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Hotels in Oxford/London

Posted by (DALTON, MA, USA) on

I am wondering if anyone can give me a recommendation(s) for a hotel for one overnight in OXFORD on October 5. I would like to keep it around $200 US dollars and would like it to be close to the train station. We will be coming from the Cotswolds and dropping off the car in Oxford. WE will spend the day in Oxford, then back into London for possibly a night or two. We will be spending five nights in London prior to our Cotswolds visit.

When back in LONDON for a night or two, I would like to find a hotel convenient to a tube station that we can take back to LHR for a 9:30 AMerican Airlines flight (terminal 3 ?). Maybe a Premier Inn? Which one is most convenient to getting to the airport?

Thank you so much for any suggestions.

Posted by
551 posts

While I have no specific hotel recommendations,

  • was in Oxford recently and there are roadworks going around the train station area,
    which may affect your ability to get to any hotel. Also, I don't think there are that many
    hotels in close proximity to the train station, so maybe find a hotel close to the rental
    car dropoff and then taxi/bus to train station upon departure?

  • for London, if you are there for more than just an overnight before the flight, and are
    open to spending a bit more for the Elizabeth Line (or Heathrow Express) to LHR, that
    opens up staying in central London near Paddington, as it is under 30 mins to the
    Terminal 2/3 stop.

If it's only overnight, the Premier Inn is great, also there are plenty of hotels along Bath
Road north of the airport that are reasonably priced and a short bus ride to the airport
bus stop.

Posted by
15963 posts

There is an Aerotel in Terminal 3. It's a budget hotel. I've never stayed there.

Less than a ten minute walk, via underground passage is a Hilton Garden Inn next to Terminal 2. I've stayed here numerous times.

There are also a few hotels near T4 and a Sofitel near T5.

Posted by
7465 posts

I was in Oxford just a couple of months ago and stayed at the Marriott Courtyard there, which was about an 8 to 9 minute walk from the train station. And yes there was construction but it didn’t hinder my walk at all. I liked that location because it gave me easy access to most of the sites and was in a relatively secluded part of the city center so there wasn’t too much in the way of noise. Unfortunately, I don’t know what the price is, because I used points. But I can’t imagine it would be that much above $200. A lot depends on the dates you’re looking for, too.

Posted by
9063 posts

In London’s Paddington neighborhood where you can access the Elizabeth Line to LHR is a Holiday Inn and a few blocks away #63 Bayswater where I’ve stayed off and on for years.

https://hotel63.co.uk/

Posted by
246 posts

Also consider staying above the Pride of Paddington Pub. Right across the street from Paddington station. Reasonable price and charming place.

Posted by
118 posts

We just did a very similar trip in May. Our hotel in Oxford was with points, and it was just ok so I don't recommend it.

But for the structure of your trip, I would suggest doing 6 nights in London in the beginning and at the end from Oxford, either turning in your your car in Oxford or keeping it for the drive to LHR and turning it in there. The night before your trip, either take the express bus to LHR or drive yourself and stay at a hotel at LHR. It makes it so easy to walk to the terminal and not have such a stressful, early morning.

Posted by
992 posts

For a stay in London, consider South Kensington, where you have easy access to the Piccadilly line direct to the airport - Premier Inn Kensington/ Earl's Court - it's also easy to get to central London on the Tube. But if you have to be at LHR at 06:30, then the Premier Inn right in the airport the night before.

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