Bear

Provides three, maybe four, real ales with Butcombe most of the time with local(ish) guests. The Bear Hotel is a local landmark with Snowy the life-sized polar bear above the entrance. Set on the edge of Bath's historic city centre with an uncluttered contemporary style, the original Bear pub was destroyed during the Bath Blitz, rapidly replaced with a temporary building (to keep up local morale), which lasted until the modern pub was built in 1956. A quiz is held most Wednesday evenings. Briefly renamed 'Zazu's' it has, thankfully, become the Bear again.