The Queen's College, Oxford

Summary

• 17th century buildings
• 18th century buildings
• Breakfast included
• No car parking
• No smoking

Facilities

• Free broadband access
• Gardens

Drinking and dining

• English breakfast (included)

Nearby recreations

• Pub (walking distance)
• Museums (walking distance)
• Gardens
• Recommended restaurants (walking distance)
• Theatre (walking distance)

The Queen’s College, Oxford is delighted to offer student study bedrooms in our magnificent Palladian-style buildings situated prominently on the High Street in the centre of Oxford, as well as in our annexe close by.  The experience of staying in Main College will provide you with stunning surroundings steeped in history.

The Queen’s College offers a variety of accommodation options from single standard and twin standard rooms with handbasin and shared shower/bath facilities, to single and twin en suite rooms. All rooms have ethernet connection as standard (an ethernet cable can be purchased from the Lodge for a nominal sum), tea and coffee making facilities, bed linen and towels, and are serviced daily by our friendly housekeeping staff, the Scouts.

There are no lifts in the Main College and ground floor rooms are limited in all locations, the rooms in Queen’s Lane Quad are however serviced by a lift. Rooms are assigned when a booking is received, so please let us know any preferences when you make a booking.

Regrettably the College and its environment is not suitable for young children. It is a requirement that children are supervised by an adult at all times, the College and its personnel will not accept responsibility for the actions of unsupervised children.

Queen’s recently featured in the film The Golden Compass (the renamed Northern Lights, part of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy).

History to the present day

The “Hall of the Queen’s Scholars at Oxford” was founded in 1341 by Robert de Eglesfield, a chaplain in the household of Queen Philippa, who named it in her honour. He envisaged an establishment of fellows, chaplains, ‘poor boys’ and various officials and servants, headed by a Provost. Membership was to be open, but with a preference for inhabitants of Cumberland and Westmorland.

Initially Queen’s was a poor College, but the endowments slowly grew. Crucially, in 1343, Queen Philippa secured for Queen’s the lands of a small hospital in Southampton, destined to be the basis of much of the College’s prosperity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as Southampton Docks expanded and surrounding farmland was developed. Several other Queens of England have played a significant role in our history.

Parts of the current College date back to the 17th century and replace the earlier medieval College buildings that had fallen into disrepair in the 16th century. The College is one of the oldest constituent Colleges of the University of Oxford.

Many of the original statutes for the College are still followed today, including such traditional observances as the summoning of the Members of the College to dinner by a trumpet call. Throughout the year the College observes feasts of the Church, including the All Saints’ Gaudy on All Saints' Day, the famous Boar’s Head Gaudy just before Christmas and the Needle and Thread Gaudy shortly after New Year’s Day.

Dining and drinking

Prices include a full English breakfast in the Hall in Main College. This is a self service meal. Please check breakfast times with the Lodge when you check in, as times do vary.

Other facilities

All rooms have tea and coffee making facilities and internet connection. Ethernet cables can be purchased from the Lodge for a nominal sum (£5 for 3m and 5m cables). Queen's Lane Quad has card operated laundry facilities available, and those visitors staying in College for more than a few days may wish to purchase a card from the Bursary.

Arrival information and how to find us

Address: The Queens College, High St, Oxford. OX1 4AW

Check In: *From 2pm Check Out: By 10am* Please note that it might not be possible to check in before 2pm. We ask that all guests vacate their rooms and return keys to the Lodge by 10am.

Arrivals: Guests should report to the Lodge at the main entrance to the college on the High Street. The Lodge staff are on duty in the Lodge until 12.00am. Guests may not arrive after that time. The door to the college is locked after 20.00 on Saturdays, or 21.00 on all other days, but there is an intercom system with which to contact the duty lodge staff. After this time there is a chance that the duty staff may be on their rounds checking and locking everything for the night so if you are arriving late (after 20.00pm), please be patient as you may have to wait until they return to the Lodge to attract their attention.

Access to the College is extremely easy. The main railway station is about a mile away and the bus station is a similar distance. Buses from London, Heathrow, Gatwick, and most local buses stop immediately outside the Main College. Whilst the College does not have any parking available, the Thornhill and Seacourt Park & Ride buses also stop immediately outside the College (ask the driver for the Queen's Lane stop). Details of this service can be found at www.parkandride.net/oxford/html/oxford_frameset.html.

 

More photos of The Queen's College, Oxford

The Chapel	The Library	The East Range of the Front Quad	The College from the High Street
The Clock Tower	The Cloisters	Gateway to the Nuns' Garden	Queen's Lane Quad
Back Quad En Suite	The Nuns' Garden	Little Drawda	The Cupola from the Clock Tower archway
The Front Quad	Cloisters on the West Range of the Front Quad	View of Cupola from Cloisters	The Long Walls

Customer feedback

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Linda Thomas, July 2010: The rooms were very nice but rather noisy so the windows had to be closed on a very hot night. Perhaps you should say that Oxford is a city that never sleeps! However the service and staff were all excellent.

