Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre

Positive experience: We booked a one night stay and were pleasantly surprised. There is ample parking, a spacious room, which was suitable for disabled, and a great breakfast. There is also free access to the superbly equipped gym as well as a sauna and steam room. The reception staff were very friendly and helpful with a couple of small issues with the room. It is a pleasant 25 minute walk into chocolate box Marlow with ample bars and restaurants

Fantastic experience: Great sporting facility

Fantastic experience: This place is a hidden gem. Love it. Great rooms, good value

Positive experience: I stayed at this property for one night for a business trip. The hotel is easily accessible, is surrounded by greenery and despite being a sports center reigns tranquility. The rooms are spacious and well appointed, the USB sockets are truly appreciated by those from outside the UK. Great breakfast. Friendly and practical staff.

Fantastic experience: Watching football on the hybrid pitches. Quality playing surface.

Positive experience: Great sports center, but mostly centered around it's national sporting endeavours. Facilities are usually a bit less well kept in the public facing areas but if you pay for a year's membership up front it is good value for money. Main frustration is that all the tennis facilities do not fall under the main Bisham Abbey membership. Real shame that this is not all encompassing as I'd certainly pay more for the convenience! No idea about the rooms I'm afraid, always driven to the gym

Fantastic experience: Quality place for training any sort of sports

Fantastic experience: Love this place ❤️

Fantastic experience: Fantastic sports centre

Fantastic experience: Great gym - interesting to see various GB teams training here for time to time

Positive experience: Great gym - recommend

Fantastic experience: I love this place. For some reason never come up on booking. Pros: rooms very nicely decorated Staff are very nice and helpful, especially the night manager Breakfast must be the best I had yet in a hotel Cons: not always available

Fantastic experience: Loved setting up the Christmas decor here! We love the setting and decorating the fireplaces. We love working with the staff everyone is super friendly.

Fantastic experience: Everything you need at very very fair prices compared to the other options nearby. Staff are always friendly.

Fantastic experience: Great places- hotel cannot fault nice clean great staff buffet breakfast spot on. The only complaint was that the pizza in the refuel cafe was not good worst ever ad, apart from that really nice place to stay.

Negative experience: Great sporting venue shame about the rooms. Very dated, clean but the bed was awful. The breakfast was good. Come on Bisham Abbey sort these rooms out for our elite athletes.

Negative experience: Hostel stile accommodation- although in a gr8 location would never return sorry! Eau de Gym was everywhere even in the bedrooms! And get rid of those stained coverlets on the beds. Cooked breakfast was tasteless

Fantastic experience: Attended the sailing school and thoroughly enjoyed two days of helmsman training in a class and on a 38 ton, 58 feet Dutch barge..excellent

Fantastic experience: Rate this 10/10 the room was super tidy and the bed was really comfy. Was booked for a work thing by my company, wasn't too sure when I saw the place but boy I was wrong. It was amazing. All members of staff were amazing and over all stay was great. Defo recommend! Only small thing was that check out was by 9:30... Im sure it could have been adjusted to a little later but otherwise amazing

Negative experience: We was given a disabled edapted room to stay in with showers and toilets which where hard to use, the whole site was in pitch black outside, with know task lighting.. I know it's not a hotel per se but was still advertised on booking. Com.. Shocking!

Fantastic experience: Friendly, well-located and reasonably priced food

Positive experience: It's a nice place to stay at a fair price. Excellent and healthy breakfast which you would expect at a national sports centre.

Fantastic experience: This is such a great place for what it is: clean, spacious and affordable accommodation for the right price. Lots of sports facilities naturally as this is a UK national sports center. So there are predominantly sports folks, but not exclusively. Breakfast was great I thought. Good selection and quality of food.

Positive experience: Great in every way but as a businessman the wfi was no use at all its a pitty as apwe work in this area a lot of the time but dare i say it....premier in is better for businesses. Shame

Positive experience: Great Facillities

Fantastic experience: Although advertised as a sports venue it is set in nice grounds with a lovely abbey. The rooms were spacious, clean and bed comfortable. Breakfast was buffet style full English or continental. Very good. Staff were very friendly and helpful. Thanks to Kall for his help and assistance. Definitely will stay again

Fantastic experience: Great Gym. Excellent staff. The lady with the red hair is very helpful and has helped me loads in my rehab for my back.

Fantastic experience: Stayed in a hotel nearby and came here to play sqash for 60min without membership - super easy, fair price, great facilities.

