film location
Bodleian Library Divinity School (Hogwarts infirmary)
Oxford's 15th-century Divinity School was the Hogwarts hospital wing, and Duke Humfrey's Library above it the Hogwarts library.
12 km · about 25 min drive
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Woodstock
England, United Kingdom · Europe
About Woodstock
Woodstock works well as a base: 10 minutes from Kidlington, 20km from Burford.
Woodstock is in England, United Kingdom, with about 3,500 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Kidlington, about 5 km away.
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What is there to see near Woodstock?
Within an hour or so of Woodstock: Bodleian Library Divinity School (Hogwarts infirmary) (12 km), New College Cloister, Oxford (Moody's ferret scene) (12 km), Christ Church Oxford (Great Hall inspiration and staircase) (13 km), Bicester Heritage (17 km).
Are there any good drives near Woodstock?
The nearest famous roads are A466 Wye Valley (Chepstow to Monmouth), Crystal Palace Circuit and Rhinefield Ornamental Drive.
Where is Woodstock?
Woodstock is in England, United Kingdom, about 5 km from Kidlington.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 3,521
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- England
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 51.8485, -1.3513
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in United Kingdom
112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Woodstock
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
film location
New College Cloister, Oxford (Moody's ferret scene)
The cloister and its ancient holm oak are where Mad-Eye Moody transfigures Draco Malfoy into a ferret in Goblet of Fire.
12 km · about 25 min drive
film location
Christ Church Oxford (Great Hall inspiration and staircase)
The college's hall inspired the Hogwarts Great Hall set, and its 16th-century fan-vaulted Bodley staircase appears as the entry where McGonagall greets first-years.
13 km · about 25 min drive
cafe
Bicester Heritage
A former RAF bomber station transformed into the UK's hub for historic motoring excellence with specialist workshops and regular Scramble events.
17 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Burford
A Cotswold wool town whose broad high street drops steeply to a medieval bridge over the Windrush.
20 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Stow-on-the-Wold
The highest Cotswold town, famed for its ancient market square and the yew-flanked north door of St Edward's Church.
27 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Bourton-on-the-Water
Picturesque Cotswolds village known as the 'Venice of the Cotswolds' for its elegant low bridges spanning the River Windrush.
28 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Upper and Lower Slaughter
Two exceptionally unspoilt Cotswold villages linked by a mile-long riverside path along the River Eye.
29 km · about 35 min drive
Driving roads near Woodstock
7 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 46 kmCleeve HillThe highest point of the Cotswolds at 330 m, an open common above Cheltenham with views to the Malverns and Wales.
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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