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Accommodation for the Summer of Writing workshops

If you're coming from further afield and want to make a weekend trip of it, Oxford has heaps of places to stay.

Most Oxfordian

Oxford college with perfectly manicured law in the quad

For the most Oxfordian experience possible, you can book a room in one of the gorgeous colleges through University Bookings. The students are on holiday in the summer, so the colleges are open to guests. Many of them offer a Full English Breakfast as well, often in the Dining Hall. The prices range according to the college's whims and availability, starting around £52 for a Friday night.

Closest big 'uns

Frontage of Jury's Inn in Wolvercote: standard big-hotel look

Jury's Inn Oxford is 5 mins walk away from the house. Holiday Inn Oxford and Travelodge Oxford are both nearby (1 mile), by the Peartree Park 'n Ride. Jury's Inn starts around £125 a night, Holiday Inn around £150, and Travelodge around £120.

Budget option

Crowded city-centre frontage with a yellow door saying Backpackers

Central Backpackers Oxford has beds in shared dorms (8 people, single-sex dorms available) from around £36 a night. It's just about opposite the main Oxford train station.

The other two hostels in Oxford, Oxford Backpackers on Hythe Bridge Street and the YHA behind the train station no longer seem to be running. Both websites have taken their Oxford branches off their websites and are no longer answering their Oxford-based phone numbers.

Other options

There are heaps of B&Bs and small hotels. Daily Info (our local Classifieds site) has a comprehensive list of them and Trip Advisor will give you a map view of where they are. AirBnB is also a good option, especially as we're a university town so students may be subletting their rooms.

Where to book: The workshops are in Upper Wolvercote, in the north of Oxford just inside the ring road. The most convenient areas to stay for getting to the workshops are: Wolvercote; Summertown; Woodstock Road area (A4144 on maps); Banbury Road area; North Oxford; Walton Manor; Jericho; Central Oxford. Those are the yellow-shaded areas on the map below.

Google map with central and northern Oxford highlighted

 

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