Tower House

Oxford

📍 15 Ship Street, OX1 3DA

🚆 Nearest station: · 0.5 mi

Rooms built into Oxford's original 400-year-old city walls
A stone's throw from the central shopping area
Individually styled rooms with repurposed and handmade furniture
Social enterprise supporting the Student Hubs charity

Tower House is a guest house in the heart of Oxford, Oxfordshire, housed in a 400 year old building where some rooms are built into the city's original defensive walls. It's a stone's throw from the central shopping area, with individually styled rooms featuring old, modern and handmade furniture, flatscreen televisions, tea and coffee facilities and free wifi. As a social enterprise, Tower House supports its sister charity, Student Hubs. The location puts you close to Oxford's sights, with Oxford station around half a mile away and museums such as the Oxford Illusion Museum and Museum of the History of Science just 0.1 miles from the door, making it easy to explore the city's history and culture on foot.

How far to…

Station: 0.5 miles away
Oxford Illusion Museum: 0.1 miles away

Practical details

Check-in: 3pm-9pm

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Facilities

✓ WiFi
🚆 Near a Train Station

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Radley 4.8 miles

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