The Bear Inn is the beating heart of Wiveliscombe

The tastiest food, a large garden, workspace, function space, and even our own microbrewery!

Welcome to The Bear

Come as you are! You’ll get a warm welcome at The Bear

Enjoy brilliant food, live music events, weekly pizza and quiz nights, and an on-site brewery. We’re also family and dog-friendly – The Bear has something for everyone.

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The Freshest Ingredients

The tastiest menu

We’re spoilt for choice with incredible local producers – our menu takes full advantage of the bounty around us.

  • A dinner plate with a salad, steak topped with creamy sauce, onion rings, grilled tomato, and a black mushroom. A person's hand is pouring pepper sauce over the steak. There is a glass of red wine on the table. A knife and fork are placed on a paper napkin.
  • A person holding a blue plate with a salad containing cherry tomatoes, microgreens, and possibly cheese or crumbled features, garnished with herbs.
  • Breakfast meal on a wooden table, including eggs, sausages, bacon, baked beans, black pudding, grilled mushroom, fried bread, toast, orange juice, and tea.
  • A plate of waffles and bacon with syrup
  • A person sitting at a wooden table with a vegetarian pizza topped with tomatoes, olives, and greens, and holding a glass of red wine.
  • A person holding a turquoise plate with pancakes topped with raspberries, blueberries, whipped cream, mint leaves, a sauce, and chocolate drizzle.
on-site microbrewery

Black Bear Brewery

We brew the freshest cask ales on-site at our own microbrewery. Meet the brewer, taste our beers, and learn why they’re the best around.

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Our Beers
Accommodation at The Bear Inn

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Book our quiet, self-contained flat above The Bear. You’ll love exploring this beautiful area after a hearty Bear breakfast and coffee from local coffee roasters, Brazier.

A cozy bedroom with a large bed, green and brown pillows, a green throw blanket, a wooden nightstand with a lamp, a framed landscape painting, a checkered armchair near a window with striped curtains, and a black ceiling pendant light.
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We love our customers

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A dessert topped with strawberries and blueberries on a blue plate with a green sauce, in the background two colorful smoothies and a sliced grapefruit, with green plants and candles.
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