Fantastic experience: Anybody know where Warwick the Kingmaker’s body and his family laid? Is it under the Abbey?

Positive experience: Facilities are great. Went to watch some training.

Fantastic experience: Lovely place to stay. Good value without being basic or budget. Rooms are as new. Staff are super friendly and professional. A real hidden gem

Fantastic experience: All round great experience. Simple, comfortable, clean, stylish, large bedrooms. Great sport vibe throughout - there's no doubting what this place is about. Extensive breakfast (included) choice.

Fantastic experience: Great place rooms very comfortable breakfast lots of choices

Fantastic experience: Stayed over here during a baseball coaching summit and really enjoyed our stay in the rooms and the use of the facilities on site. We also were lucky enough to get food in the canteen which was varied and delicious for both lunch and breakfast. Location is also great as it's so close to the M4 and the grounds and buildings are beautiful.

Fantastic experience: One of the best hidden gems! Breakfast was amazing! The bedroom was huge for a reasonable price as well!

Fantastic experience: Great rooms, great breakfast!

Positive experience: We stayed there only one night so can't say much . The room was really clean , I could even open the window (that's a great part of it ) which was shocked because in any other hotels it's impossible! We had deal with breakfast included but breakfast was really basic of course full English breakfast but not enough of other stuff like cheese, ham , fruits , so yeah it was basic one (for me ) It was few slices of cheese , few slices of ham that's all . But like I said we stayed there only for a night so I can't complain about it. Forget to add SPA and GYM was included in price so that was good

Negative experience: Went there for an away hockey match and for the teas afterwards was given half a jacket potato. Inflation has affected us all but I expected better from a set up like this.

Positive experience: Great cafe! Food was well priced and good quality!

Fantastic experience: Played hockey here, nice pitch. The facilities inside look amazing fully kitted out gym etc.

Fantastic experience: What a national sports centre should be. Brilliant facilities

Fantastic experience: It was my daughters wedding venue the Abby was amazing food was fantastic staff were so friendly .I don't know what the rooms were like I didn't stay as I live in high Wycombe, but the rest of the family said they had a great night's sleep and great breakfast. Thanks for making their day so special

Fantastic experience: The national centre is keeping better than some of it counterparts. Helpful people and everything we needed for a successful day.

Positive experience: Probably a really good sports centre but I stayed there to use the accomodation. Stayed 3 nights but was booked for 4, left early with no discount. Wasn't expecting it though to be honest. What I was expecting though was for the room to be made up daily but wasn't done once. All three days I had to go to reception to get them to open my room door as it had a faulty lock in the door. Heating was noisy and had to turn off, ran out of shower gel in the first night and it wasn't replenished at all.

Fantastic experience: Professional tennis lesson was fantastic. Friendly helpful staff

Positive experience: Accomodation was clean and comfortable. Downside is the bright green emergency light that stays on all night in the room.

Fantastic experience: Absolutely fantastic place. Will certainly be staying here in future trips.

Fantastic experience: Second time here always relaxing and friendly, love team gb theme. My friend is a paraolympic, always lovely to see here picture on wall

Positive experience: Very clean with modern facilities, this provided an excellent overnight stop while attending a local festival. Uniquely, the corridors and one poster in the room), celebrate the history of Team GB and Bisham Abbey's role.

Positive experience: Not really a hotel, so really surprised by the high standard of rooms and facilities. Very handy for the lovely old town of Marlow.

Negative experience: Unfriendly staff at reception. Very awkward with us and non welcoming on the Saturday bordering on Curt. A miserable foriegn looking lady at checkout on the Sunday morning just about capped it all. Breakfast was a acceptable but once again miserable staff in the restaurant. Premier Inn type accommodation but in a wonderful location. On the Thames and one mile outside Marlow. The saving grace was the ultra friendly night manager Tony, these day time staff could learn a lot from him. A social skills course definitely needed. The lady in the coffee shop was also lovely. Go there at your peril or perhaps check in when the night staff come in.

Fantastic experience: Friendly profession staff, excellent National and Community facilities.

Fantastic experience: Amazing venue for any occasion and really friendly staff access for setup is easy and convenient. Ample parking space as well.

Fantastic experience: Beautiful place and perfect for parties, weddings and fun for all. Service was great too.

Fantastic experience: Very well kept accommodation set in a relaxing environment. Good breakfast in the morning. Rooms are very clean.

