Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings
Green Lane, Clapham, Bedford, MK41 6EP
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford
Woodlands Manor is a secluded grade ll listed manor house set in acres of wooded grounds and gardens. Woodlands Manor is situated only 2 miles from the centre o... more
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8/10 Overall rating
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| 8/10 | Check-in process |
| 8/10 | Your room |
| 8/10 | Working order of facilities / equipment |
| 8/10 | Order and cleanliness of the hotel |
| 8/10 | Performance of staff |
| 8/10 | Overall experience |
| 8/10 | Overall value for money |
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Shaun ( Solo business traveller)
from Luton , GB on September 7, 2009
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Linda ( Same sex couple)
from Escholzmatt , CH on August 19, 2009
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"I was so pleased when i saw the Hotel. I had booked this hotel as my sister had an important meeting in Bedford the following morning. She however hardly got any sleep because of the noise in corridor. Nothing was undertaken by night porter. Noise went on until 1.30 in the morning. i am sorry I chose this hotel for my sister now. Perhaps this hotel is good for a short break, but not for a business trip" (108817106)
The Hotel was great, rooms very clean and food super
Not taken seriously by staff.
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Frenny ( Young couple)
from Echt , NL on July 28, 2009
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"room was renovated but sloppy done and with cheap materials, which were already broken, damp etc." (107361062)
friendliness of staff, complete facilities
noise, cleanliness, location of room in building, breakfast buffet constantly out of products
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Gary ( Solo business traveller)
from Otelfingen , CH on June 26, 2009
Internet Access and Food
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Duncan ( Mature couple)
from Bolton , GB on May 5, 2009
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"Not good value for money" (107818138)
Very nice surroundings, pleasant staff
Requires some updating, breakfast a complete nightmare.
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Ian ( Mature couple)
from Burton-on-trent , GB on April 18, 2009
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"Good well looked after" (107521770)
Lack of facilities for problems with walking
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on March 13, 2009
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"Excellent stay in a premium quality hotel" (107471198)
Food was excellent and staff actioned my request for a good room we were upgraded to a suite.
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on March 3, 2009
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"very enjoyable" (107734399)
Excellent
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on February 27, 2009
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"Very enjoyable - surprised to note no info for "tourists" giving details of area" (107455563)
spacious room lovely freshly cooked breakfast
poor light in the room as no ceiling light - hasto rely on bedside loights and a standard lamp.As the roomwas a fair size this made it dark
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on February 23, 2009
Excellent overall.
The shower in the bathroom is not very easy to adjust to get the right temp.
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Anonymous ( Solo business traveller)
on January 11, 2009
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"pleasant but please fix the shower." (107888024)
Friendly staff, clean,and very warm rooms and also the hotel had a warm feeling.food was hot and freshly cooked.
the shower was u/s and the alternative was a very small bath.
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Julie ( Other)
from Whaley bridge , GB on December 22, 2008
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"Very pleased" (107308003)
Food excellent , room clean and warm. Party night great
Disco at the party night ended too soon !
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( Other)
from Farnborough , GB on October 29, 2008
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"Pretty good." (107997014)
Staff very good. Ideal location, room was fine.
Sealant in bathroom was grubby and needed replacing. Placement of shower controls frustrating, you had to be in the shower to use them, so an initial blast of cold water before temperature settled.
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Anonymous ( Solo business traveller)
on July 1, 2008
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"nice location reception when checking in adequate check out spot on staff in breakfast room top class " (97680929)
location room lay out
bath room needed rework grout looked old /dirty shower was weak drain was slow to run away
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Anonymous ( Family with young children)
on February 17, 2008
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"Excellent in every aspect. Very baby friendly indeed!" (97962370)
Friendly, professional staff who were willing to accomodate our 6 month old baby.
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Bryan ( Group of adult friends)
from Wigginton, tring , United Kingdom;GB on April 30, 2007
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"Liked the fact that the rooms were in the main house rather than some 70's annexe. The staff were few but were excellent and worked hard to please. Breakfast ran out shortly before the 10 am deadline. The hotel was full, yet this was not taken into consideration in the breakfast planning nor in the number of staff required." (99632022)
Reception Hall was nice with a real log fire. Room was spacious and the bed was comfortable.
