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Shillingford Bridge Hotel

Oxford

📍 Shillingford Road

🚆 Nearest station: · 1.8 mi

🌊 Wallingford Beach, River Thames: Sufficient bathing water 1.8 mi · Environment Agency

Shillingford Bridge Hotel

Photo: Colin Smith  (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • 16th-century Georgian Coaching Inn beside the River Thames
  • Restaurant with panoramic views over the Thames
  • Pub terrace with pool table, wines, gins, ales
  • Popular fairytale wedding venue overlooking the historic bridge
  • 40 individually styled bedrooms
Shillingford Bridge Hotel sits between Oxford and Henley, overlooking a tranquil stretch of the River Thames near Wallingford, Oxfordshire. Built in the 16th century as a Georgian Coaching Inn, it offers 40 individually styled bedrooms along with a riverside restaurant serving home-made food and Sunday roasts, plus a pub with fine wines, gins, ales and a terrace pool table. The hotel is also a popular fairytale wedding venue, looking out over the historic bridge. Wallingford's centre is a five-minute drive away, Oxford just twenty minutes by car, and Dorchester under ten minutes away. Nearby attractions include the Wallingford Phone Box Museum, Wallingford Museum and Dorchester Abbey Museum, with Wallingford Beach on the Thames also within reach.

How far to…

Wallingford town centre
5-minute drive
Oxford
20 minutes by car
Windsor Castle
50 minutes' drive
Dorchester
under 10 minutes by car
Beach
1.8 miles away
Station
3.7 miles away

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  • Rooms

Details taken from the operator's own website on 31 Oct 2026 — check current terms when you book.

Facilities

  • 🚌 Near a Bus Stop

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