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Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick Castle, Bath, Silverstone and Windsor are a one-hour’s drive by car. Easy access to/from the M40.

Local expert happily hosting Oxford visitors since 2009
😃Get in touch today & start planning your stay!

📡SuperFast WIFI
🚘Free Parking
🌍Carbon Positive

https://smart.bio/sandfieldguesthouse/ MISSION:

� To be Oxford’s Guest House of choice by providing an accessible, personalised hospitality experience for all guests – no matter if they are travelling for work, for pleasure, or to avail themsel

ves of Oxford’s exceptional medical care.

� Sandfield Guest House guarantees on-tap local knowledge, modern business amenities and the highest housekeeping standards today.

� In what has been the Anderson family home for 35 years, all guests rest easy. �

Sandfield House's location is an ideal base for exploring Oxford, London, Woodstock, Blenheim Palace and the Cotswolds. There are frequent, direct coaches to London, Heathrow, Gatwick & Stansted that conveniently stop in Headington. Oxford Brookes University, the Manor Hospital, St. Lukes and the John Radcliffe Hospital Complex are only an eight-minute walk away. The Nuffield Manor, Churchill, Warneford and Park Hospitals, the Wellcome Trust, Nuffield Hospital and Sobell House are all within easy walking distance.

27/02/2024

🤔 Thank you!
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🙏 We're grateful for every shared experience about Sandfield Guest House. Their power is enormous:⁠
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🤗 We celebrate the wins⁠
✅ We learn and improve from all constructive criticism⁠
😲 Even when the booking came from an Online Travel Agent (OTA)⁠
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👌 This score of 92/100 is an average from 72 reviews.

Here's why booking directly with Sandfield Guest House is your best bet! 🏡⁠
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✅Tailored Experience: We're committed to making your stay unforgettable. Booking direct means we can personalise your experience from start to finish. What's on your Oxford wish-list? 🌟⁠
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✅Best Rate Guarantee: Say goodbye to middlemen! You'll always secure the best rate when you book through our website or by calling us directly. 💰⁠
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✅Direct Line to Us: Need something extra for your stay? Book direct and gain an open line of communication with us. From transport arrangements to reservation modifications, we're just a call or email away! 📞⁠
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✅Support Local: Choose to make a difference! By booking direct, more of your money stays within the local community, supporting local businesses and services. 💖⁠

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👇 Drop an emoji below if you think I've been too naughty with my amended graphic (you may need to look again)!

23/02/2024

📣Planning your Oxford adventure? Here's why booking directly with Sandfield Guest House is your best bet! 🏡⁠
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✅Tailored Experience: We're committed to making your stay unforgettable. Booking direct means we can personalise your experience from start to finish. What's on your Oxford wish-list? 🌟⁠
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✅Best Rate Guarantee: Say goodbye to middlemen! You'll always secure the best rate when you book through our website or by calling us directly. 💰⁠
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✅Direct Line to Us: Need something extra for your stay? Book direct and gain an open line of communication with us. From transport arrangements to reservation modifications, we're just a call or email away! 📞⁠
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✅Support Local: Choose to make a difference! By booking direct, more of your money stays within the local community, supporting local businesses and services. 💖⁠
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Join us at Sandfield Guest House, the intersection of history, comfort, and exceptional service. Experience Oxford through the eyes of a local - the best is just a click away! 🚀⁠
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Ready to create unforgettable memories? Visit our website or call us now to book your stay (details here: ). We can't wait to meet you! 🎉⁠
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Any questions? Drop them in the comments below! 👇

