Mercure Oxford Hawkwell House Hotel

Mercure Oxford Hawkwell House Hotel is a characterful country house hotel in the Iffley area of Oxford, set in mature grounds that offer a calm contrast to the busy city centre a short drive to the north-west. The hotel occupies a Georgian building extended sympathetically over the years, with garden terraces and function rooms that make it a popular choice for weddings and events as well as for leisure and business travellers. Oxford's remarkable concentration of historic landmarks is easily reached: Christ Church, the grandest of the university's 38 colleges and a filming location for Harry Potter, is around two miles away; the Bodleian Library and Radcliffe Camera are within a similar distance. The river meadows of Christ Church Meadow and the punting and rowing on the Cherwell offer the same leisurely riverine pleasures found in Cambridge. The Ashmolean Museum — the oldest public museum in the world still in operation — and the Covered Market with its independent food traders are both in the city centre. Inspector Morse filming locations around the dreaming spires are a particular draw for fans of the long-running television series.