The Queen's College, Oxford

Summary

• 17th century buildings
• 18th century buildings
• 21st century buildings
• Breakfast included
• No car parking
• No smoking

Facilities

• Free broadband access

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 both our magnificent Palladian-style buildings as well as in our recently refurbished annexe Queen's Land Quad, both situated prominently on the High Street in the centre of Oxford.

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  (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.

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, and 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 midnight. 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 20.00), please be patient as you may have to wait until they return to the Lodge to attract their attention.

Access to the College is 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 on the High Street.

Whilst the College does not have any parking spaces 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 http://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	Queen's Lane Quad	Back Quad En Suite
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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Rupert Snuggs, September 2010: Excellent stay - thank you

Christina Krall, September 2010: Location, value for money were outstanding. Most importantly, the helpfulness of the lodge staff was by far what made my stay the most enjoyable.

Cavan Davidson, September 2010: Rooms were austere but had exactly the feel we were expecting and nice views of edmund hall. porters were extremely helpful and friendly. Cav Davidson

Steve Ngo, September 2010: I stayed in the 'new' wing which was located in another building away from the college itself. That's the only 'setback' otherwise it was fine.

Mrs Jocelyn Norman, September 2010: Very comfortable but a hairdryer would be handy. We will use your services again. No need to leave the fridge on during student holiday !

Judith Wozniak, September 2010: clean comfortable room-the only useful addition would be a mirror. Thank you a good experience would definitely use again

Christian Saller, September 2010: Especially the porter was very kind and helpful. The room in the annex-building was good and quiete. The breakfast at the high-table was also exciting. I can recommend to stay at Queens.

Owen Highley, August 2010: The main disadvantage was that the room was in a separate building away from the main college. The room also had a bathroom with a minute wash basin and was so small that it was difficult to move around in it.

James Hyde, August 2010: Would have preferred to have stayed in one of the older courts, even if the room was of a lower standard. Would have liked staying in a 'traditional' student room more than the comforts of a more modern room.

Robin Stevens, August 2010: A reading light on the bedside table would have been appreciated. I was happy to be in the annex since it had a lift but it wasn't the historic room experience that I thought I would have. Breakfast was superb.

Rowan MacKinnon, August 2010: The porters at Queen's were incredibly helpful and that really added value to the experience.

virginia greene, August 2010: It was a fine experience. All the college staff were very helpful and pleasant, particularly the porters. The college was interesting aid comfortable.

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.