Things to do

Experiences

Mostly, a stay here is about doing less. But when you want to venture out, there is plenty within reach.

Slow days, in two very different landscapes

A stay at Cedar Hollow is mostly about doing less.

But when you do want to venture out, our two locations pull in completely different directions: ancient Oxfordshire woodland on one side, the Dorset coast on the other.

At the retreat

  • Hot tub under the canopy

    Several of our retreats have a private hot tub on the deck, best used late, with the lights off and the sky doing the work.

  • Wood-burners and long evenings

    Wood-fired warmth, deep sofas and no particular reason to be anywhere. This is what most guests remember.

  • Stargazing

    Away from town light, the sky over the woodland is genuinely dark. Wrap up and look up.

  • A copper hot tub on the treehouse deck, open to the canopy
  • The rotating wood burner and roll-top bath inside the Woodsman's Treehouse
  • The outdoor shower under a starry night sky
Golden-hour sun through the canopy over a glamping pod and treehouse deck among the ferns

At Cedar Hollow Oxford

Magic, honey, bats and C.S. Lewis, all on-site for you to enjoy.

  • The Bee Museum

    Maison du Miel, our bee museum and apiary: working hives, hands-on displays and honey harvested a few steps away.

  • Trail of Illusions

    Illusions woven through the estate by a member of The Magic Circle, from hidden carvings to an AI-powered talking mirror. Book with a Keeper of the Keys.

  • Escape rooms

    Two story-led games, exclusive to guests. Self-guided for £15, or £65 with a dedicated Game Master. Each game lasts about an hour.

  • Honey tasting

    Three honeys from our own hives, tasted and paired with cheese, fig and honeycomb, ending in a blind test against a supermarket jar. £25 per person.

  • An evening of magic

    The Lost Experiments of an Edwardian Magician: an intimate, story-led show by the Wizards of Ox. Daily at 6pm, £15 per person.

  • The bats of Shotover

    Borrow a bat detector and a red-light torch and step outside at dusk. The colonies are most active from April to October.

  • Birdwatching

    Red kites overhead, tawny owls at dusk, woodpeckers and nuthatches in the canopy on the walk out to Shotover Country Park.

  • Lewis’s Oxford, guided by Jack

    An interactive walking tour of C.S. Lewis’s Oxford, made with the C.S. Lewis Foundation, from the Inklings’ pubs to Magdalen College.

  • The C.S. Lewis Trail

    A quiet woodland tribute: a Routemaster above Lewis’s former garden, a 1926 Triumph and sidecar, and stonework from the church where he is buried.

  • Honeycomb display cases inside the Bee Museum at Cedar Hollow Oxford
  • The red telephone box in the woodland, home of the Call Beyond the Lamp Post escape game
  • The Routemaster bus on the C.S. Lewis Trail through the Oxford woodland
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At Cedar Hollow Dorset

Several exciting experiences are coming soon to the Dorset woodland.

  • Woodland wellness

    Bookable wellness facilities among the trees: a sauna, hot tub and cold plunge.

  • Craft workshops

    Craft-centred workshops and classes, carrying on the making tradition this woodland has taught for twenty years.

  • And more to come

    More experiences are in preparation. We will announce each one as it opens.

  • The light timber sauna interior
  • A freestanding bath on the deck beside the ancient oak
  • The outdoor tree shower among the leaves

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Six woodland retreats across Oxfordshire and Dorset, from a two-person hideaway to a treehouse built for a gathering.

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