Woodstock (Oxfordshire)

By bus

Stagecoach Gold runs a frequent service, bus 7 or S3, from Oxford city centre. bus 7 leaves from Magdalen Street (stop C3), and bus S3 can be taken from George Street (stop B2). The journey is about half an hour long, and costs £3.20 one way (£4.80 return) (Sept 2017).

By car

Woodstock is about 15 minutes' drive north of Oxford on the A44. Traffic can be heavy, particularly in summer and at weekends, and there are limited parking opportunities.

Woodstock is small enough to be explored on foot.

• Blenheim Palace

  phone: +44 1993 811091
  address: Woodstock, OX20 1PP
  A stately home open to the public. It is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country on account of its sheer size and opulence, and its strong associations with Sir Winston Churchill, Britain's wartime prime minister (who is buried in the nearby village of Bladon). The Palace is a .

• Chaucer's House

  address: Park Lane
  Former home of Thomas Chaucer (c. 1367 – 1434), son of the author Geoffrey Chaucer and Speaker of the English House of Commons. The house is now a private residence and can only be viewed from the outside.

• Church of Saint Mary Magdalene

  address: Park Street, OX20 1UG
  Rebuilt in the 19th century, the church has a Norman doorway, early English windows and a musical clock which plays tunes on the hour.

• Oxfordshire Museum and Coffee Shop

  phone: +44 1993 811456
  address: Fletchers House, Park Street, OX20 1SN

• St Martin's Church

  address: Church St., Bladon
  A Victorian period reconstruction of 1894 on the site of an earlier church rebuilt in 1801. Sir Winston Churchill was buried in the churchyard in January 1965 at the head of the grave of Lady Randolph Churchill, his mother. Churchill's father, Lord Randolph Churchill, is buried alongside.

• Farmers' Market

  address: in front of the Town Hall, Market Square, Woodstock, OX20 1SL

• Chef Imperial

  phone: +44 1993 813591
  address: 22 High St, OX20 1TF
  Fresh and tasty Chinese food from various parts of China. Good vegetarian options as well.

• The Star Inn

  phone: +44 1993 811373
  address: 22 Market Pl
  Good British food and ales

• The Blenheim Guesthouse and Tea Rooms

  phone: +44 1993 813814
  address: 17 Park St
  Lovely guesthouse with tearooms at the end of Park Street. Blenheim Palace is located just around the corner. Nemesis, one of the episodes of the TV series Miss Marple based on the novels of Agatha Christie, was filmed in the tearooms in the 1980s.

• The Feathers

  phone: +44 1993 812291
  address: Market St
  On 1 June 2012, the hotel held the Guinness World Record for having the most varieties of gin commercially available – 161; "our latest count is 174 and growing".

• Macdonald Bear Hotel

  phone: +44 1993 811124
  address: Park St
  Occupies a 13th-century coaching inn.

• The Duke Of Marlborough

  phone: +44 1993 644028
  address: Woodleys
  Comfortable rooms behind the pub, although lacking in power-sockets. Good food and drink, friendly service.

Map of places with Wikivoyage articles nearby

• Visit Oxford.
• Explore other Cotswold towns such as Broadway, Chipping Campden, Chipping Norton, Moreton-in-Marsh and Stow-on-the-Wold.