Fantastic experience: Fantastic!!! I would recommend it to anyone

Fantastic experience: Top sporting environment that you can go to.

Fantastic experience: Great gym and cafe

Fantastic experience: Comfortable rooms. Great breakfast.

Positive experience: We were visiting for a wedding and, although the hotel / bedrooms were OK (a little tired), the facilities for the wedding reception in the 'Abbey' could have been better. We were lucky that it didn't rain. The Meal & Service at the Wedding Dinner was excellent. The Bar was 'very small' and service was slow with some staff having limited bar knowledge. The seating in the bar area was virtually non-existent. Fortunately, we were able to sit outside (before & after the meal), but not everyone could as there weren't enough seats. Not convinced that it is a Wedding Venue facility, even if by the Thames.

Fantastic experience: World class facilities

Fantastic experience: England Hockey training ground for U16 and U18 boys. If the weathers good it’s great to be able to watch future athletes being coached and competing

Positive experience: Great place for a meeting venue

Negative experience: Function room was amazing. Over all stay in the Abbey building itself awful

Negative experience: Had this accomodation booked for me as I was to be visiting Marlow for work for a few days. 1st Night: Arrived at 9pm and was pretty sad to see that after my long drive, the bar was shut and I could not get a cold drink. Room came without a chair by the desk. Places for storage quite dusty. Bathroom light turned on automatically which is not ideal if you wake up late at night and don't want a bright light pulling you out of your tired state. Woken up at 6am by first visitors to the tennis courts which I guess is to be expected. 2nd Night: Woken up at 5am by some kind of activity. Tried to look at what was happening and saw a truck with the back open. Guy obviously couldn't care less how early it was because he was slamming things about in there for a good few hours. Unless you are staying to make use of the sport facilities, I'd recommend avoiding accomodation if you are in the local area for business. It's very isolated, very busy with young children when you get back from work and very noisy at a very early time.

Fantastic experience: Lovely football pitches for training. Great coaches for developing your game.

Positive experience: This is like a hybrid hotel which is perfectly nice but missing things like late night food or room service. Reception in sports centre and wasn't sign posted that well but staff all very friendly. Didnt stay for breakfast so can't comment on food. Very nice pub around corner.

Fantastic experience: Beautiful place. Would recommend it. Was here for a meeting and it was lovely to be in a Beautiful setting

Fantastic experience: Great facilities and a prestigious place to train

Fantastic experience: Friendly informal community gym, lots of great classes to choose from and amazing gym facilities.

Positive experience: Great place to stay & great breakfast

Negative experience: The National Sport Centre is the "Fawlty Towers" of gyms. Time and again, and again I've turned up for exercise classes to find them cancelled; nobody had bothered to tell the members. For years the gym has been riddled with faulty equipment. As for managers I've never seen one for years. It gets so bad you wish Boris would drop by and sort things out! The only thing they're good at is making sure you pay your fees.

Positive experience: It was ok. I stayed in the hotel part. Man who was serving breakfast didnt crack a smile once. Very rude and wouldn't talk. He seemed miserable. Breakfast at half 6 till half 8 and hot food from half 7 so not a great window. Rooms were ok. Cobwebs everywhere and our room wasn't turned around. Had family in other rooms and they didn't have much facilities in their room such a chairs and kettles. I understand its a sports centre but also need to focus on the hotel part too. The lady who served behind the bar was lovely. Hope others have a better experience.

Fantastic experience: I cannot rate this venue highly enough as a wedding venue!  Not to be mistaken with the Sports Centre side of the Bisham Abbey site you’d be hard pushed to find a more stunning location for your wedding. The Abbey itself has a great history and is stunning both inside and out (great for your wedding photos!!) and the setting on the river is beautiful.  We got married there this year (2021) and the day was fabulous, the staff work incredibly hard to make your day run smoothly (which it did) and their Wedding Coordinator is a huge asset to the venue as are the young team who worked so hard throughout the wedding breakfast.  The food is amazing and very high quality, if you like Pina Colada do try the pineapple tart tatin with coconut ice cream (I could happily eat this every day for the rest of my life!!), all our guests commented on how amazing the food was.  There is a very good range of choices for the Wedding Breakfast, separate children’s menu and the Abbey are able to cater for a wide range of dietary requirements plus a great choice of canapés.  The onsite bar is a great addition and well stocked. One of the major plus points of the venue is the number of rooms you can use for your wedding meaning that if people don’t want to be where your, eg, disco is they can chill out in a different room or weather permitting outdoors which is such a lovely setting.  Accommodation and parking is in good supply at the venue and the accommodation is very reasonably priced with breakfast included, there is accommodation over in the sports centre but also a really lovely newly refurbished Bridal Suite in the Abbey itself.  The wedding costs themselves for the venue are very reasonable especially considering the location of the venue and the venue itself.  All in all an absolutely great venue and one to most definitely consider.

