Hotel · Bicester
Bicester Hotel Golf and Spa
A 52-room Cotswold-stone hotel in Chesterton, south-west of Bicester, set on its own par-71 golf course, with a spa, gym and outdoor swimming lake for guests who book direct, Grays Restaurant, and dog-friendly rooms.
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The resort choice near Bicester: golf, a spa and a gym on the doorstep, with Bicester Village a short drive away. It is not cheap and you will want a car, but direct bookings include the leisure club for the whole stay.
- Good: Health club and spa included for direct bookings, check-in to check-out
- Good: Par-71 parkland golf course and driving range on site
- Good: Dogs welcome, £40 a dog per stay, two at most
- Good: Four accessible rooms with wet rooms
- Worth knowing: Out of town in Chesterton: you will want a car
- Worth knowing: Room-only rates were £200 for a December weeknight
About
Bicester Hotel Golf and Spa stands on Green Lane in Chesterton, a village south-west of Bicester, set on its own par-71 parkland golf course. The Cotswold-stone hotel has 52 rooms in five styles, from classic doubles to two junior suites; many look over the golf course and others over an inner courtyard garden. Rooms have air conditioning, Freeview TV and tea and coffee, and four accessible rooms have wet rooms.
Guests who book direct can use the health club and spa from check-in at 3pm to check-out at 11am. There is a spa with six treatment rooms, a gym, a 20-metre indoor pool where children can swim from 8am to 10am and 4pm to 6pm, and an outdoor swimming lake. Grays Restaurant, which serves Sunday lunch, and Bar 19, with its terrace over the lake, are open to non-residents too.
Dogs are welcome at £40 a dog per stay, two at most. Prices change nightly: when we checked the hotel's booking pages on 14 November 2026, a standard double for Tuesday 1 December cost £200 room only and £215 with breakfast. A Stay & Shop package at £225 added dinner, breakfast, prosecco, and hands-free shopping and reserved VIP parking at Bicester Village, subject to availability and booked at least 48 hours ahead.
The details
- Serving
- Breakfast · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Rooms
- 52
- Check-in
- From 3pm
- Check-out
- By 11am
- Features
- Spa · Swimming pool · Gym · Restaurant · Bar · Garden or terrace · Accessible rooms · Dogs in rooms · Events and meetings
- Without a car
- In Chesterton, south-west of Bicester, close to junction 9 of the M40. The hotel puts Bicester Village a five-minute drive away.
Photos
The garden 
A four-poster room 
The outdoor swimming lake 
The bar
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Holiday Inn Express Bicester 2.4 km away
- Premier Inn Bicester 2.7 km away
- Cecconi's, Bicester Village 3.1 km away
- The Double Red Duke, Bicester Village 3.1 km away
Sights nearby
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Alchester Roman Town, near Bicester
Sight · Monument · Bicester
The buried site of Oxfordshire's largest Roman town, south-west of Bicester, and of the legionary fortress before it, dated by its gate timbers to AD 44/45. A scheduled monument under private farmland, with nothing standing above ground.
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Bicester Village
Sight · Historic building · Bicester
An open-air designer outlet on the south side of Bicester, with more than 150 boutiques on pedestrian streets, open seven days a week since 1995. It has its own station, with trains from London Marylebone and Oxford, and the old town is a short walk away.
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St Edburg's Church, Bicester
Sight · Church · Bicester
Bicester's Grade I parish church, grown from a Norman church with a central tower into the big Perpendicular church of today. Inside are brasses from about 1500, Georgian monuments by Scheemakers, Wilton and Westmacott, and a Morris & Co. window of 1866.
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Bure Park Nature Reserve, Bicester
Sight · Nature reserve · Bicester
A local nature reserve of 8.4 hectares on the north side of Bicester: meadow, young woodland, hedges and scrub along the little River Bure, with a pond that holds great crested newts. Free, small and local, a ten-minute walk from the town centre.