Directions
Arriving here:
- Yarnton Manor entrance gates are just to the left of St. Bartholomew’s Church.
- Press ‘Call’ on the gate intercom for security to let you in.
- Make your way around to the car park and then walk through the main doors of the Manor, turn right, past the stairs, and follow the corridor to then end to find reception.
Getting here:
- If you’re driving from Oxford:
- Take the A44 (Oxford → Woodstock) north-west out of Oxford.
- Look out for a roundabout by the Turnpike Pub, then turn left toward Cassington Road.
- Follow Cassington Road until you see signs for Church Lane. Turn left onto Church Lane.
- Yarnton Manor will be a few hundred yards down Church Lane on the right.
- By Public Transport
- The Stagecoach S3 bus route travels between Oxford train station, city centre and Yarnton (towards Chipping Norton/Charlbury.
- Get off at the Paddocks stop in Yarnton, then you’ll need to walk south to Cassington road, turn left and then right onto Church Lane.
- Cycling from Oxford:
- Important note: Do not follow Google maps directions for cycling from Oxford to Yarnton Manor as it will take you down a very muddy and not very nice lane that we call “the path of doom” –instead follow the following routes.
- The road way:
- Find your way to the northern part of the city centre (where the Randolph hotel and the Martyr’s memorial are), which is called St. Giles’. Follow that North and take the left hand fork in the road (called Woodstock Road). This will have cycle paths along it (mostly as part of the footpath – particularly as you get further out).
- Follow the Woodstock Road all the way out of Oxford until you get to the first roundabout. Take the 3rd exit of the roundabout to stay on Woodstock Road.
- At the next roundabout, follow the cycle path and go under the dual carriageway to take the second exit, then the first exit at the next roundabout to continue following the Woodstock Road.
- When you get to the little roundabout which has the Turnpike pub on the right, turn left down Cassington Road into Yarnton Village.
- Turn left at Church Lane to get to Yarnton Manor.
- The Canal Towpath way:
- Between Oxford station and the city centre there is the chance to get onto the canal towpath.
- Follow this North, until you get to the Woodstock Road bridge where you go left off the towpath to join the cycle path that runs alongside Woodstock Road.
- When you get to the little roundabout which has the Turnpike pub on the right, turn left down Cassington Road into Yarnton Village.
- Turn left at Church Lane to get to Yarnton Manor.
- The road way:
- Important note: Do not follow Google maps directions for cycling from Oxford to Yarnton Manor as it will take you down a very muddy and not very nice lane that we call “the path of doom” –instead follow the following routes.