Hotel Location
Cotswold Lodge Hotel is situated in a quiet conservation area just ten minutes walk from the centre of Oxford, within two miles of the A40 and easy access to the M40. The hotel is the perfect base from which to explore Oxford's numerous attractions, and with parking at a premium in the city, Cotswold Lodge Hotel offers ample parking facilities for residents.

Oxford
The historic university city of Oxford, referred to by Mathew Arnold as 'the city of dreaming spires', is not only one of the world's most renowned seats of learning but is also a beautiful English city with a fascinating history reflected in its museums and stunning medieval colleges. This, together with its lively arts scene, intriguing shops and fashionable bars and restaurants, make Oxford one of Britain's most popular destinations for both business and leisure travellers.

A compact city, Oxford is best appreciated on foot, with most of the colleges within easy walking distance. The University of Oxford comprises 38 colleges, many of which are open to the public. With over 1500 buildings in Oxford registered by English Heritage as being 'of exceptional architectural interest' there are a few that shouldn't be missed including the Bodleian Library, Carfax Tower, Christ Church Cathedral and the Sheldonian Theatre by Sir Christopher Wren.

Oxford has played a significant role in English history for over 1000 years and the Museum of Oxford, located in Oxford Town Hall, tells the story of the city from its early beginnings to modern day. To discover how Oxford University began and its fascinating history, The Oxford Story takes you through 900 years of university history complete with sights, sounds and smells. The Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology, Britain's oldest public museum, houses the university's stunning collection of antiquities, sculpture, ceramics and paintings, while one of the world's great museums of anthropology, the Pitt Rivers Museum, houses collections from all corners of the world and all periods of human history.

The home of famous authors such as Lewis Carroll, C S Lewis and J R R Tolkien, Oxford has also inspired creative children's literature over the years and true to the tradition, today many scenes in the Harry Potter films are shot in different parts of Oxford's Christ Church College and visitors are encouraged to see these sites for themselves.

A wide choice of Oxford tours is available including the Inspector Morse Tour where fans of the Inspector Morse television series can follow in the footsteps of Oxford 's most famous detective. Additional tours include Oxford Past and Present, Oxford Literary Links, Alice in Oxford, William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites, Romance of Oxford, American Roots in Oxford and children's tours. An open-top bus tour of the city also allows you to hop off and on at all the major attractions along the way.

Just eight miles north of Oxford near the village of Woodstock is Blenheim Palace, built for John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough by Queen Anne as a reward for his leadership in the defeat of the French at the Battle of Blenheim in 1704. In 1874, Winston Churchill, the grandson of the 7th Duke of Marlborough, was born here. Churchill is buried in St Martin's Church in Bladon on the edge of the Blenheim estate.