Oxford & beyond
Horse riding or cycling in Shotover Country Park, a city tour of the dreaming spires, punting in typical Oxford style or walking in the footsteps of CS Lewis, or maybe stay in and get a Chef or a Masseuse!
Just beyond our gates lies C.S. Lewis’s nine-acre garden, now open to the public as a tranquil nature reserve. By prior arrangement, you can also visit The Kilns, Lewis’s former home - where The Chronicles of Narnia were brought to life.
Don’t miss Holy Trinity Church, just a five-minute stroll from Cedar Hollow Oxford; his place of worship, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and home to the enchanting Narnia Window.
Cedar Hollow Oxford lies right on the edge of Shotover Country Park - a magnificent 289-acre woodland mosaic of winding valleys, secret glades, and open meadows. Perched on the southern slopes of Shotover Hill, it’s a haven for walking, running, or cycling through ever-changing landscapes and wildlife-rich habitats.
A sumptuous afternoon tea is the perfect accompaniment to a relaxed outing exploring the beauty of Oxford as seen from the river.
Travelling past Christ Church meadows and the university college boathouses, then passing the tranquil water meadows surrounding Oxford including a visit to Rose Island - Lewis Carroll’s favoured destination - the picture perfect backdrop to a lazy afternoon tea.
A trip to Oxford is not complete without a punting trip - a truly timeless, slightly eccentric, quintessentially Oxford, idyllic pleasure: drifting leisurely along the silky water of the Cherwell, picnicking on the river whilst floating past history
Oxford is home to Britain’s oldest museum - the Ashmolean. Here are a list of must-visit museums in Oxford:
Stroll through Oxford’s historic streets beneath its famous dreaming spires on a unique 90-minute walking tour led by a professional magician who has entertained the British Royal Family.
Combining fascinating stories with live magic and illusions, this family-friendly experience offers an unforgettable way to discover the city.
The City of Oxford Society of Model Engineers manage their own miniature railway tracks with miniature steam trains that the public can ride.
A super fun day out with the kids. There are two tracks on their railway. The elevated track is built to cater for 3½" and 5" gauges and the ground level track is for 7¼" gauge.
Discover a world of luxury shopping at Bicester Village. There are more than 130 fashion and lifestyle boutiques at the shopping outlet area, each offering discounts of up to 60%.
Bicester Village is only 20 minutes away by car.
In “Surprised by Joy”, CS Lewis credits the top deck of a bus as the very place where his spiritual awakening began. The story he recalls is from 1929 aboard an early Regent I, one of Oxford’s first motor double-deckers.
Through the 1940s and ’50s, travelling by the newer AEC Regent III between Carfax and Risinghurst, he produced the works that made him a household name: The Screwtape Letters, Mere Christianity, and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
The Oxford Bus Museum holds the very Regent III that would serve Lewis’s commute - one he very likely rode - and also preserves an example of the Regent I - the very type on which his conversion took place.
Woodland bat walks, a honey tasting, an escape room, an evening of magic and a museum of bees, all without leaving the estate.