Oxfordshire is home to several excellent pubs offering friendly home comforts and a wonderful base from which to explore the county – from the rolling countryside to the picturesque Cotswolds villages. Here’s our directory of recommended inns and pubs with rooms in Oxfordshire.
A 400-year-old pub situated in the heart of Burcot, Oxfordshire, with an award-winning restaurant and nine boutique hotel rooms.
Opened in 2009, The Bell at Hampton Poyle is a delightful 9-bedroom boutique hotel, pub and restaurant just 10 minutes from Bicester and Oxford. The open kitchen, with a huge wood-burning oven, produces some of the best pizzas you can eat anywhere.
The Bell Inn is a modern country pub with eight newly renovated rooms, a cosy bar area with lots of seating to have a quiet drink, a separate restaurant with an open fire and pizza oven offering a seasonal British menu, and a beer garden overlooking the open countryside.
An idyllic Cotswold pub situated by the attractive Windrush River in the Oxfordshire village of Swinbrook, near Burford.
An idyllic Cotswold pub in a 16th-century cider house in the picturesque Oxfordshire village of Bledington near Chipping Norton.
The Wild Rabbit is a modern British Inn in the heart of the Cotswolds serving hyper-local seasonal food in a relaxed and welcoming setting. On offer is a constantly changing menu that uses organic ingredients from the Daylesford farm – picked fresh each morning and delivered straight to the kitchen.
A pretty 17th-century pub with rooms, tucked away in the peaceful and unspoilt village of Kelmscott.
A traditional pub with rooms one mile from Junction 9 of the M40, and only 2 miles from Bicester Village.
The handsome 17th-century Killingworth Castle in Wootton near Woodstock is as much a local pub as it is a dining destination. Concise menus have a British heart, with everything from jams and chutneys to ice cream, bread and sausages made from scratch on-site.
A quintessential country inn nestled on the river Windrush, in Minster Lovell, and just 15 miles from Oxford.
A historic inn with beautifully cooked food and smartly presented rooms in the sleepy village of Sparsholt near Wantage.
Located near Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire, The Kingham Plough is a ‘proper’ pub with an exceptional dining room, and 6 bedrooms.