Fantastic experience: As someone who works as a Gym Instructor at Stoke Mandeville Stadium, it was really interesting to visit the Bisham Abbey site. Set in beautiful grounds, the gym is first rate. I'd gone there for a meeting and sadly had no time to try the facilities, but they have everything you need for a great workout session. Thoroughly recommended.

Fantastic experience: We checked in for one night including breakfast and found Bisham Abbey Hotel to be one of the best kept secrets in Marlow. The twin bedded room was basic but with everything we needed for a good sleep. Shower room was excellent with great water pressure. The room was SPOTLESSLY clean. Breakfast was open from 08:30 and was also excellent…. All one needed to get going at the start of a day. Bisham Abbey is Highly recommended!

Fantastic experience: Outstanding wedding venue! The team at Bisham, particularly Wedding Coordinator Melissa, genuinely go beyond anyone's expectations in the effort put in to make each couples day special. Melissa ensured the day ran seamlessly, and adapted to our many requests! She was continously kind and responsive, and a true asset to Bisham. Mark was also incredible on the day, and the food truly outstanding, even allowing us to design a unique menu! All staff, from catering, to security, to the incredible bartender who worked tirelessly all day & night long, were so incredibly friendly and could not do enough. We cannot recommend Bisham enough for a wedding!

Fantastic experience: Not plush but excellent facilities and value.......however breakfast cold. Pity as it had potential to be very good

Fantastic experience: Loved this place. Only a 1 night stay but worth it. Breakfast was excellent and Checkout is a leisurely 11am. Special mention to the night manager Tony, a lovely guy. Minor problems with room when Checking in, but sorted within minutes by the day manager. Couldn't ask for more.

Positive experience: A very nice hotel with great facilities and very nice staff. Really good alternative to some cheaper hotels. Breakfast included. Free gim and other things.

Fantastic experience: What a great experience, when visiting Marlow we usually stay closer to the centre... won't from now we've found our new favourite hotel when visiting Marlow.. would recommend to everyone

Positive experience: It's not bad...wish they had a good pitch!

Fantastic experience: Remember training here years ago with Becks, Giggsy and Scholesy. Top facilities

Fantastic experience: Beautiful setting rooms are fine and comfortable staff are really welcoming and friendly especially Nilay on reception.

Fantastic experience: Went to a very well organised pub football tournament run by BT. Met Glen Hoddle. Great facilities, great day

Fantastic experience: Great 3G pitches. Easy parking as well

Fantastic experience: Beautiful facilities in a lovely setting.

Fantastic experience: Jo Whitfield is such an amazing instructor. She makes everything so much fun! I travel a long way to see her and it's definitely worth it!

Fantastic experience: Great riverside location, grounds, squash and tennis courts, gym, hotel

Fantastic experience: Well organised, great equipment, very good value for money,recommended

Fantastic experience: Accessible Boating Thames are based here. A charity who's sole aim in to make boating fully inclusive. With specialist equipment and brilliant vollenteers everyone has a opportunity to get on the water.

Fantastic experience: An excellent life changing week spent here. Thank you.

Fantastic experience: Good facilties. Covid aware. Clean equipment

Fantastic experience: Amazing place fab gym

Positive experience: Very good gym. If you are thinking of joining - ask for Andy to show you around. That swung it for me. The membership deals are much better than David Lloyd £43 v £72 a month at the time of writing. Good value for money. Oh yeah - glass backed squash courts are fantastic.

Positive experience: Nice place, good parking and facilities

Fantastic experience: Always busy and happy to help

Positive experience: Great facilities, some items beginning to look a little tired but still a good place to go for lots of different sports!

Fantastic experience: Good accommodation to stay near Marlow. Breakfast more than acceptable. Reasonably priced for the area. We would definitely recommend this place

Fantastic experience: Stunning facilities, lovely & friendly staff. Good food & at a nice price, could do with more than the one toilet..