22/02/2024

😲 How the tables turn! The To-ing & Fro-ing has been quite something!⁠
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🦈 This Shark became the most famous resident of Headington when it secretly landed in a nearby roof in the early hours of Saturday 9 August 1986.⁠
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🙈 Oxford City Council then spent a decade trying to have the sculpture taken down... with the decision-making going as far as the then Secretary of State Michael Heseltine.⁠
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🔀 Almost 40 years on and the tables have turned as the same city council that fought to have the shark removed still believes it should be added to the Oxford Heritage Asset Register.⁠
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👌 "That's great!" one might think. ⁠
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🙈 But the artist's son (who now owns the house) continues to fight to block the move because his father installed the statue in the first place as a protest against planning laws and censorship.⁠
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⚔ The saga continues!⁠
❤️ Like this post if you think the Shark should be left alone! ⁠
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🦈 See what all the fuss is about when you visit stay at Sandfield Guest House... it's only 200m up the road!⁠
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🔗 https://www.sandfieldguesthouse.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
📸 Courtesy of

21/02/2024

😐 When was the last time you visited a museum & found it genuinely interesting?⁠
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😲 Oxford City is littered with museums... one of our absolute favourites is the somewhat hidden gem that is the Pitt Rivers Museum.⁠
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😃 This museum is unlike any other... deeply atmospheric with artefacts arranged by type into a ‘democracy of things’, rather than by time or region.⁠
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📽 It looks and feels like what I imagine a Hollywood Producer thinks a British Museum should look.⁠
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🏛 High ceilings with all manner of curiosities in wooden glass cases and hand-written labels.⁠
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😎 It's Free and to get to it, one must pass through the beautiful Natural History Museum. Double-Win!⁠
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❤️ What better way to spend a few hours if the weather isn't agreeable on your next trip to Oxford?⁠
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🔗 Check the link for more information⁠:
https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/
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😉 PS: I know a great independent guest house place to stay when you do come to our beautiful City!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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20/02/2024

🤔 Have you indulged in a truly timeless, slightly eccentric, quintessentially Oxford, idyllic pleasure?⁠
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⏳Punting is exactly that... and the boathouses are now open!⁣⁠
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🍾 As Spring approaches, Locals are getting excited at the prospect of taking a picnic with a punnet of Strawberries and a cheeky bottle of bubbly. It is, without a doubt, the most relaxing way to spend an afternoon in Oxford.⁣⁠
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🤔I recommend choosing one of two boathouses:⁣⁠
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👍From you can head upstream to the or downstream over Parson's Pleasure into the University Parks.⁣⁠
👍For a cruise around the city's islands and under the Dreaming Spires head to Magdalen Bridge where you will find the (they also offer a chauffeur service for the romantics out there!)⁣⁠
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😀Whichever you choose, you're in for a classic treat!⁣⁠
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😎You'll just need to figure out how to pilot one... luckily, Paul can give you a crash course and there's a video guide:⁠
⁠🔗⁠ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWX3RN1nks0&t=1s

19/02/2024

😀 Local Insider's TIP for Travellers:⁠
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😎 How EVERY visitor can access the Colleges of Oxford University⁠
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🏛 The University of Oxford is the umbrella name for its 45 colleges.⁠
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🤔 Can you name any of them in the Comments below?⁠
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❤️ Most of them are open to the general public (a few charge an entrance fee).⁠
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ℹ️ How to get in if there is NOT a sign outside that says, "Closed to Visitors" (often at mealtimes):⁠
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👍 Just walk right in⁠
👋 Make the Porters' Lodge (security) aware of your presence⁠
⛔ Respect the "Private" signs (staff & students still live, work, study and eat at College)⁠
👌 Enjoy

16/02/2024

😲 What would you do?!?⁠
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🌿 There's a patch of grass along the river Cherwell, called Parson's Pleasure, where dons used to bathe naked.⁠
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🚫 Women were expressly forbidden, but one day, a punt filled with ladies drifted past.⁠
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🤣 The embarrassed dons struggled to cover their bits as quickly as possible, but one don (from Keble College) covered only his face, exclaiming that he was known in town only by his face!⁠
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👌A similar Dame's Delight existed nearby for women. Sadly, both areas are now closed and have been incorporated into University Parks.⁠
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😲 What would you do if caught naked in public?!?

