel in Bedford is a delightful 18th century hotel located in the centre ... more
of Bedford only a few miles from Luton Airport and only an hour drive from the university towns of Oxford and Cambridge and central London is only 40 minutes by trainThis elegant hotel built in 1794 for the 5th Duke of Bedford is one of the most distinctive hotels in Bedford occupying a prominent position overlooking the River Ouse The hotel features a Roman Style Pool and Spa which is complimentary to hotel guests Guests can enjoy a meal in the restaurant or a light snack afternoon tea or a drink in the Sunken Lounge Bar Ten Conference rooms cater for up to 250 people for conferences or private banqueting parties Parking is available on site
Information: :Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Built in 1794, the Bedford Swan Hotel is an elegant country house which has been converted ... more
into a hotel overlooking the River Ouse. This three floor hotel features 113 guestrooms, all of which include tea and coffee making facilities, televisions, and complimentary high speed Internet access. Other amenities include trouser presses, direct dial phones and radios. The River Room Restaurant, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, is a smart, a la carte restaurant specialising in traditional English and European cuisine, with views of the river. A more relaxed ambience can be experienced in the Sunken Lounge&Bar. Open for light lunches and afternoon tea, the lounge serves fresh baguettes, salads and traditional cream teas. The roman style pool and spa is available for guests' use. The hotel is also well known for its conference facilities, with a range of meeting and function rooms. The 24 hour front desk can assist with Internet access, laundry and safe deposits, and guests can browse through the complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Free parking is available on site. The closest airport is Luton Airport (LTN); approximate driving time is 40 minutes and distance is 20 miles (32 kilometres).
Information: :Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Built in 1794, the Bedford Swan Hotel is an elegant country house which has been converted ... more
into a hotel overlooking the River Ouse. This three floor hotel features 113 guestrooms, all of which include tea and coffee making facilities, televisions, and complimentary high speed Internet access. Other amenities include trouser presses, direct dial phones and radios. The River Room Restaurant, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, is a smart, a la carte restaurant specialising in traditional English and European cuisine, with views of the river. A more relaxed ambience can be experienced in the Sunken Lounge&Bar. Open for light lunches and afternoon tea, the lounge serves fresh baguettes, salads and traditional cream teas. The roman style pool and spa is available for guests' use. The hotel is also well known for its conference facilities, with a range of meeting and function rooms. The 24 hour front desk can assist with Internet access, laundry and safe deposits, and guests can browse through the complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Free parking is available on site. The closest airport is Luton Airport (LTN); approximate driving time is 40 minutes and distance is 20 miles (32 kilometres).
Information: :Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
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Advantages: Great afternoon teas, particually at Christmas! Disadvantages: Resturant is not particually quick or efficient.
The Swan Hotel, Bedford, reminds me of my childhood, when my Grandmother took my brother, Gareth, stay and I on our first in a hotel ever. It is a unique hotel, which seems to invite relaxation and calm. There is even a leisure centre inviting its guests to unwind and is a complimentary facility to any guests staying overnight, in the hotel. This takes the form of a ‘Roman Style’ Leisure Pool and Spa Bath.
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The Swan Hotel comprises of one hundred and ten en-suite bedrooms. It is an ideal location for touring Althorp, the ancestral home and final resting-place of Diana, Princess of Wales, as well as Knebworth House, Whipsnade Zoo and Woburn Abbey.
My favourite place to visit, as a non-resident is the carefully designed public areas offer. It is a sunken seating area, set out of the hustle and bustle of this scrumptiously ... more
The Swan Hotel, Bedford, reminds me of my childhood, when my Grandmother took my brother, Gareth, stay and I on our first in a hotel ever. It is a unique hotel, which seems to invite relaxation and calm. There is even a leisure centre inviting its guests to unwind and is a complimentary facility to any guests staying overnight, in the hotel. This takes the form of a ‘Roman Style’ Leisure Pool and Spa Bath.
The Swan Hotel is an elegant hotel, which is part of the ‘Paten Hotels’ chain. This hotel overlooks the River Ouse and yet is situated this stands on a site in the heart of Bedford’s town centre. It is a magnificent grade II listed building, built in 1794 for the 5th Duke of Bedford, now offering excellent modern amenities combined with traditional values of comfort and care, associated in ‘days gone by!’
The Swan Hotel comprises of one hundred and ten en-suite bedrooms. It is an ideal location for touring Althorp, the ancestral home and final resting-place of Diana, Princess of Wales, as well as Knebworth House, Whipsnade Zoo and Woburn Abbey.
My favourite place to visit, as a non-resident is the carefully designed public areas offer. It is a sunken seating area, set out of the hustle and bustle of this scrumptiously elegant hotel, a meandering lounges offer an ideal retreat in which to enjoy morning coffee or indulge in a sumptuous afternoon tea. I love to park my car in their car-park, go shopping in Bedford, and then spoil myself with a light lunch or afternoon tea. It serves as a great meeting point too, particularly in winter, when cold and windy outside!
The River Room Restaurant offers a fine selection of cuisine and wines from around the world. I personally was not overly impressed when I used the restaurant for a birthday meal for Shane. The service was slow and disorganised and I found the food to be nothing overly special.
**Rooms and Cost**
All rooms include have hospitality tray, hairdryer, trouser press, 24 hour room service, colour television and direct dial telephone, in a well-lit workspace. Non-smoking bedrooms are available too. I think that is pretty standard for a three star hotel.
