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The Holt Hotel

3.5 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
December 2024
January 2025

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Garden
Terrace/patio
Superior Double Room
Lounge
Reception

Reviews

8.6 out of 10

Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Room service
  • Housekeeping

Explore the area

Map
Nr. Steeple Aston, Oxford Road, Oxfordshire, Bicester, England, OX25 5QQ
  • Rousham House and Gardens
    3 min drive
  • Oxfordshire Museum
    9 min drive
  • Blenheim Palace
    11 min drive
  • Oxford (OXF)
    9 min drive

Room options

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Standard Double Room

Standard Double Room

  • 18 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Family Room / Quad Room

Family Room / Quad Room

  • 38 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Beds OR 4 Twin Beds

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Deluxe Double Room

Deluxe Double Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Standard Twin Room

Standard Twin Room

  • 21 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Superior Twin Room

Superior Twin Room

  • 21 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Suite

Suite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Single Room

Single Room

  • 12 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Superior Double Room

Superior Double Room

  • 21 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Steeple Aston

Located in Bicester, The Holt Hotel is in a rural location, a 3-minute drive from Rousham House and Gardens and 9 minutes from Oxfordshire Museum. .This hotel is 6.5 mi (10.4 km) from Blenheim Palace and 7.9 mi (12.7 km) from Bicester Golf and Country Club.

What's nearby

  • Rousham House and Gardens - 3 min drive
  • Oxfordshire Museum - 9 min drive
  • Blenheim Palace - 11 min drive
  • Fairytale Farm - 13 min drive
  • Bicester Village - 16 min drive

Getting around

  • Bicester Heyford Station - 1 min drive
  • Oxford (OXF) - 9 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Soho Farmhouse - ‬15 min drive
  • ‪The Oxford Arms - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪The Great Western Arms - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪The Cinnamon Stick - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪The Bell Inn - ‬2 min drive

About this property

The Holt Hotel

Hotel with free parking, near Rousham House and Gardens
The Holt Hotel offers 87 accommodations with safes and coffee/tea makers. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. Digital television is provided. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations and hair dryers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 87 individually decorated guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and digital programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have shower/tub combinations and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and wedding services. Additional features at this hotel include a fireplace in the lobby, a picnic area, and a banquet hall.
Satisfy your appetite for lunch or dinner at the hotel's restaurant, DuVall's Restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. Full breakfasts are served on weekdays from 7:00 AM to 9:30 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby, a 24-hour front desk, and multilingual staff. Event facilities at this hotel consist of conference space and meeting rooms. Free self parking is available onsite.
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge between 7:00 AM and 9:30 AM on weekdays.
DuVall's Restaurant - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A children's menu is available.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

Bulgarian, English, French, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Motorhome/coach/lorry parking on site
  • Electric car charging station on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Full breakfast available for a fee weekdays 7:00 AM–9:30 AM: GBP 16.50 for adults and GBP 8.25 for children
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar
  • Room service available
  • Coffee/tea in a common area

Restaurants on site

  • DuVall's Restaurant
  • Highwayman's Bar

Conveniences

  • Banquet hall
  • Free newspapers in reception
  • Front-desk safe
  • Library

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Multilingual staff
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Conference space
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Picnic area

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking

More

  • At least 80% of lighting from LEDs
  • At least 80% of food locally sourced
  • Comprehensive food waste policy
  • Comprehensive recycling policy
  • Fireplace in reception
  • Smoke-free property
  • TV in lobby
  • Vegan dining options
  • Vegetarian dining options

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Heating

Bathroom

  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bath combination
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • Digital channels
  • TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle

More

  • Desk
  • Eco-friendly cleaning products provided
  • Individually decorated
  • Individually furnished
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)
  • LED light bulbs
  • Phone
  • Safe
  • Water-efficient toilets only

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in is available for a fee

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Late check-out subject to availability
A late check-out fee will be charged

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Children up to the age of 2 years can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are available for GBP 30.0 per night

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for full breakfast: approximately GBP 16.50 for adults and GBP 8.25 for children
  • Early check-in is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Rollaway bed fee: GBP 30.0 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Holt Bicester
Holt Hotel Bicester
The Holt Hotel Hotel
The Holt Hotel Bicester
The Holt Hotel Hotel Bicester

