Inn · Woodstock
The Duke of Marlborough
A family and dog-friendly pub with thirteen rooms and a large car park at Woodleys, on the A44 just north of Woodstock.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
A family pub with rooms just outside the town, with its own car park, breakfast from 7.30am and pétanque in the garden. Closed on Mondays out of season.
- Good: Large free car park on site
- Good: Family and dog-friendly
- Good: Pétanque court and table tennis
- Worth knowing: Closed on Mondays out of season
- Worth knowing: Sunday food to 4pm; in high season only a pizza and wings menu after that
About
The Duke of Marlborough is a family and dog-friendly pub with thirteen rooms at Woodleys, on the A44 just north of Woodstock. It is run by Brewmish, which also has the Back Lane Tavern in the town.
The rooms are in a separate building beside the pub, each en suite and named after an animal habitat, and there is a large car park. Rooms are booked online.
The kitchen serves pub classics alongside more ambitious dishes, with breakfast from 7.30am on weekdays and 8am at weekends, lunch and dinner from Tuesday to Saturday, and Sunday lunch until 4pm, with a short menu of pizza and chicken wings from 6pm to 8pm on Sunday evenings in high season. Outside there is a covered dining area, a pétanque court and a table tennis table. Out of season it closes on Mondays; in high season it opens every day.
It suits a family or anyone with a dog and a car who wants a base for Blenheim Palace without parking in the town.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Tue 10, 07:30
| Mon | Opening | Breakfast | Food served |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Tuesday | 07:30 to 22:00 | 07:30 to 11:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Wednesday | 07:30 to 22:00 | 07:30 to 11:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Thursday | 07:30 to 22:00 | 07:30 to 11:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Friday | 07:30 to 22:00 | 07:30 to 11:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Saturday | 08:00 to 23:00 | 08:00 to 10:30 | 12:00 to 21:00 |
| Sunday | 08:00 to 18:00 | 08:00 to 10:30 | 12:00 to 16:00 |
Food served: Paninis Tuesday to Friday, 2.30pm to 5.45pm.
Closed Mondays out of season; open every day in high season. Bank holidays 8am to 8pm.
The details
- Food
- Pub classics
- Serving
- Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
- Rooms
- 13
- Check-in
- From 3pm to 9pm
- Check-out
- By 10.30am
- Features
- Restaurant · Bar · Parking · Dogs inside
- Parking
- Large car park on site, free for guests.
Photos
Sunday lunch 
The kitchen 
The terrace 
By the fire
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Blenheim Palace 2.6 km away
- The Oxfordshire Museum 2.7 km away
- The Star Inn 2.8 km away
- The Bear Hotel 2.8 km away
Sights nearby
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Column of Victory, Blenheim
Sight · Monument · Woodstock
The Column of Victory is the fluted Doric column of 1727 to 1730 that carries a lead statue of the first Duke of Marlborough dressed as a Roman general on the high ground of Blenheim's park. Seen from Woodstock and the park's public paths.
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Queen Pool, Blenheim
Sight · Lake · Woodstock
Queen Pool is the northern arm of the lake Capability Brown made at Blenheim from 1764, above Vanbrugh's Grand Bridge, with Rosamund's Well just west of the bridge and the Column of Victory above. Reached free on public footpaths from Combe; the lakeside road is permissive.
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St Mary Magdalene, Woodstock
Sight · Church · Woodstock
St Mary Magdalene is Woodstock's church on Park Street, founded with the twelfth-century town and long a chapel of Bladon, with a Norman zigzag doorway, a classical tower of 1784 to 1786 with chimes of 1792 made to play tunes, and a sundial with odd numerals. Grade II*.
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Woodstock Town Hall
Sight · Historic building · Woodstock
Woodstock Town Hall in the Market Place was designed by Sir William Chambers and built in 1766 to 1767 at the Duke of Marlborough's expense, over an open market hall enclosed in 1898, with a marble sundial on its south wall. Grade II.