Sturdy`s Castle – Historic Coaching Inn near Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire

Sturdy’s Castle is a coaching inn of about 400 years on Banbury Road near Kidlington, in rural Oxfordshire. Woodstock and Blenheim Palace are about 4 miles away, and London Oxford Airport is within a mile.

The 18 rooms occupy a building of their own at the back of the pub, over two floors with no lift upstairs. Rooms have twin or king beds, free WiFi and a TV. Its kitchen covers breakfast, traditional British cooking, pub favourites and Indian dishes.

There is a bar, a garden, a children’s play area, meeting facilities and free parking. Oxford is roughly 20 minutes by car. Guests needing a ground-floor room should contact the inn in advance.