Plumbing was terrible in our room, towel rail came off the wall, drainage on sink and shower were blocked and the cistern took for ever to fill and was noisy
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Ken ( Solo business traveller)
from Penarth , United Kingdom;GB on April 1, 2007
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"I would reccomned the hotel simply becuase of it's location. It needs refurbing and it needs more staff. Bar staff are not well trained" (99838970)
Size of room
Generally tatty - smells around the corridor
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Nahr ( Solo business traveller)
from Bedford , United Kingdom;GB on February 12, 2007
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"The peaceful country house setting takes yoour mind of the stresses of a business lifestyle" (99346567)
The decor
The shower with poor water pressure
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on January 25, 2007
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"The room and bathroom were clean and high standard. TV choice was acceptable. Perhaps because of booking online, we were given a room some distance from the main desk(rooms 37-39)with no real view. However, given the cost, overall this still represented very good value for money. Breakfast was good, and they did not charge for the morning newspaper (small but significant plus point in my book)." (99491840)
Good value, quiet.
Room in annex
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Pauline ( Group of adult friends)
from Sidcup , United Kingdom;GB on January 25, 2007
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"The setting is beautiful and the rooms are spacious and furnished to a very high standard, the staff are welcome friendly and relaxed, with traditional values and charm. We look forward to spending more time when we stay next time at the Woodlands Manor. Highly recommended, Thankyou." (99723674)
Everything, particularly the setting and rooms
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Gloria ( Mature couple)
from Nelson , United Kingdom;GB on January 10, 2007
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"Hotel is in a nice setting. Very nice rooms with lots of space. We particularly like the fact that there was a sofa. I have never found that in a standard room before. It could have used a little brighter lighting. The staff were helpful and service was good. The breakfast was excellent. We would happily stay here again." (99397939)
Room size was excellent..very spacious
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Stephen ( Family with young children)
from Yeovil , United Kingdom;GB on January 6, 2007
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"The hotel was very quiet (not many guests) as we stayed half way between Christmas and new year. The general decoration was pleasant and the staff were friendly and courteous. Nice open fire in foyer area. Only disappointment was the unavailability of a full English cooked breakfast." (99263127)
Nice large room
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on January 4, 2007
the size of our room,friendly staff,nice surroundings and a very peaceful stay.
nothing it is a exellant hotel.
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Jonathan ( Mature couple)
from Berkhamsted , United Kingdom;GB on April 25, 2007
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"I was just a little peeved that on the sunniest day of the year I had to ask for the heating on. There were 3 couples in our group- all of them were confused by the bath plug which apparently you have to sit on- PS none of us are stupid or professional complainers. 2 of our group had shelves fall off the wall- my aftershave pushed ours over the edge! A nice hotel stay is ONLY about the detail and the little touches-it just felt a little bit like hard work" (99301276)
Nice room/nice telly tea coffee etc. Staff friendly/lovely setting
Room 39 was in the bowels of the hotel- it was freezing on a hot spring day - i thought the air con was on. No facilities booklet
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Anonymous ( Solo business traveller)
on December 23, 2006
The location and staff.
There was a christmas party being held in the hotel which I wasn't made aware of when checking in and having a room above the reception area and very loud music until the early hours made my night rather long!!
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Anonymous ( Solo business traveller)
on December 14, 2006
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"i will stay there again when working in bedford area." (99497830)
good food, very good newly decorated room with all i needed friendly staff, very good value for money
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Barry ( Group of work colleagues)
from Deeside industrial estate , United Kingdom;GB on December 12, 2006
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"excellent food dinner was great value for money staff were pleasent and helpful however a lack of bar staff after dinner was noted The booking included contental breakfast and I was not aware that full english was available Overall good experience and would use the hotel again" (99383196)
the country house experience
the rooms could do with a deep clean round the edges of the carpet this is a minor prolem but noticable to the trained eye
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Malcolm ( Mature couple)
from Lincoln , United Kingdom;GB on December 10, 2006
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"A pleasant quiet location, a grand building, good food (if overpriced), friendly attentive staff, but experience spoiled by lack of basic maintenance in the room and the failure of heating on a cold December night with no backup available (like electric convection heaters) and no-one around to fix the problem." (99372963)
Good standard of decor
heating in room was non functional; three light bulbs needed replacing; lack of maintenance in bathroom, paint peeling on ceiling, broken sink plug, etc
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Ted ( Solo business traveller)
from Cirencester , United Kingdom;GB on December 9, 2006
clean spacious and up to date
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on November 30, 2006
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"Appreciated the bedrooms and most of the public rooms being non-smoking, especially restaurant. Unfortunately this meant the designated smoking areas being very fuggy which is unavoidable - the downstairs Ladies loo in particular was awful. Overall though, a small price to pay for having most of the hotel non-smoking." (99802249)
Friendly, efficient staff and nice country house feel. Very large room and comfortable bed. Although not many other guests on the night we were there, did not feel isolated or uncomfortable.
Bedroom much too hot and heating seemed to be on all night. Our thermostat did not seem to regulate the temperature, but good opening windows!!