The Holt Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 299 out of 623 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 222 out of 623 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 64 out of 623 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 26 out of 623 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 12 out of 623 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Jeff

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great base from which to experience Oxford
We loved the Holt and will certainly be back. The beds are bit firmer than we like, but that's a matter of taste. Everything else was picture perfect - Samuel behind the bar is knowledgeable and friendly, and the restaurant food is exquisite!
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Peter

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Nice spacious refurbished room, good bar food and service, free easy parking. Will stay again
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Staff lovely but way overpriced. Paid £180 for an incredibly tiny room which was hot & stuffy & had no air con. The road outside was noisy all night. The hotel was fully booked so couldn't move to another one or given an option for discount or anything.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

James

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

4/10 Poor

Emily

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Eric

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff provided excellent service.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Neil

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
We had a good stay at the hotel. The place is going through a refurb at the moment and after our first room didn’t quite meet expectations, the promptly moved us to the new part of the hotel that was lovely. The evening meal and breakfast were excellent and the staff were very friendly and helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay in this area.
Lovely place to stay with a very nice breakfast to wake up to. The room was spacious and well equipped, and the bed was very comfortable. The staff were all friendly and helpful. The hotel is situated road side on a junction but there was no evidence of this from our room. It was very quiet. If I had to criticise anything it would be the carpark. It was a little on the small size if like us you have a large estate car, but I think there may have been additional parking out back. All in all a great place to stay.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Paula

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Poor Customer Service
I booked this stay for 2 gentlemen on business which included breakfast. When the gentlemen arrived for breakfast the lady told them that breakfast wasn't included and they would have to pay £32.00. At 8am the guys called me to clarify the situation, I spoke to the lady and advised her that on Hotels.com all rooms included breakfast which she said they didn't. I then sent screenshots of the Hotels.com website showing that all rooms included free breakfast, which she said wasn't true. I then sent one of the guys a screenshot from the confirmation showing it said free breakfast included, which he showed her and she reluctantly let them into the breakfast room, which by this time they were late for their appointment. Extremely poor customer service and very embarrassing for the 2 guys. I suggest that all members of staff understand what agreements you have in place with 3rd party booking companies.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Simon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Deb

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
we found the Holt hotel to very clean, comfortably beds and friend staff would recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Mark

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Beautiful place but..
The hotel itself is a lovely building, the grounds are beautiful and well kept. Inside the restaurant the edges of carpet are filthy with dust and spiders webs. The hotel room itself was nice, however the bed was very firm. The bathroom was clean but the main head shower did not work and made an awful noise. The food was excellent, our evening meal and breakfast were both delicious. However restaurant service was not the best. Our main problem was the gentleman on reception we found him very rude. Even after he had charged us again when I was sure we had already paid. Thankfully I located the email as proof. He eventually gave a refund after insisting that I move room before issuing the refund. He was not apologetic and his customer service skills were definitely lacking. All in all glad we only stayed one night. Don’t think we would return.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Emily

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We loved the grounds. The family room was perfect for our family. The food was delicious.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Catherine

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent stay with friends .
We had a great stay with friends , wi fi is unsecured, rooms were large , and comfortable , ours was ground floor . Staff very helpful .
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Ceri

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Katherine

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful stay!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Katherine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean, cozy traditional Inn. Great breakfast and restaurant. Very clean and modern. You’ll have to be driving, but across the street from a Tesco gas station for snacks and gas if needed. Just lovely!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Diana

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Michael at the reception is really great! And all the representatives were amazing!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Victoria

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Scott

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Suggestion
We were there for the F1. I would suggest offering a F1 ‘package’ as by the time we were back we couldn’t eat - why not offer so prepared sandwiches or cheese and crackers as part of a ‘package’ rather than just saying ‘we stayed open as late as we could’
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

ben

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very pleasent hotel, beautiful building in a lovely part of the country. Very helpful and friendly staff. Nice restaurant and comfy, well stocked bar. If you are looking for a idyllic british country hotel, you can't go wrong here.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024