The Feathers, Woodstock

If you are looking for hotels near Oxford there are few better-placed than the Feathers, which offers excellent accommodation in Woodstock, just eight miles outside the City of the Dreaming Spires.

We offer all the atmosphere and comfort that you find in country house hotels in the Cotswolds, combined with the convenience of a great location – the hotels close to Blenheim Palace, and perfect for exploring Oxford, Stratford upon Avon, Warwick Castle, Silverstone and Bicester Designer Outlet village, and any number of National Trust properties.

The Feathers Hotel offers luxury bedrooms, an excellent bistro and restaurant, indoor and outdoor dining, some of the only treatment rooms in Woodstock, and function rooms for weddings, celebrations, private dining or business meetings.

Our dining facilities offer one of the best restaurants in Oxford, where head chef Simon Garbutt delivers wonderful cuisine using the finest and freshest of local, organic ingredients.

If you are planning a Christmas party in Oxford, or a New Year’s Eve party in Woodstock, then give us a call. It is never too early to start your preparations, and we offer a range of functions rooms for Christmas parties up to 50 people.

For conference facilities in Oxford, the Feathers offers an excellent option. We can accommodate business meetings up to 25 theatre-style and 15 people board-room style.

Of all the hotels close near Blenheim Palace, it is the Feathers where you will find the warmest welcome. There is an open fire-place in the Drawing Room, for those Cotswold winter breaks, and a courtyard garden for warm summer lunch-times and evenings, where you can sip Perrier-Jouet champagne – the perfect end to a day of walking in the Cotswolds.

If you are looking for exclusive use of a hotel for a very special occasion – such as a wedding, important birthday, anniversary, family get-together, engagement party or other celebration – our 20 individually designed bedrooms, along with outstanding cuisine, function rooms, and a location within easy reach of London, Birmingham and major airports, all add up to make the Feathers Woodstock, the perfect choice.

An increasingly important part of short breaks in England, is the opportunity to pamper yourself with spa treatments and beauty treatments. At Preen, the Feathers’ own mini beauty parlour, you can choose an express manicure or a full body massage. You will leave feeling refreshed and renewed – ready to face your business meeting in Oxford, your Cotswolds conference, your designer shopping trip or an invigorating walk at near by Blenheim Palace.

Whatever you are looking for, you will receive a warm welcome every time at the Feathers. It is ideally placed for weekend breaks – and our guests enjoy shopping in Oxford, as well as trips to Blenheim Palace and days out in Oxfordshire villages nearby. Woodstock itself has a number of designer shops, antiquarian booksellers and antique shops, where you can browse and wander happily all day long.

In a review of hotels in Oxfordshire, the Feathers was described as 'Possibly the finest country town hotel in the kingdom and certainly my favourite' (Nick Foulkes, Evening Standard). We couldn’t have put it better ourselves!