Bull, Burford
Hotel · Burford
A coaching inn on Burford's High Street, opened in 1536 by its own account, now a hotel with 18 rooms, three restaurants and a treatment suite.
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Where to stay in Burford
8 places · every place verified by us
Burford's coaching inns still line its High Street and Sheep Street, and pubs with rooms wait in the Windrush villages a few miles away. Parking in the town is free.
8 places
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Cotswold Stay
Self-catering · Burford
A four-bedroom house in Burford that sleeps eight, let for self-catering, with no dogs.
Family-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
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Ostlers
Self-catering · Burford
A three-bedroom holiday cottage in Burford, let through Manor Cottages, sleeping six, with a garden, a woodburner and parking for one car; no pets.
Family-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
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The Bay Tree
Hotel · Burford
A Grade II listed hotel on Sheep Street, Burford, with 21 rooms and a walled garden, part of Cotswold Inns and Hotels, dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly · Wedding venues
Verified Oct 2026
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The Inn for All Seasons
Inn · Burford
A country inn at the Barringtons, about three miles west of Burford, begun in the 1500s and a coaching inn from the 1700s, with twelve rooms and dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Lamb Inn
Inn · Burford
An inn with rooms in Burford, part of Cotswold Inns and Hotels, taking bookings for rooms and tables and welcoming dogs.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Swan Inn, Swinbrook
Inn · Burford
An inn on the River Windrush at Swinbrook, near Burford, with bedrooms in its stables and a riverside cottage.
Verified Oct 2026
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The Three Horseshoes, Asthall
Inn · Burford
An eighteenth-century pub with six rooms at Asthall, near Burford, where innkeepers have been recorded since 1726.
Verified Oct 2026
In the town
Bull, a coaching inn opened in 1536, has 18 rooms, three restaurants and a treatment suite; only one room, 10 Stripe, takes a dog, for £55. The Bay Tree on Sheep Street is a listed hotel with 21 rooms and a walled garden, and The Lamb Inn is an inn with rooms; both welcome dogs.
Self-catering
Cotswold Stay is a four-bedroom townhouse sleeping eight, and Ostlers a sixteenth-century cottage in the centre, once part of a coaching inn, sleeping six. Neither takes dogs.
In the Windrush villages
The Swan at Swinbrook stands on the Windrush, with rooms in its stables and a riverside cottage. The Three Horseshoes at Asthall, one of the Daylesford Stays pubs, has six rooms, and The Inn for All Seasons at the Barringtons, a sixteenth-century coaching inn, has twelve and welcomes dogs; book it by phone.
From your door
The Tolsey Museum and St John the Baptist's church, where the Levellers were held in 1649, are in the town. The Cotswold Wildlife Park is about 2 miles away, and Minster Lovell Hall a short drive down the valley. The Wildlife Park and the river walk fill the Sunday of our Cotswolds weekend with children.
Getting here and parking
Guildenford car park by the river is free, with 4-hour and 10-hour bays and three for Blue Badge holders. The X52 runs between Oxford and Cheltenham up to every two hours from Monday to Saturday, with two journeys each way on winter Sundays and more in summer, stopping at the Oxford Road layby above the town. Kingham and Charlbury stations are each about 8 miles away. Levellers Day in May is the town's own occasion; book early for it. For other bases, see where to stay in the Cotswolds.
Out of season
Winter is quieter, but check what is open: the Tolsey Museum opens only at weekends in November and December and closes from January to March, and the Wildlife Park closes on weekdays for maintenance from early January to early February.
Our touring route by car is a three-day loop that starts and ends here. For the day, see things to do in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds, and for meals, places to eat in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds.
For food in the town itself, see places to eat in Burford.
From your door
Walks and sights within reach of your room.
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Burford's lanes and fields
Walk · Starts in Burford · 1 hr · Circular
A 1.7-mile (2.7km) circular walk from Burford's free riverside car park, easy and about an hour, mostly on pavements and lanes. It climbs Witney Street and Barns Lane to a field west of the town, then comes back down Sheep Street and Priory Lane to the church.
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Burford, Fulbrook and Widford
Walk · Starts in Burford · 2 hrs, 30 mins · Circular · Dog-friendly
A 6-mile (9.7km) circular walk from Guildenford car park in Burford, about two and a half hours of moderate walking with stiles and some road. It crosses the old bridge to Fulbrook and the fields to Widford's church, and returns along the Windrush meadows, which flood in winter.
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Burford Bridge
Sight · Bridge · Burford
Burford Bridge carries the road over the River Windrush at the foot of Burford's High Street: four low arches with pointed cutwaters, medieval in origin and heavily remodelled in 1791. Grade II*, on the way in and out of the town.
Before you book
- Parking
- Guildenford car park is free.
- Dogs
- The Bay Tree, the Lamb and the Inn for All Seasons take dogs; Bull in one room only.
- Groups
- Cotswold Stay sleeps eight and Ostlers six.
Plan your stay
Where to go, what is on and what is in season, about once a month.
Questions
Where should I stay in Burford?
On the High Street or Sheep Street, at Bull, the Bay Tree or the Lamb, or in the Windrush villages at Swinbrook or Asthall.
Is parking free in Burford?
Yes, at Guildenford car park, with 4-hour and 10-hour bays.
Are there dog-friendly hotels in Burford?
The Bay Tree, the Lamb Inn and the Inn for All Seasons take dogs; Bull has one dog-friendly room, 10 Stripe.
About Burford
A wool and coaching town whose High Street runs downhill to a medieval bridge over the Windrush, with a Grade I church where the Levellers were held in 1649.