Historic house · near Woodstock · Oxfordshire

Woodstock Palace

Woodstock Palace is a royal residence in Woodstock, Oxfordshire. Nearby, Blenheim Palace (100 m) heads a list of 71 within 15 km. It is written up in 16 Wikipedias.

Photo: Woodstock Palace (Public domain)

Where

400 m

southwest of Woodstock

How well known

Top 5%

#367 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Historic house near Woodstock

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#367 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (16 Wikipedias). About ↓

Just outside Woodstock

Woodstock Palace is 400 m southwest of Woodstock. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

A month-by-month guide

Highs of 17–23°C mark May to September in Woodstock.

Jan8° / 2°64 mm

Feb8° / 2°48 mm

Mar11° / 3°46 mm

Apr14° / 4°50 mm

May17° / 7°58 mm

Jun20° / 10°50 mm

Jul23° / 12°54 mm

Aug22° / 12°63 mm

Sep19° / 10°53 mm

Oct15° / 7°74 mm

Nov11° / 4°73 mm

Dec8° / 2°71 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Woodstock, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Woodstock. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Woodstock’s full climate →

About

Woodstock Palace

Royal residence in Woodstock, Oxfordshire.

400 m southwest of Woodstock.

Type: Historic house
Wikipedias: Covered in 16 languages
Town: 400 m southwest of Woodstock

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Map of Woodstock Palace and nearby

The map puts Woodstock Palace in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.

Towns near it

Which towns are near Woodstock Palace

Largest of the 8 is Kidlington, home to 14,640. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

1 · 400 m northeast of it

Woodstock

3,522 people · 7 places to visit

2 · 1.2 km southeast of it

Bladon

977 people · 5 places to visit

3 · 2.1 km southwest of it

Long Hanborough

3,034 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 2.1 km southeast of it

Kidlington

14,640 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Woodstock Palace is	People	Places to visit
Woodstock	400 m northeast of it	3,522	7
Bladon	1.2 km southeast of it	977	5
Long Hanborough	2.1 km southwest of it	3,034	6
Kidlington	2.1 km southeast of it	14,640	6
Combe	2.3 km west of it	774	6
Wootton (West Oxfordshire)	3.3 km north of it	602	5
Begbroke	3.3 km southeast of it	800	6
Freeland	3.8 km southwest of it	1,520	6

Make a day of it

Places to add to Woodstock Palace

Among the 71 within 15 km are 3 historic houses, 3 museums and a castle.

Historic houseBlenheim Palace100 m away 2

MuseumAshmolean Museum12 km away 3

MuseumOxford University Museum of Natural History12 km away 4

CastleOxford Castle Motte12 km away 5

MuseumPitt Rivers Museum12 km away 6

Historic houseBeaumont Palace12 km away 7

GardenUniversity of Oxford Botanic Garden13 km away 8

Historic houseRousham House and Gardens8.9 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Know before you visit Woodstock Palace

Where is Woodstock Palace?

Woodstock Palace is 400 m southwest of Woodstock, Oxfordshire.

What is Woodstock Palace?

Royal residence in Woodstock, Oxfordshire.

When is the best time to visit Woodstock Palace?

May to September are the warmest months in Woodstock, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Woodstock Palace?

Within 15 km: Blenheim Palace (100 m), Ashmolean Museum (12 km), Oxford University Museum of Natural History (12 km) and Oxford Castle Motte (12 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Woodstock Palace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Blenheim Palace: Jvhertum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Ashmolean Museum: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Oxford University Museum of Natural History: The original uploader was MykReeve at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Oxford Castle Motte: Tejvan Pettinger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Pitt Rivers Museum: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Beaumont Palace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
University of Oxford Botanic Garden: JMski, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Rousham House and Gardens: Grahamec, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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