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Principal towns: Oxford Banbury Bicester Burford Woodstock Abingdon Henley-on-Thames
Set in the heart of the English countryside, well placed for access to and from all parts of England and Wales, is the beautiful and historic county of Oxfordshire. The M40 motorway runs through Oxfordshire from north to south, providing the main link with the rest of Central England of the country.
The population of Oxfordshire centres mainly in the historic University City of Oxford . There are other significant population centres at Banbury , Bicester , Chipping Norton and Kidlington, all to the north of Oxford. West of Oxford there is Witney , whilst Chinnor and Thame can be found to the east. The main population centres to the south of Oxford are Abingdon , Didcot , Henley-on-Thames , Wallingford and Wantage .
There are so many places worth visiting in Oxfordshire that it is sure to need more than one visit. One of the most famous tourist attractions in Oxfordshire is the magnificent Blenheim Palace . This beautiful English baroque house is situated at Woodstock in Oxfordshire. It was built as a gift to the 1st Duke of Marlborough, John Churchill , to commemorate his victory over the French. Unfortunately, the political climate changed and this was no longer considered something to be proud of. Churchill fell from grace and was eventually exiled. The palace is also notable as being the birthplace and ancestral home to Sir Winston Churchill , one of the best-known Prime Ministers in British History.
Today the palace and its gardens are popular with tourists, but also with film directors. Many films have used the palace; including Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
If you prefer to get away to the calm of the English countryside, then Oxfordshire offers you a choice of two designated Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Chilterns are a range of hills that stretch 75 miles in a diagonal line from southwest to northeast, starting in Oxfordshire at Goring-on-Thames and finishing up in Bedfordshire . The hills offer many breathtaking views and opportunities for walking, horse riding and cycling holidays.
Oxfordshire is also the setting for a large part of the Cotswolds , another Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Quaint villages built of the local Cotswold Stone typify the Cotswolds, for many it is the essence of rural England. For the serious hiker, the Cotswolds offer The Cotswold Way, a long distance footpath running over the Cotswold Edge escarpment. Make sure you have some comfortable walking boots if you want to follow the complete route though; it is over one hundred miles long!
If exotic animals are for you, then you should visit the Cotswold Wildlife Park. Here you can see many different animals and birds, including over 40 that are part of either an ESB (European Studbook) or EEP (European Endangered Species Programme).
For something different, and particularly if you are a fan of railway history, you could visit the Didcot Railway Centre . The centre is the museum of the Great Western Railway and contains many fine exhibits including the replica steam engine the 'Firefly'. The Firefly engines were used in the mid-19th century by the GWR.
The River Thames flows through much of Oxfordshire and has always been a big feature of life at Henley-on-Thames, famous for the annual Henley Royal Regatta . The Regatta has had Royal status since Prince Albert became patron in 1851. Henley-on-Thames houses the River and Rowing Museum, which is split into three main themes, The River, The Sport of Rowing and the town of Henley-on-Thames.
The City of Oxford itself hosts one of the most famous Universities in the world and is the oldest in the English-speaking world, dating back to at least the end of the 11th century. Its long-standing rival the University of Cambridge was formed by academics from Oxford who fled the town in 1209 following a dispute between students and the local townsfolk.