Within the one hundred and ten rooms there is one suite, two junior suites, twenty-five twin rooms, fifty-nine double rooms, nineteen single rooms and four family rooms.
A choice of Continental or Full English Breakfast is a further £8.95 per person.
*Special Breaks*
£ 47.00 per person, per night includes Accommodation & Full English Breakfast when sharing a Twin or Double room.
£ 58.00 per person, per night includes Accommodation, Table d'hôte Dinner and Full English Breakfast when sharing a Twin or Double room.
Children aged 3-14 sharing with parent's stay for free and enjoy reduced price meals.
**Weddings**
For Weddings Banquets, and Private Parties, the Swann Hotel can provide extensive banqueting suites provide seating for up to 200 guests and also is able to offer a choice of beautiful rooms eminently suitable for any occasion.
The Wedding Package provides everything every thing for that special day except the groom, to make a special day a more memorable occasion!
A choice of White linen or Colour co-ordinated paper napkins. A glass of Sparkling Wine for the toast. A personally chosen Wedding Breakfast Menu. A Red Carpet Welcome. A reception drink of House Wine or Fruit Punch on arrival for all guests. A souvenir Wedding Cake Knife. Hire of the Function Suite. Overnight accommodation for the Bride & Groom. The use of Silk Flower Table Decorations. Use of the Wedding Cake Stand. Unlimited House wines with the Meal/Wedding Breakfast.
**As a Conference venue**
I went to a Sports Philosophy conference, held at the Swann Hotel, Bedford last year and I was impressed by the standard of service available, for day delegates. There is a wide range of distinctive conference and meeting rooms provide for both business and conference events: from small meetings to national conferences accommodating up to 200/250 delegates. At the conference I attended there was around 100 people, some of whom had flown in from America, Canada and Europe.
The hotel offers two packages, allowing different party’s needs to be met.
*Day Delegates*
Welcoming coffee Hire of main meeting room Morning coffee & biscuits A Two-course buffet lunch Afternoon tea & biscuits Delegate pads, pencils & name-cards Flipchart, overhead projector & screen Organiser's Toolkit
*24 hour Delegates
As for Day delegates plus: 3 course table d’hôte dinner plus coffee Accommodation with en-suite facilities, direct-dial telephone, TV & radio, trouser press, hairdryer, well-lit workspace, hospitality tray, wake-up call services Use of leisure facilities where available Choice of continental or full English Breakfast
A Conference Co-ordinator is available to assist and guide the organisation of events and there is dedicated team of staff will ensure everything runs smoothly on the day. A detailed schedule of events, indicating timings, the room layout, anticipated numbers and costs would be provided for every event. The designated meeting room, along with any pre-ordered equipment, will be checked & ready prior to the scheduled start time. Business services such as faxes, photocopying and daily post will be carried out as required.
All in all I have to say that I like this hotel, so much so that I paid for my parents to stay the weekend of their fortieth Wedding Anniversary.
**For Further information**
The Bedford Swan Hotel The Embankment Bedford MK40 1RW
Advantages: Good location, great food and memorable functions Disadvantages: Might be too close to town, quite pricey
The BedfordSwanHotel
Location
The BedfordSwanHotel
The Embankment
Bedford
Bedfordshire
Mk40 1RW
Telephone: 01234 346565 Fax: 01234 21200
Distance from local towns
Cambridge 25 miles
London 50 miles
Oxford 50 miles
Distance from Airports
Luton 20 miles
Stansted 50 miles
Heathrow 55 miles
Car parking is available free of charge for 100 cars.
www.bedfordswanhotel.co.uk
info@bedfordswanhotel.co.uk
The Hotel
The BedfordSwanHotel is located in the centre of the lively town of Bedford, occupying a great position on the banks of the River Ouse right next to the Town Bridge. The hotel was built in 1794 for the 5th Duke of Bedford and was acquired by Paten Hotels in 1916, who remain the long run owners to this day.
The Hotel is the ideal base for exploring the local area featuring 104 Standard ...
Advantages: Near to London;Good road and rail communications,;History Disadvantages: Night life is a bit tame;
Bedford.
When John Bunyan was alive the town of Bedford had a tiny population of about 2,000;today this thriving commercial and industrial centre has around 140,000 people. The town is located on one of the most attractive stretches of the River Great Ouse and enjoys excellent road and rail
communications - it is close to the MI and the AI highways and there are good rail services from London to Bedford,at least when Railtrack is not at work !
There is a good accommodations base in Bedford with the splendidly located Bedford Moat Hotel, with some 120 rooms, on the South Bank of the Great Ouse, the BedfordSwanHotel ...
Advantages: pubs - lots of them, Disadvantages: bus station is dismal, shopping
Restaurant which serves some very delectable food. Sadly, limited public transport is available although it is a very pleasant walk along the River Embankment to reach this Park.
This really sums up the bulk of the main tourist attractions in Bedford. Once you've spent 2 days looking, and travelling, to these places you'll probably be a little peckish. Well, don't get too excited as Bedford doesn't offer many unusual or quaint places to eat. There's plenty of Pizza Places, Indian Takeaways, Chinese Takeaways, the usual MacDonalds, Burger King and Pizza Hut but sadly lacking in much else. If you're wanting a really nice meal out somewhere I would suggest the Barns Hotel and Restaurant, they quite pricey but really do provide some excellent cuisine.
Accommodation in Bedford is also sadly lacking, there's the SwanHotel, and the Moat Hotel both ...
