Hotel · Woodstock
The Feathers
A hotel with 18 rooms and five suites on Market Street, Woodstock, with two AA Rosettes and a Michelin Key, a few minutes from Blenheim's gates.
Stay in the town and walk to Blenheim in the morning. The Nest is the place for a serious dinner; The Aviary, with its courtyard and pizzas, is the easier one, and takes dogs.
- Good: Two AA Rosettes and a Michelin Key
- Good: Dogs welcome in some rooms and the public areas, £30 a dog a stay
- Good: Afternoon tea in The Nest
- Worth knowing: The Nest opens Wednesday to Sunday only
- Worth knowing: Afternoon tea needs 24 hours' notice
About
The Feathers is a hotel in a historic building at 16 to 20 Market Street, Woodstock, with eighteen rooms and five suites, each decorated differently. It is a member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World, holds a Michelin Key and two AA Rosettes, and is rated four silver stars by the AA.
There are two places to eat. The Nest, the restaurant, serves modern European and British cooking from local produce, with breakfast, lunch and dinner from Wednesday to Sunday, and afternoon tea with 24 hours' notice. The Aviary is the relaxed one, a bar and restaurant with a courtyard terrace, sourdough pizzas, cocktails and about a hundred wines; well-behaved dogs are welcome there and in the other public areas, though not in The Nest. The Aviary closes from 3 to 17 January 2027. Afternoon tea, £40 a guest when we checked in October 2026, is served Monday to Saturday from 2pm to 4pm and on Sundays from 3pm to 5pm.
The hotel also hosts meetings and private events. Its Small Luxury Hotels listing gives check-in from 3pm and check-out by 11am, free parking, and one accessible Cotswold Room with a king bed. Dogs over a year old can stay in some of the Cotswold and Woodstock rooms, up to two to a room, for a housekeeping charge of £30 a dog a stay. From the door it is a few minutes' walk to the gate of Blenheim Palace, and The Oxfordshire Museum is on Park Street on the way.
Opening hours and season
The Nest serves dinner Wednesday to Sunday. The Aviary opens daily (hours not published), closed 3 to 17 January 2027. Afternoon tea 2pm to 4pm, Sunday 3pm to 5pm, booked a day ahead.
The details
- Food
- Modern British · European · Pizza
- Serving
- Afternoon tea · Dinner
- Rooms
- 23
- Check-in
- From 3pm
- Check-out
- By 11am
- Features
- Restaurant · Bar · Garden or terrace · Dogs inside · Dogs in rooms · Events and meetings
- Awards
- Two AA Rosettes (2025)
- AA Four Silver Stars
- Michelin Key (2025)
Photos
The restaurant 
Afternoon tea 
From the kitchen 
A feature room
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The King's Arms 0.0 km away
- The Woodstock Arms 0.0 km away
- The Crown, Woodstock 0.0 km away
- Brothertons Brasserie 0.0 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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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.
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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.