Brown's Hotel
A day in Oxford from Brown's Hotel
From Brown's Hotel to Oxford and back by chauffeur. Oxford is 62.3 miles away by way of the A4, M4 and M40; around an hour and 19 minutes on clear roads. Blenheim Palace is around an hour and 26 minutes from the hotel if you would like to add it. Brown's Hotel opened in 1837 on Albemarle Street in the City of Westminster. The hotel is owned by Rocco Forte Hotels. London Heathrow is the nearest airport by road, 33 minutes away.
How the day runs
Collection at Brown's Hotel is at an hour you pick, early or after breakfast. On the way back, Kelmscott Manor (1 hr 52 min from the hotel) fits into the afternoon. Returning to the hotel is 61.7 miles by way of the M40 and M4. The car can come back through the Chilterns for a change of scene.
- Brown's Hotel to Oxford1 hr 19 min, 62.3 miles, in clear traffic
- Oxford to Brown's Hotel1 hr 17 min, 61.7 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Brown's Hotel opened in 1837 on Albemarle Street in the City of Westminster.
Source: wikidata.orgThe hotel is owned by Rocco Forte Hotels.
Source: wikidata.orgBrown's Hotel sits between Albemarle Street and Dover Street in Mayfair, and its private rooms look out over one or the other.
Source: roccofortehotels.comThree reception rooms take wedding parties of up to 120 guests, with the Niagara Room joined to the Roosevelt Room for larger receptions.
Source: roccofortehotels.comTheodore Roosevelt stayed at the hotel before his 1886 marriage to Edith Kermit Carow, and their wedding certificate still hangs there.
Source: roccofortehotels.comThe ground-floor Clarendon Room, the main private dining room, has tall windows, Victorian ceilings and its own entrance from Dover Street.
Source: roccofortehotels.comGuests can take afternoon tea in The Drawing Room, eat at Charlie's, drink at the Donovan Bar and use The Spa at Brown's.
Source: roccofortehotels.comThe nearest railway station by road is Bond Street, roughly 3 minutes away by car.
Source: wikidata.org
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Questions
Brown's Hotel to Oxford: how long by car?
Around an hour and 19 minutes, 62.3 miles by way of the A4, M4 and M40, on clear roads.
Can we add Blenheim Palace?
Yes. It is around an hour and 26 minutes from the hotel, just north of Oxford.
Does the car wait in Oxford?
Yes. The chauffeur stays with the car and meets you wherever you choose.
Would the train be quicker?
The train stops at Oxford station; the car goes door to door and stays on hand until evening.
Our undertaking
- 60 min
of waiting after landing on every airport collection, without charge.
- Nothing
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- 24 hrs
before collection, cancel or move the journey at no cost.
- In full
refunded if we ever cancel a journey, however late the notice.