A "Mother Daughter" twin home built in 1881 as a seaside vacation home for the Page family, the inn has ever since been catering to family, friends and vacationers of the day.

Bedford Inn is well located, a very short block to the beach and near many fine restaurants and the shops of the Victorian Mall. On site parking is available for all but large vans and trucks.

Plan a relaxed and carefree vacation with us in a unique Victorian town by the sea. Start off your day with a sumptuous breakfast shared with other guests in our dining room or take a tray to one of our porches, enjoying the fresh air.

Then head for the beach and its pleasures or join a guided tour of our beautiful historic district. Or, poke around town by yourselves admiring Cape May's famed Victorian architecture with its exuberant gingerbread trim. Check out our many unique shops or indulge in a coffee break on our "Victorian Mall" and leisurely watch the world go by.

Relax and enjoy the quiet of our authentic Victorian guestrooms or perhaps a “honeymoon” suite for a special getaway. All rooms and suites have a private bath, each with a shower and some also with an old-fashioned clawfoot tub.

Each room is beautifully decorated with period antiques but has a few modern touches with air-conditioning, television and VCR. Most of our rooms offer a queen bed and two suites offer a king.

Enjoy the cozy fireplace in our Victorian parlor or choose a book from one of our bookcases. Grab a rocking chair and laze away an hour or two on one of our large, airy verandas.

Come down to tea in the late afternoon and chat with other guests – sharing your impressions of Cape May with its lovely beach, its beautiful collection of Victorian buildings, wonderful restaurants, cafes, shops and tours.

Cindy has been welcoming guests to her home for over 35 years. Now her son James has joined her in offering warm Bedford Inn hospitality.

Come for a visit and take a well earned break from your busy life at home... relax and enjoy the quiet warmth of a home created over many years.

Take back special memories of the old fashion charm of our village by the sea.

Rooms:

All rooms and suites have a private bath, each with a shower and some with an old fashion clawfoot tub. Each room is decorated with period antiques but has touches of the twenty first century in air conditioning, television and VCR.

Most of our rooms provide a queen bed and two suites have a king bed.

James's Room - Room # 1:

On the first floor, in the front just off the porch, James’ Room is our largest standard room with twelve foot high ceilings and features a fireplace insert in the original Victorian hearth. The wallpaper is dark blue paisley stripe wallpaper, covered with large cabbage roses in shades of rose and the wide Southern pine floorboards are covered with a dark blue oriental rug.

All furnishings are Victorian walnut – a high-backed queen bed; a mirrored double-door armoire; marble top, mirrored bureau; and a loveseat, covered in a cabbage rose tapestry. A few concessions to modern day comfort include a small private bath with tile stall shower, a ceiling fan, and air conditioning (in summer months) as well as a small color TV and VCR.

Jacquelyn's Room - Room #4:

On the second floor in the front, just behind the balcony, Jacquelyn’s Room has high ceilings and features a beautiful Victorian walnut bedroom set - a double bed with an ornately carved head and foot boards, a wide bureau with an oversize framed mirror and two "secret" drawers, and a tall chest with a bonnet cabinet. The lovely wallpaper is floral in shades of dusty lavender and olive green and the three large windows are draped in lace panels, swagged at the top with silk violets. Step up into the small bathroom tucked into the corner of the room for the "necessaries". Air-conditioned (in summer) with a small color TV and VCR.

Patricia's Room - Room # 5:

Patricia’s Room is on the second floor in the oldest part of the inn, has high ceilings, a queen bed, Victorian furnishings and a private bathroom with an antique clawfoot tub (shower added). The striped and floral wallpaper is in shades of rose and blue. Air conditioned (in summer) with a small color TV and VCR.

Amy’s Room - Room # 6:

On the second floor just behind the front balcony, Jennifer’s Room has high ceilings, a queen bed and features Victorian walnut furniture and pretty floral wallpaper with striking black background. The small step-up bathroom has an unusual antique corner sink under a matching corner Victorian "medicine chest". The three large windows are draped in lace panels. Air conditioning (in summer) with a small color TV and VCR.

Lucinda's Suite - Suite # 10:

Lucinda’s Suite is tucked away into the back of second floor – a small "Honeymoon" hideaway with its cozy bedroom, sitting room and private bath. The suite is warm and welcoming, with lovely Victorian paisley wallpaper in shades of soft green and maroon and all windows dressed in sheer panels, embroidered with roses.

The antique Victorian furniture includes a walnut high back king bed with matching step-down bureau and washstand. The small sitting room has an Eastlake style three-piece parlor set upholstered in rose velvet. There is a private bath with tub/shower and in the sitting room a small color TV with a VCR. Air conditioning (in summer).

Catherine's Suite - Suite # 11:

In the oldest section of the inn on the third floor and with a small "peek" at the ocean, Catherine's Suite is one entire wing, a 'Honeymoon' suite, decorated in floral wallpapers and with an oriental rug covering wide Southern Pine floorboards in the bedroom. The large bedroom with three windows is furnished with a walnut Victorian high back king bed and a lovely Victorian settee, which provides a cozy sitting area. The separate sitting room has a brass and white iron daybed, which may be used to sleep a third person and a TV and a VCR. The private bathroom has a stall shower.

Virginia's Suite - Suite # 12:

The other wing of the third floor is Virginia’s Suite, our largest 'Honeymoon' Suite, decorated with romantic floral Victorian wallpapers - soft blue and dark pink cabbage roses in the large bedroom with its high-back Victorian queen bed, marble top walnut bureau, small walnut washstand and Victorian settee. The three windows are hung with lace panels and offer a small 'peek' of the nearby ocean. An oriental rug covers the wide floorboards.

The cozy sitting room contains a white iron daybed, an antique dresser and a small color TV with a VCR. The large Victorian country style bathroom has an antique restored clawfoot tub (shower added) and an oak washstand. Virginia's Suite offers a memorable 'hideaway' for special occasions.

Directions:

• Take the Garden State Parkway - South to its end, which is just outside of Cape May.
• Continue straight into town and you will be on Lafayette Street. Stay on this street until you come to the first traffic light in town - turn left at that light onto Madison Avenue.
• Remain on Madison Avenue until it ends at the ocean - turn right onto Beach Drive.
• Follow Beach Drive until you come to the first traffic light in the boardwalk area (this is just 3 blocks after turning onto Beach Drive).
• Turn right, away from the ocean, onto Howard Street.
• Go up 1 very short block to the first corner and turn right again onto Stockton Avenue.
• We are the second house from the corner and there is a Bedford Inn sign hanging in the front yard and another sign over the front steps.

Please be aware that there is a different street called Stockton Place; however, our street is Stockton Avenue.