Description
Take in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless Internet access.. Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, multilingual staff, and luggage storage..
When you a stay at The Ancient Gatehouse Hotel in Wells, you'll be connected to a shopping center, just steps from Wells & Mendip Museum and Wells Cathedral. This guesthouse is 3 mi (4.9 km) from Wookey Hole Caves and 6.6 mi (10.6 km) from Glastonbury Tor.. Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometer. Wells & Mendip Museum - 0.1 km / 0.1 mi Wells Cathedral - 0.2 km / 0.1 mi Vicar's Close - 0.3 km / 0.2 mi Ebbor Gorge - 0.4 km / 0.2 mi Wells Bishop's Palace - 0.4 km / 0.3 mi Mendip Hills - 0.7 km / 0.4 mi Wookey Hole Caves - 3.3 km / 2.1 mi Rural Life Museum - 9.9 km / 6.1 mi St. Margaret's Chapel & Magdalene Almshouses - 9.9 km / 6.2 mi Chalice Well - 10 km / 6.2 mi Kilver Court - 10.2 km / 6.4 mi Glastonbury Tor - 10.6 km / 6.6 mi Glastonbury Abbey - 11.1 km / 6.9 mi The Shoe Museum - 12.1 km / 7.5 mi Greenbank Pool - 12.2 km / 7.6 mi The preferred airport for The Ancient Gatehouse Hotel is Bristol Intl. Airport (BRS) - 30.1 km / 18.7 mi . Near Wookey Hole Caves.
Satisfy your appetite for lunch or dinner at Rugantino, a restaurant which specializes in Italian cuisine, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge..
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- Air conditioning
- Heating
- Additional services
- Laundry
- Laundry Service
- Lift
- Maid
- Tumble dryer
- Reception
- Multilingual staff
- Reception
- Parking
- Nearby free parking
- Nearby parking
- Outside parking
- Smoking
- Smoking not allowed
- Services
- Café
- Dry cleaning service
- Fax/photocopier
- Garden
- Hair dryer
- Iron
- Luggage storage
- Newspapers
- Room service
- Safe
- Sale of tickets
- Security
- Terrace
- Children
- Babysitting service
- Bars
- Indoor bar
- Restaurants
- Menu for diabetics (on request)
- Accessibility
- Wheelchair access
- Languages
- English
- Italian
- Spanish
- Check-in/Check-out
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Our receptionists are multilingual
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This accommodation stands out for being in the heart of Wells
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Feetuptraveller123
18/12/2025
“Warm welcome on cold Christmas week!”
I cannot recommend the ancient gatehouse strongly enough. Adorned in beautiful, Christmas lights on arrival, we got a warm welcome as soon as we walked through the door. The immaculately cleaned room overlooked the cathedral square and we were treated to the flocks of birds coming home to roost a… more
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chris m
Warwick, United Kingdom
14/12/2025
“Touch of class in Wells”
"Let me help you with your bags" was the start to a really pleasant stay at this Italian owned small hotel ....we only had a breakfast but the restaurant looked excellent. What a lively Ulster lady with a beaming smile for whom no request was too much trouble at breakfast with 4 sets of bleary … more
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Phil P
Southampton, United Kingdom
12/08/2025
“Excellent stay at the Ancient Gate House Hotel”
We stayed at the Ancient Gate House Hotel to celebrate our wedding anniversary. When you enter the building, you quickly see why the hotel was named so. The ceilings are quite low and the corridors narrower than in modern buildings. In our opinion, this enhances the character of the building which … more
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Edward H
Reading, United Kingdom
29/08/2025
“NO PARKING”
Despite not being able to reach the hotel because of a road block, not being able to speak to anyone when we phoned (and we tried several times), being offered parking options that were not available or impractical as a stop from our check-in to check-out, meaning we had to carry our luggage throug… more
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