Fallowfields Country House Hotel
Oxford, Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire hotel, Fallowfields in Kingston Bagpuize is a beautiful country house (once home to Begum Aga Khan), dating back over 300 years and now offering stunning accommodation in the tranquil Vale of the White Horse - only 15 minutes from the historic and beautiful Oxford City. Set in 12 acres of mature trees and magnificent gardens, the hotel offers an exquisite retreat. You can stretch your legs around our beautiful Oxfordshire grounds, absorbing the special ambience that comes with over 300 years of peaceful pastoral history - as one guest said: "This house smiles at you". There are ten highly individual bedrooms to accommodate you, your family and friends - elegant, comfortable and beautifully appointed - they are as warm as your welcome. Our four-poster and luxurious king-sized beds (splittable) should afford you a restful sleep. All ten rooms have wonderful power showers and some have spa baths. Fine food is prepared for you by Head Chef, Adam Abbott, and our prolific, near-organic kitchen garden. From herbs such as Lovage or Sorrel, to daily-picked vegetables that reawaken your tastebuds, you will dine elegantly in our candlelit dining room. Our food is imaginatively styled and presented as well as tasting fantastic -- and it is good for you. Fallowfields restaurant was recently given three 'dining awards' by the RAC and a gourmet guide described us as "one of the best hotel restaurants in the County". In addition to our hospitality we offer that rarest of assets - tranquillity. We also maintain a no-smoking policy in all our bedrooms as well as in the dining room, and in our other public rooms we ask that smokers defer to the wishes of all present. After you have made your acquaintance of the hotel, your accommodation and the garden, we are sure you will feel instantly at home. With the delightful informality of a family house, Fallowfields will be your home away from home, where attention to detail and personal service makes every single visit more memorable than the last.

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Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). It is home to the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world. It is known as the "city of dreaming spires", a term coined by Matthew Arnold in reference to the harmonious architecture of the university buildings. The River Thames runs through Oxford, where for a distance of some 10 miles it is known as the Isis. Oxford was first occupied in Saxon times, and was initially known as "Oxenaforda". It began with the foundations of St Frideswide's nunnery in the 8th century, and was first mentioned in written records in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 912. In the 10th century Oxford became an important military frontier town between the kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex and was on several occasions raided by Danes. St Frideswide is the patron saint of both the city and university. Oxford grew up under the shadow of a convent, said to have been founded by St Frideswide as early as the eighth century. Its authentic history begins in 912, when it was occupied by Edward the Elder, King of the West Saxons. It was strongly fortified against the Danes, and again after the Norman Conquest, and the massive keep of the castle, the tower of St. Michael's Church (at the north gate), and a large portion of the city walls still remain to attest the importance of the city in the eleventh century. West of the town rose the splendid castle, and, in the meadows beneath, the no-less-splendid Augustinian Abbey of Osney: in the fields to the north the last of the Norman kings built the stately palace of Beaumont; the great church of St Frideswide was erected by the canons-regular who succeeded the nuns of St Frideswide; and many fine churches were built by the piety of the Norman earls.