England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Witney
Witney is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 30,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Witney, with about 82 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- June to September
- Nearest airport
- BHX77 km · Birmingham Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Witney
Witney is a market town on the River Windrush in West Oxfordshire in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is 12 miles (19 km) west of Oxford.
Those familiar with the writings of A. A. Milne, in particular Winnie-the-Pooh, might remember the game of "Pooh Sticks" from the book. The game is played on a bridge over a river and competitors drop their sticks in the river (at the same time) and see whose stick emerges downstream first. Childish fun, but these days the town hosts the annual World Pooh Sticks Championship. Organised by the Rotary Club of Oxford Spires and raising funds for the Rotary Club of Oxford Spires Charitable Trust Funds, it is held over the River Windrush close to the centre of town.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Witney
See
- Holy Trinity Parish Church
- Town Hall
- Oxford Bus & Morris Motors Museum
- Bishop's Palace
- Witney Museum
- North Leigh Roman Villa
- Witney Blanket Hall
- Wychwood Brewery
- Cotswold Woollen Weavers
Do
- World Pooh Sticks Championship
- Forest of Wychwood
- Cogges Manor Farm
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Witney
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travelodge Witney hotel | 82 | 4.4/5 622 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Witney to stay in
Witney has a few hotels including a Premier Inn. The Marlborough overlooks the Market Square in the town centre. The Witney Hotel and the Fleece Hotel, a great gastro pub can be found nearby on the beautiful Church Green.
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Where to stay
More hotels in Witney
59 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata; the 40 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Heythrop House | 17.3 km | |
| Angel Inn | 10.5 km | |
| Bay Tree Hotel | 10.7 km | |
| Bell Hotel | 10.3 km | |
| Blue Boar | 0.5 km | |
| Bull Inn | 10.3 km | |
| Bury Barn Inn With Attached Stables And Dovecote Wings | 10.5 km | |
| Corner House Hotel | 10.5 km | |
| Fleece Hotel | 0.5 km | |
| Inn For All Seasons | 15.1 km | |
| Red Lion Hotel | 0.5 km | |
| Red Lion Inn | 24.0 km | |
| Shaven Crown Hotel | 11.4 km | |
| The Bell Inn | 24.0 km | |
| The Bird in Hand Inn | 4.8 km | |
| The Bull Hotel | 10.5 km | |
| The Chequers Inn | 0.4 km | |
| The Cotswold Arms Inn | 10.6 km | |
| The Crown Inn | 16.1 km | |
| The Dragon Inn | 10.6 km | |
| The Elephant and Castle Inn | 7.3 km | |
| The Former George Inn | 10.6 km | |
| The Fox Hotel | 18.3 km | |
| The Fox Inn | 15.3 km | |
| The Griffin Inn | 1.4 km | |
| The Highway Hotel | 10.5 km | |
| The King's Arms Hotel | 23.1 km | |
| The Kings Arms Hotel | 18.2 km | |
| The Kingsbridge Inn | 21.7 km | |
| The Lamb Inn | 3.2 km | |
| The Lamb Inn | 17.3 km | |
| The Lamb Inn | 10.7 km | |
| The Mermaid Inn And Attached Mounting Block | 10.6 km | |
| The Old Court Hotel | 1.3 km | |
| The Old Inn | 8.2 km | |
| The Old Manse Hotel | 21.8 km | |
| The Old New Inn | 21.6 km | |
| The Old Swan Hotel | 4.0 km | |
| The Plough Inn | 1.1 km | |
| The Prince of Burford | 10.5 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Witney
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Witney are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; December is the wettest, with about 70 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Witney: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Birmingham Airport (BHX), about 77 km from the city centre in a straight line; London Luton Airport (LTN, 78 km) and London Heathrow Airport (LHR, 79 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
The town lies on the A40 London to Fishguard main road. 12½ miles from Oxford, 30 miles from Cheltenham and 25 miles from Swindon (via the A4095 and A420). The main buses to and from Oxford are the Stagecoach S1 and S2 from Carterton via Witney to Oxford.
Getting around
Witney town centre is compact and can easily be covered on foot. Even the surrounding housing estates are no more than a brisk 15-minute walk from the town centre.
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BHX · Birmingham Airport
LTN · London Luton Airport
LHR · London Heathrow Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Witney
Drink
Witney is home to the Wychwood Brewery, and many of the beers which it produces are available around the town. Priced around £2-3 per pint or bottle.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Witney
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Witney: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Witney?
By published guest score: Travelodge Witney (4.4 / 5 · 622 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Witney?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Witney are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; December is the wettest, with about 70 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Witney?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Birmingham Airport (BHX), about 77 km from the city centre in a straight line; London Luton Airport (LTN, 78 km) and London Heathrow Airport (LHR, 79 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Witney?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Witney
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.