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Destinations
- North Oxfordshire
- The Ridgeway Oxfordshire
- Thames Path
- The Oxfordshire Cotswolds
- The Cotswolds
- A Literary Break in Oxford
- Antiques in the Oxfordshire villages
Recommended Hotels See Map
- The Crown and Thistle Abingdon *featured*
Licensed, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV - Cartwright Arms Hotel Aynho *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Banbury House Hotel Banbury *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Cromwell Lodge Hotel Banbury *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Peppers Bistro and Hotel Banbury *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Wroxton House Hotel Banbury *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - The Vines Hotel and Restaurant Black Bourton *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV - Kings Head Inn Bledington *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Bay Tree Burford *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Burford House Burford *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Lamb Inn Burford *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Swan Inn Burford *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - The Bull at Burford Burford *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Deddington Arms Hotel Deddington *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Peppers Bistro & Hotel Deddington *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - White Hart Hotel & Restaurant Dorchester-on-Thames *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Sudbury House Hotel Faringdon *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Gym, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - The Miller of Mansfield Goring-on-Thames *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV - Milsoms Hotel Henley Henley on Thames *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Phyllis Court Club Henley-on-Thames *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, TennisCourt, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Red Lion Hotel (The) Henley-on-Thames *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Bell at Hampton Kidlington *featured*
Licensed, Restaurant - Mill House Hotel Kingham *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Fallowfields Country House Hotel & Restaurant Kingston Bagpuize *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, TennisCourt, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Cotswold House Oxford *featured*
Licensed, Restaurant - Dashwood Hotel & Restaurant Oxford *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Eastgate Hotel Oxford *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Ethos Hotel Oxford *featured*
Licensed, Historic, Restaurant - Linton Lodge Oxford *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - The Shaven Crown Shipton under Wychwood *featured*
Licensed, Restaurant - Shillingford Bridge Hotel Wallingford *featured*
Licensed, Historic, Restaurant - Bear (The) Woodstock *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Feathers Hotel Woodstock *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities
Hotels bookable online See Map
- Milton Hill House Abingdon *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Holiday Inn Express Banbury Banbury *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Lismore Hotel Banbury *book online*
Licensed, Historic, Restaurant - Whately Hall Banbury *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Bignell Park Hotel Bicester *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Burford Lodge Hotel & Restaurant Burford *book online*
Licensed, Restaurant - Bell Hotel Charlbury *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Crown & Cushion Hotel Chipping Norton *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Gym, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Heythrop Park Chipping Norton *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Kingswell Hotel Didcot *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV - Hotel du Vin Henley-on-Thames *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Lodge Hotel Horton Cum Studley *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - African Queen Hotel Boat Mapledurham *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - White Hart Hotel Nettlebed *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Bat & Ball Inn Oxford *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Cotswold Lodge Hotel Oxford *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Malmaison Oxford Oxford *book online*
Licensed, Historic, Gym, Restaurant, Satellite TV - Oxford Hotel Oxford *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Gym, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Oxford-Spires Four Pillars Hotel Oxford *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Remont Oxford Hotel Oxford *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Westwood Country Hotel Oxford *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Spread Eagle Hotel Thame *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Eynsham Hall Witney *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - The Fleece Witney *book online*
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More Oxfordshire Hotels
Bed and Breakfast See Map
- Abbey Guest House Abingdon *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Parking, Disabled - Ascari House Bed & Breakfast Abingdon *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic, Parking, Disabled - Rafters Abingdon *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Sherwood Abingdon *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Tally Ho Hotel Arncott *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking, Disabled - Ashlea Guest House Banbury *featured*
TV in rooms - Avonlea Guest House Banbury *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Fairlawns Guest House Banbury *featured*
TV in rooms - Hanwell House Banbury *featured*
TV in rooms - Home Farmhouse Charlton Banbury *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Mine Hill House Banbury *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - The White House Banbury *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Uplands House Banbury *featured*
TV in rooms - Wysdom Hall Burford *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Bould Farm Chipping Norton *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, Historic, Parking - Falaise House Henley-on-Thames *featured*
TV in rooms - Little Parmoor Henley-on-Thames *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Lakeside Town Farm B&B Kingston Blount *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic - 5 Mile View Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms - Athena Guest House Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking - Balliol College Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms - Burlington House Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms - Corpus Christi College, Oxford Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms - Dial House Guest House Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Five Mile View Guest House Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking, Disabled - Foxcombe Lodge Hotel Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic - Gables Guest House Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms - Green Gables Guest House Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms - Harris Guest House Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic - Holloway Farm House Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking, Disabled - Hollybush Guest House Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic - Jesus College, Oxford Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms - Keble College Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms - Lady Margaret Hall Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms - Lakeside Guest House Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms - Lina Guest House Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic, Parking - Lincoln College Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms - Lincoln Science Centre Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms - Magdalen College Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms - Mansfield College Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms - Marlborough House Hotel Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Oak Tree Copse Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms - Pembroke College Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms - Pickwick's Guest House Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic, Inspected, Parking - Red Mullions Guest House Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Rewley House Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking, Disabled - Sportsview Guest House Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms - St Anne's College Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms - St Antony's College Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms - St Stephens House Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - The Falcon Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - The Queen's College Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms - The Ridings Guest House Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms - Tree Hotel Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - University College Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms - White Horse Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic, Parking - Whitehouse View Guesthouse Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms - Wolfson College Oxford *featured*
