# Woodstock Market Town Guide - Blenheim Palace

> Visit Woodstock, an Oxfordshire Cotswold market town 10 miles north of Oxford beside Blenheim Palace, with charming streets, inns and the Oxfordshire Museum.

URL: https://cotswolds.info/places/visit-woodstock.htm  
Section: Villages & Towns  
Location: Woodstock, Oxfordshire (51.848, -1.354)

![The Market Town of Woodstock](https://cotswolds.info/images/woodstock/bannerwood1.jpg)

**Woodstock** - The Oxfordshire Cotswolds Market Town of Woodstock is a pretty place about 10 miles north of Oxford on the A44 to Broadway and Evesham. It boasts many charming streets, inns, and tea shops. Woodstock is most famous for the close proximity to the ancestral home of the Churchill family, Blenheim Palace. Thomas Chaucer (thought to be the brother of Geoffrey Chaucer) and famous for being Speaker of the House of Commons, resided here for some years, whilst in later centuries Woodstock was noted for its glove making.

![cotswold cottages in the centre of Woodstock](https://cotswolds.info/images/woodstock/bannerwood3.jpg)

**ATTRACTIONS**

Shopping for art, antiques, and crafts.

Visit to the magnificent Blenheim Palace.

Visit to Sir Winston Churchill's grave at the village of Bladon a few miles away.

![Blenheim Palace at Woodstock](https://cotswolds.info/images/historic/histbanner2.jpg)

![Fletchers House Woodstock](https://cotswolds.info/images/woodstock/museum.jpg)

**The Oxfordshire Museum at Fletchers House, Park Street**

Several Galleries covering displays about the natural history of Oxfordshire, Roman developments and archaelogical sites in the county and Childrens dynamic toys from around the world.

Woodstock is an ideal location to be based at for visits to Oxford and the North Oxfordshire Cotswolds.

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PLACES TO STAY**

**The Laurels (B&B)** - Located just off the town centre a short walk away from Blenheim Palace. 4 Diamond Silver Award establishment.

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## The Market Town of Woodstock