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on November 8, 2006
the venue was lovely.
too hot in the bedroom
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Edward ( Solo business traveller)
from Preston , United Kingdom;GB on November 4, 2006
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"HOTEL RAN OUT OF DRAUGHT EVERYTHING AND SOLD ONLY CANS OF GUINNESS OR JOHN SMITHS, OF WHICH BOTH RAN OUT AT 2020HRS. NO MEAT DELIVERY SO I COULD NOT GET THE STEAK I ORDERED. NEVER RECEIVED THE MORNING PAPERS I ORDERED ON BOTH MORNINGS. POOR MANAGEMENT REALLY. I COULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS HOTEL ON CURRENT PERFORMANCE I'M AFRAID." (99941229)
FRENDLINESS OF THE STAFF, WAITRESS MEGAN & MANAGER SIMON, WHO BOTH WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO BE HELPFUL
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Anonymous ( Solo business traveller)
on October 29, 2006
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"All the staff were helpful and friendly, and I liked the feel of what must havebeen a gracious private house." (99089424)
I enjoyed the size of the room, and the cleanliness.
I thought the lighting in the room was poor, and would have benefitted from some higher power light bulbs. It made working in the room stressful.
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Alan ( Mature couple)
from Eastleigh , United Kingdom;GB on October 18, 2006
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"We enjoyed our stay at this hotel, but rather than be able to rate it as excellent I'm afraid it only scores agood to fair because of the above reasons." (99598706)
The age and general ambience.
The room was very new but the 'phone didn't work and neither did the heating! We had to request an extra heating source, which was supplied without question which makes you wonder....Breakfast was an almighty cock-up I'm afraid and we did have to complain. The complaint was dealt with in a very satisfactory manner by the polite and efficient duty manager.
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Caroline ( Solo business traveller)
from Redhill , United Kingdom;GB on October 17, 2006
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"I booked over night accommodation with you for my son (age 21), as he had an early interview to attend and I did not want him to have the additional anxiety of traveling a long distance with an extremely early start. He was very pleased with the accommodation and managed a good breakfast before setting off for his interview; I am also pleased to say that he has been shortlisted for the job! When booking this hotel I wanted value for money but also some home from home - which it was! Thank you." (99109308)
Very comfortable
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Ann ( Family with older children)
from Liverpool , United Kingdom;GB on September 10, 2006
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"We found the hotel to be spacious, relaxed and comfortable and the staff were friendly and very helpful. The resturant was on the expensive side at " (3305291957)
Really nice accommodation in a pleasant setting. Room was very comfortable with space to work - table, settee and chairs etc.
Feel the bedding needed an update - all nice and clean (but crumpled sheets) and personally dont like blankets etc. would prefer a duvet.
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Sandra ( Other)
from Bedford , United Kingdom;GB on September 6, 2006
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"The purpose of our stay was to have a relaxing night away from home in lovely surroundings. Woodlands Manor met all of our needs and the staff were attentive, polite and professional. My daughter who is only 5 years old found the whole experience very exiting and thoughly enjoyed her stay. I would definitely recommend this to any mum who wants some time out !" (3305292603)
nice room with good facilities - breakfast was first class and made a good start to the day !
only critisim was view from bedroom spoilt by a skip being in the grounds
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Geoffrey ( Mature couple)
from Chelmsford , United Kingdom;GB on August 9, 2006
Hotel was Clean & tidy throughout, Staff were friendly & helpfull.
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on August 9, 2006
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"The hotel was in a superb setting and was calm and relaxed with an air of gentility if we have any complaints it would be that we had to carry our own baggage to our room and it was difficult to find !!!" (3305140428)
the character and a relaxed feeling ,staff service ,dining room staff excellent so polite and professional:
the two beds attached together as a double not comfortable for a couple,the hotel notes misleading and the dining room too formal a setting,our toilet seat was broken also and could have caused a nasty accident
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Chris ( Young couple)
from Bedford , United Kingdom;GB on August 7, 2006
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"i would have liked to of had the option of a different room away from the function." (3304403263)
it was all to a high standard,
we could here a wedding reception through the night which kept us awake
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Edward ( Solo business traveller)
from Preston , United Kingdom;GB on August 6, 2006
Woodland Manor Hotel, Bedford - Reviews & Ratings"A good hotel with special mention of Simon and Megan who were very attentive indeed." (3305093329)
Attention to detail
Room overlooking the rubbish area with bin lids open!
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on August 2, 2006
Nice large bedroom, good view over grounds, very quiet
Bathroom had discoloured sealant & grout, and one of the bed-covers had a very large stain on the reverse
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Receptionist had a very poor attitude