TV in rooms - Courtlands Bed & Breakfast Shipton under Wychwood *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking, Disabled - Little Gables Wallingford *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking, Disabled - Larks Haven Wantage *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic - Tally Ho Hotel Weston on the Green *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic, Parking, Disabled - Common Leys Farm Wheatley *featured*
TV in rooms - The Witney Hotel Witney *featured*
TV in rooms - Duke of Marlborough Woodstock *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic, Parking - Hope House Woodstock *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Town House Woodstock *featured*
TV in rooms
Pubs & Inns
- Plough Hotel & Restaurant Abingdon *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Red Lion Abingdon *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Red Lion Hotel Adderbury *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Romany Inn Bampton *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Duke of Cumberlands Head Banbury *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Great Western Arms Banbury *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Red Lion Banbury *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Musketeer Banbury *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Kings Arms Hotel Bicester *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Swan Inn Bicester *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Trout Inn at Tadpole Bridge Buckland *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Plough Inn Burcot *featured*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Bay Tree Hotel Burford *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Golden Pheasant Hotel Burford *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Inn For All Seasons (The) Burford *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Peacock Hotel Chinnor *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Inn at Emmington Chinnor *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Falkland Arms (The) Chipping Norton *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Falkland Arms Chipping Norton *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Red Lion Inn Chipping Norton *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Swan at Ascott Chipping Norton *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Coach & Horses Inn Chiselhampton *book online*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Plough Hotel Clanfield *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Bat and Ball Village Inn Cuddesdon *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Unicorn Inn Deddington *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Fleur de Lys Dorchester on Thames *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - George Hotel Dorchester-on-Thames *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Talbot Inn Eynsham *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Old Crown Coaching Inn Faringdon *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Dog House Hotel Frilford Heath *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Perch and Pike Goring on Thames *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Stag & Huntsman at Hambleden Henley on Thames *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Catherine Wheel Henley-on-Thames *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Rose & Crown Inn Henley-on-Thames *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Row Barge Inn Henley-on-Thames *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Rose & Crown Henley-on-Thames *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Plough Inn Kelmscot *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Sturdy's Castle Inn Kidlington *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Kingham Plough Kingham *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Tollgate Inn Kingham *featured*
Food, Children Welcome, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Cherry Tree Kingston Blount *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Cherry Tree Kingston Blount *book online*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Mill and Old Swan Minster Lovell *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Bell at Hampton Oxford *featured*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Oxfordshire Inn Oxford *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Old Black Horse Oxford *featured*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Lamb Inn Shipton-under-Wychwood *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Perch and Pike South Stoke *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Crazy Bear Hotel Stadhampton *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The TalkHouse Stanton St John *featured*
Food, Children Welcome, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - George Hotel Wallingford *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Kingfisher Inn Wallingford *book online*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Chequers Inn Wantage *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Greyhound Inn Wantage *featured*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Fox & Hounds Inn Watlington *book online*
Food, Children Welcome, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Lambert Arms Watlington *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Bat & Ball Inn Wheatley *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Marlborough Witney *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Killingworth Castle Inn Woodstock *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Marlborough Hotel Woodstock *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Punchbowl Inn Woodstock *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards
Self-Catering See Map
- Kingfisher Barn Holiday Cottages Abingdon *book online*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Short Breaks, Pets Allowed, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Millbrook House Citadine Abingdon *featured*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Short Breaks, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Dashwood Apartments Banbury *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Cotswold Retreats Burford *featured*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Short Breaks, Pets Allowed, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Manor Cottages Burford *featured*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Short Breaks, Pets Allowed, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Chilton Apartments Chilton *featured*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Cottage in the Country Chipping Norton *featured*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Short Breaks, Pets Allowed, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - National Trust Cottages Faringdon *book online*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Short Breaks, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Apartments in Oxford Oxford *featured*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Short Breaks, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Noa Residence Oxford *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Oxford Apartment Oxford *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Character Cottage Holidays Limited Stow-on-the-Wold, *featured*
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