15/02/2024

😮EVERYTHING you could need... In one place ✅⁠
🔗 Help yourself: link follows 🛎️⁠
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👌 Access 35 years of Oxford-experience at the click of a button.⁠
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😍I've always wanted for you to be able to access 35 years of Oxford-experience at the click of a button.⁠
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👉 So I built a Digital Guidebook... and just updated it (again!)⁠
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🙏 Take a look and help me improve it to better suit your needs?⁠
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🔥It'll be a constantly developing source of information to cover all your needs when visiting Oxford and staying at Sandfield Guest House.⁠
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It covers:⁠
🚂 Directions⁠
🗝 Arrival ⁠
📡 WiFi⁠
🏛 Local Activities & Attractions⁠
🍽 Recommendations for places to Eat & Drink⁠
📍 Everything you might need to know about your stay⁠
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😎 What else you would like to see in the Guidebook?⁠
🤔 Can any Oxford Locals spot any glaring omissions?⁠
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🙏 Let me know in the comments below ⁠
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🔗 For the Full Guide - https://tinyurl.com/SandfieldGuestHouseGuidebook

14/02/2024

💙It’s been a while since I (re)introduced myself so if you're new here... welcome to my corner of the internet! 👋⁠
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🏛 I grew up in Oxford & I am incredibly fortunate to have returned and put down roots.⁠
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❤️ I love sharing the city’s hidden secrets and independent outlook with visitors to Sandfield Guest House, Oxford.⁠
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🤗 It’s also truly wonderful to build and grow an independent, sustainable family business that my children can be proud of, and to provide for my loved ones in a city that promotes innovation yet remains deeply rooted in tradition.⁠
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😎 See Oxford through a local's eyes and be sure to Book Direct for the Best Rates, Unrivalled Local Knowledge & Maximum Flexibility⁠
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🔗 https://www.sandfieldguesthouse.com/

13/02/2024

🤔 Do you actually care about this? Does it matter to you?👇⁠
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😃 You might not be bothered by the lengths we go to to reduce our negative impact on the local & wider environment... and that's fine. However...⁠
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♻️ At Sandfield Guest House in Oxford, protecting the environment and striving to reduce our negative impact is very, very important. ⁠
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❤️ We offset more than twice the carbon we're responsible for and are constantly innovating and changing practices to reduce our Carbon Footprint. ⁠
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🌍 Even our free guest toiletries are made with bottles and caps made from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic! ⁠
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😬 Single-use plastics are proving to be the toughest nut to crack. That's why we're currently trialing 100% Compostable Biodegradeable Pedal-bin bags made from plants and are still working on a solution for the biscuits our guests enjoy so much. ⁠
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👌 So.... do you care? Would it influence a decision to book or not to book? Drop an emoji in the comments below to show us how you feel 👇

17/11/2023

😎 Experience Oxford Like a Local ⤵️⁠
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😃 Discover the hidden gems of Oxford when you stay at Sandfield Guest House and mine the unrivalled local knowledge your Host has gathered over the last 35 years.⁠
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Immerse yourself in the city's rich culture and poetic beauty when you stay in one of our cozy rooms and head out to explore the Dreaming Spires. ⁠
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Book your stay now and experience Oxford like a local. ⁠
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🔗 BOOK NOW!⁠
https://www.sandfieldguesthouse.com/

Address

Sandfield House, 19 London Road, Headington
Oxford
OX37RE

Telephone

+441865767767

Website

https://smart.bio/sandfieldguesthouse/

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Hi! I’m Paul

I want to take this opportunity to introduce or reintroduce myself to everyone and to put a face behind my business.

I moved back from Brazil to my family home in 2009 with the sole intent of converting it & running it as a top quality Guest House… and haven’t looked back since!

Based in Headington on the outskirts of Oxford City I’ve helped thousands of guests have the most amazing time during their visits to Oxford over the last decade & love being able to share local knowledge gathered over the 35 years I’ve been rooted in the house.