B&B · Banbury
Banbury Cross Bed and Breakfast
A family-run Victorian B&B on Broughton Road, Banbury, with seven bedrooms, about 370m from Banbury Cross, with free off-road parking, cooked breakfasts and rates from £77. No under-18s.
Car-free
A sensible town-centre stay for adults: walkable to the cross, breakfast cooked to order, a parking space guaranteed and clear rates published. One double is on the ground floor but the rest are up 17 stairs, and it does not take children or babies. It suits a business trip, or a couple coming by train for the weekend.
- Good: About 370m from Banbury Cross and under five minutes' walk to the town centre
- Good: Free off-road parking, one car guaranteed per room
- Good: Published rates, and no booking deposit
- Good: Full English, vegetarian, vegan and continental breakfasts
- Worth knowing: No under-18s or babies
- Worth knowing: Six rooms up 17 stairs; three steps at the front door
About
Banbury Cross Bed and Breakfast is a family-run Victorian house at 1 Broughton Road, about 370m from Banbury Cross and under five minutes' walk from the middle of Banbury. Banbury station gives London Marylebone in 59 minutes, the B&B says. Castle Quay is about 15 minutes on foot.
There are seven bedrooms. Five are en-suite, including the King Room on the ground floor with a spa bath and shower and towelling robes and slippers, a large double with a canopied king bed, and the Double Garden View on the first floor. Two singles share a bathroom. Rooms have a tea and coffee tray, a TV and free Wi-Fi, and guests can use the garden, veranda and patio. Family rooms are not offered, and under-18s and babies are not accommodated.
Breakfast is cooked fresh in the ground-floor breakfast room: a full English, vegetarian, vegan or continental, with omelettes popular. Rates are published by room and include breakfast, and they are the prices for booking direct. Payment is taken 24 hours before arrival with no deposit, and a cancellation inside 24 hours costs the first night.
Check-in is from 4pm to 9pm with self check-in available, so ring Michelle if you will be earlier or later; there is no check-in after 10.30pm. Outside storage is available for bicycles. The B&B's current policies do not mention dogs, and an access statement of 2016 is the only page that offers dog bowls, so ask before you bring a dog.
The details
- Serving
- Breakfast
- Dietary
- Vegetarian dishes · Vegan dishes · Gluten-free dishes
- Rooms
- 7
- Check-in
- 4pm to 9pm
- Check-out
- 10am weekdays, 10.30am weekends
- Features
- Garden or terrace · Parking · Wi-Fi · Bike storage
- History
- A Victorian house, family-run
- Parking
- Free off-road parking with one car guaranteed per room. There are no marked bays.
- Without a car
- A bus stop about 45m from the door. Under five minutes' walk to the town centre. Marylebone is 59 minutes by train, the B&B says.
Photos
A canopied double room 
The breakfast room 
The bay-window room from the bed 
A canopied bed
Location
Accessibility
- Assistance dogs welcome
Three steps at the front door. One double and the breakfast room are on the ground floor, with no steps between. Other rooms are up 13 stairs and then 4, with a handrail. The garden has steps with handrails.
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Whately Hall Hotel, Banbury 0.4 km away
- The Church House, Banbury 0.5 km away
- Ye Olde Reine Deer Inn, Banbury 0.6 km away
- The Old Auctioneer, Banbury 0.6 km away
Sights nearby
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Banbury Cross
Sight · Monument · Banbury
The cross of the nursery rhyme stands at the top of Banbury High Street, but it is a Victorian monument of 1858 to 1859, put up about 250 years after the town's medieval crosses were pulled down. Grade II*, free and seen from the street at any time.
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Fine Lady statue, Banbury
Sight · Monument · Banbury
A bronze of the rhyme's fine lady on her white horse, on a Hornton stone plinth where South Bar meets West Bar in Banbury. The people of the town paid for it, and the Princess Royal unveiled it in 2005. Free to see at any time.
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St Mary's Church, Banbury
Sight · Church · Banbury
A round-towered classical church on Horse Fair in Banbury, built after the medieval church was brought down, in part with gunpowder. Grade I, by S. P. Cockerell. Open most mornings.
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People's Park, Banbury
Sight · Common or park · Banbury
Banbury's town centre park, opened in 1919 to mark the peace, with an aviary of budgies and cockatiels, a walled garden, rose garden, bowling green, tennis, a play area and a café. Free, and run by the town council.