JANE ELY Al HUNEIDI, April 2010: It was a wonderful way to experience Oxford. We stayed in a prime location in a magnificent listed building. The staff couldn't have been more helpful.

Richard Butler, April 2010: We had other reasons for visiting Oxford, but our stay in Queens was the highlight.

Dr John Thornton, March 2010: Enjoyable Stay; Immaculate modern room.

Christopher Harris, February 2010: I heartily recommend Queen's College accommodation. Great website too

Jill Burn, February 2010: We had a wonderful time, especially as the room overlooked the street. What a wonderful town. I do think it's a bit expensive for the standard of room, which was nice but basic. I would consider staying again even at that price. Jill

Phyllis Whitney, September 2009: It was a great experience staying at Queens College. I wish I had more time there. I do plan to return in the future.

Angela P Hummerston, September 2009: Queen's College was a very enjoyable experience, being centrally located. All staff I encountered from the Porter's Lodge to service staff were very polite and helpful - a credit to the college. The total experience was very enjoyable and one I should be delighted to repeat.

Jeffery A Joyce, August 2009: The full English breakfast in the beautiful old college dining hall made for a pleasant start to each day. The porters and scouts were very sweet and helpful. Oxford is a dream city; I will miss it very much.

Carolyn Quintaba, July 2009: Excellent overnight stay. Standard of rooms in QLQ very good. The only slight drawback was the location of Room 42 overlooking the High which made it very noisy at night, but this was a relatively minor problem. Porters were extremely welcoming and helpful. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay and would not hesitate to book again.

Cameron Grant, July 2009: An excellent palce to stay

Myrna R. Libed, July 2009: Enjoyed my brief stay at your quaint college. I experienced wonderful service from Robert when I arrived on Saturday and same excellent service when I left on Sunday. Aloha and mahalo to all.

Jann Burrows, July 2009: It was a very comfortable stay. The lighting in the room was excellent and the peace & quiet most welcome.

Isabelle Simmons, October 2008: I was very pleased with the help of everyone. John the Porter and Colleen very helpful to rearrange a room closer to the bus stop. Lots of food and the kitchen staff were great. Lovely college and will consider using the facilites again. Isabelle Simmons

Phyllis S. Higginbotham, September 2008: Excellent experience. Enjoyed staying in the college. Particularly appreciated helpfulness of the porter who was on duty the evening of 17 SEPT and again on morning of 19 SEPT; he was extremely welcoming and hospitable. Thank you for a memorable stay.

Gustavo Delgado, September 2008: Thank you so much for the hospitality at the rooms of the Queens College. It has been a great time to be there enjoying such facilities right at the heart of the University of Oxford. The attention of your staff and all services were just excellent. I was just delighted by this experience. On the other hand, it was just perfect and suitable my staying there, in conexion with my research work at Queens, since I am doing a Postdoctorate in Music under the supervision of Dr. Owen Rees, so, work and comfort were match at its best. Thank you very much and hope to come back soon.

Catherine Dean, September 2008: Absolutely fantastic experience. College buildings and grounds are stunning. Full marks to all staff especially the cooks and gardeners. I would certainly book again and recommend this to anyone else

Helen T Frank, September 2008: I had a very pleasant stay, thank you, and seemed to have the Florey building to myself! I did not attend breakfast unfortunately due to my research commitments at the Bodleain, but found everything very clear. The only improvement to the room for short stays would be a kitchen wipe (re the kettle) and teatowel to dry cups. The porters at the main college site were most pleasant and helpful. I look forward to another visit in the near future.

Mike O'Donovan, September 2008: The refurbished rooms in Queen's Lane were very good value, particularly at the reduced rate I payed as a former student at Queen's

George Crozier, September 2008: Very good. Many thanks.

Mrs Beryl Williams, September 2008: I'd organised a reunion for 7 university friends from 40+ years ago. We were all impressed by the comfort and spaciousness of the rooms, the courtesy of the porters and scouts and the opportunity of staying in such an historic college. We'll be booking again in two years time! The college is ideally placed for all the city's many attractions and transport services. The information provided about domestic matters, sights to see and the history of the college was helpful and interesting.

Linda Barry, September 2008: My friend and i really enjoyed out stay at the college it was an interesting experience. We were very impressed with the jolly attitude of the freindly porters on saturday afternoon and sunday, they really tried to accommodate out needs - thankyou! we will recomment it.

MRS. RJM WINDER, September 2008: the room was spotlessly clean and spacious. staff were extremely friendly and helpful and it was a wonderful experience staying in this historic college. extremely convenient for all that oxford had to offer.

Margaret J. Wort, August 2008: Really enjoyed my stay - location, atmosphere, ease of booking and welcome. The breakfast was very good. The shower is really small (but glad to have one). Thank you, I will book again next time I come to England.

jacqueline white, August 2008: Room was very basic (no TV!) but very clean and provided great insight into life as a student at Oxford uni. Porters on duty were very friendly and went out their way to help with any problems.