Inn · Woodstock
The Punchbowl
A family-run Arkell's pub with nine rooms, most of them family rooms, on Oxford Street, Woodstock, with EV charging and dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · EV charging
Family rooms, two ground-floor rooms and dogs more than welcome, a few minutes from Blenheim. Breakfast is extra and must be ordered the night before, and there is none on Monday mornings.
- Good: Seven of the nine rooms sleep three or more
- Good: Dogs £15 each a stay, up to two per room
- Good: Two EV chargers on site; 12 more in the car park 100m away
- Worth knowing: Breakfast £15, ordered by 8pm the night before; none on Mondays
- Worth knowing: Small car park, by permit, not guaranteed
- Worth knowing: Check-out by 10am
About
The Punchbowl is a family-run Arkell's pub with nine rooms at 12 Oxford Street, Woodstock, a few minutes' walk from the gate of Blenheim Palace. Arkell's of Swindon owns it and supplies the ales, with the odd guest from Donnington.
Most of the rooms are built for families: four deluxe king family rooms for up to four, two king family rooms for three, and a family suite for five or six, plus a cosy king and a twin. Two rooms are on the ground floor, a small double and the family suite, with standard rather than adapted facilities. Dogs are welcome at £15 a dog for the stay, up to two per room. A cot is free with 24 hours' notice (bring your own cot bedding), and an extra bed costs £30. Check-in is from 3pm to 8pm (6pm on Sundays) and check-out is by 10am, though the car park pass runs until noon on the day you leave.
The bar opens from noon, with casual food until 8.30pm early in the week and 9pm at weekends, and until 5pm on Sundays; there is a rear terrace and takeaway. Breakfast costs £15 for an adult and £7.50 for a child under 12, and must be ordered by 8pm the night before; it is not served on Monday mornings.
The small car park works by permit and is not guaranteed, but the public car park on Hensington Road, 100 metres away, is free, with bays for up to ten hours (some four), and has twelve EV chargers. The Woodstock town walk and St Mary Magdalene are close by.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Mon 9, 12:00
| Mon | Opening | Food served | Breakfast |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 12:00 to 22:00 | 12:00 to 20:30 | Closed |
| Tuesday | 12:00 to 22:00 | 12:00 to 20:30 | 07:30 to 09:00 |
| Wednesday | 12:00 to 22:00 | 12:00 to 20:45 | 07:30 to 09:00 |
| Thursday | 12:00 to 22:00 | 12:00 to 20:45 | 07:30 to 09:00 |
| Friday | 12:00 to 22:00 | 12:00 to 21:00 | 07:30 to 09:00 |
| Saturday | 12:00 to 22:00 | 12:00 to 21:00 | 08:00 to 09:15 |
| Sunday | 12:00 to 18:00 | 12:00 to 17:00 | 08:00 to 09:15 |
Breakfast: £15 an adult, £7.50 a child under 12; order by 8pm the night before.
Bar last orders 9.30pm. Bank holidays: bar to 7.30pm on Sunday and 4pm on Monday. Hours can change at short notice.
The details
- Serving
- Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
- Rooms
- 9
- Check-in
- From 3pm (to 8pm; 6pm on Sundays)
- Check-out
- By 10am
- Features
- Bar · Restaurant · Garden or terrace · Parking · Family rooms · Dogs in rooms
- Parking
- Small on-site car park by permit from the bar, not guaranteed, with two paid EV chargers. Hensington Road car park, 100m away, is free, with bays for up to 10 hours (some 4 hours) and 12 EV points.
Photos
A bedroom 
Duck leg 
Pudding 
Arkell's ales on the bar
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The Missing Bean, Woodstock 0.1 km away
- The Crown, Woodstock 0.1 km away
- Brothertons Brasserie 0.1 km away
- The Feathers 0.1 km away
Sights nearby
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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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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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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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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.