St Hugh's College, Oxford

Summary

• 19th century buildings
• 20th century buildings
• Breakfast included
• Free car parking
• No smoking

Facilities

• Gardens
• Tennis court

Drinking and dining

• English breakfast (included)

Nearby recreations

• Recommended walks
• Pub (walking distance)
• Pub (a short drive)
• Museums (walking distance)
• Historic houses
• Gardens
• Golf course (a short drive)
• Theatre (walking distance)

Whilst not one of the old colleges, St Hugh’s can offer accommodation set within fourteen acres of quiet, leafy North Oxford. Located just outside of the city centre, we are only a 15 minute walk from the main attractions of Oxford.

We can offer ensuite bedrooms within the relatively modern Maplethorpe and Rachel Trickett buildings. We can also offer rooms with shared bathroom facilities within our more traditional Main Building. All rooms are provided with bed linen, towels and toiletries, and tea/coffee making facilities. Although these rooms are not to hotel standards they are comfortable, clean and tidy.

History to the present day

Compared to many Oxford Colleges, St Hugh’s is young. It was founded in 1886 by Elizabeth Wordsworth, the great niece of the poet. Using money left to her by her father, a bishop of Lincoln, she named the College after one of his twelfth century predecessors, Hugh of Avalon, who was canonised in 1220, and in whose diocese Oxford had been. Elizabeth Wordsworth was a champion of women's education, and her foundation of St Hugh’s enabled poorer women to gain an Oxford education, beginning in a house with just four students.

Now more than a century later, over five hundred undergraduates and graduates attend the College. The first male undergraduates were admitted in 1986.

Dining and drinking

A full English breakfast is included in the price of your room and will be served in the Dining Hall, between 8-10am daily.

PLEASE NOTE DURING SUMMER BREAKFAST IS NOT SERVED IN MAIN HALL PLEASE CHECK WITH THE LODGE

Grounds and gardens

We are fortunate to have fourteen acres of self-contained grounds, with ample lawns, borders and mature trees, making St Hugh’s one of the loveliest hidden delights of Oxford. There are plenty of benches available so guests can relax and enjoy our quiet and pleasant grounds.

Other facilities

The College can make parking available to guests – please ensure that you request parking on the Additional Information form when you make your booking.

Bedrooms in the Maplethorpe Building have wi-fi network access which can be made available to guests.  Please ensure you mention in the Additional Information section of the booking form if you require access to this service, so we can issue a username and password.

Arrival information and how to find us

Address: St Hugh’s College, St Margaret’s Road, Oxford, OX2 6LE.

Check In: From 2pm Check Out: By 10am

On arrival report to the Porter's Lodge (located at the main entrance to St Hugh's College) you will be given a key and directed to your room(s). It is generally possible to leave some bags at the Porters Lodge if your arrival time is before 2pm and your room isn't ready.

The bus station and railway station are both located about 20 minutes walk from St Hugh’s.  Taxis are available from both stations and should take about 5 minutes to reach us (traffic depending).

There is also a very convenient Park and Ride at Peartree, for which the bus stops on the Woodstock Road (ask the driver for the St Margaret’s Road stop).  Details can be found at www.parkandride.net/oxford/html/oxford_frameset.html

In addition, parking can be made available to guests on the College site – please see above for further information.

More photos of St Hugh's College, Oxford

Magnolia Blossom	The Main Lawn	Sculpture in the West Garden	Aerial view of St Hugh's
Above the Main Entrance	The College Library	Rachel Trickett Building	The library and gardens in spring
Beech trees in spring

Customer feedback

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Karen Horan, July 2010: Will definitely use again. Thank you

Paul Smith, July 2010: Really enjoyed my stay. I had two friends over for the weekend and not hotels were available. came accross web site and booked. I will in future be looking at this accomodation before looking at hotels as we really enjoyed our stay. Would recommend to anyone. Many thanks Paul

Mrs A Skinner, July 2010: It would have been helpful to have had some tourist information available especially a map otherwise a very pleasant experience and very quiet at night

Pat Mapley, July 2010: My accomodation was a better standard than I expected.

Dr Colin Machin, July 2010: some time the room gets over heated, and the air circulation is poor. (could be just an unusually hot summer...) apart from that, it was very very good. Thanks.

Lorraine Durcan, July 2010: Excellent value for money, beautiful surroundings, visit too short!

Dr Alison Lane, July 2010: Very friendly and welcoming staff. The facilities were very clean and tidy, although some (bathrooms, etc...) were a little run-down (although expected for a college and the price).

Chris Tenove, June 2010: Everything worked out very well, including the staff at St Hugh's.

JeYoung Jung, June 2010: I really enjoyed staying your accommodation.

Cheryle Gittens-Bailey, June 2010: Overall this was a great experience. Thank you

David Strudwick, June 2010: Another very pleasant stay while attending lectures and tutorials...many thanks.

Professor Barbara English, June 2010: A wonderful experience, very friendly and helpful staff, the gardens a joy in the summer weather, quiet, well placed for buses, can't recommend too highly and would certainly go again.

Jonathan Lamb, June 2010: All of our international guests were very thankful for the chance to stay at St Hugh's. Thanks very much indeed for your kind help. Greetings, Jonathan Lamb

Michael Hewens, June 2010: Lodge staff very switched on, enthusiastic and helpful

Lucy Valerie Graham, June 2010: I loved staying at St hughs it was so quiet and peaceful. Room was very clean and made me feel studious! Also great to have internet access.

Elizabeth Dunford, June 2010: I had a lovely stay at St Hugh's College. The staff were very welcoming and helpful and my room was clean, tidy and spacious. I would definately use University Rooms again.

Frank Aurzada, June 2010: Very friendly staff! Thanks!

Felix Rollin, June 2010: Very friendly and helpful staff!

Jean Mackie, June 2010: St Hughes was a wonderful place to stay. The room was large and comfortable and the grounds were superb. Very restful place.

John Garrison, June 2010: The staff was excellent. Cleaning staff were very helpful, patient, and always very friendly. The fellow who appears to run the breakfast program in the dining hall was especially helpful and welcoming.

SADAF AHMED, June 2010: I really enjoyed my stay, the service was great, everyone at the lodge was very helpful including the gentleman at breakfast who approached me and showed me the breakfast menu.

Dr Margaret Connolly, May 2010: Overall experience was better than I'd been led to expect from the booking, e.g. St Hugh's had told me in advance that weekend breakfast was a brunch served from 10.30; this did not fit well with my conference and I was expecting to miss breakfast each day. When I arrived they told me that they now served a full breakfast from 8 am - the provision was sumptuous! I was very pleased with this experience and would use the booking service again in the future.

Lieve Meerschman, May 2010: Great way to visit Oxford !

David Sampson, May 2010: This is the first time I've stayed at St Hugh's. I'm a part time graduate student and need periodic accommodation. I stay at colleges when I can. It was overall, an excellent experience. Much better than some of the hotels in the area. It's a great value for the money and is close to all the science departments. The bus stops are very convenient too. The room was clean. The only drawback the shared showers and toilets, since none of the rooms are en-suite. If you can live with that, it's a great value and location.

Anthony Bays, May 2010: Basic but to a high standard.