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The Duke at Clifton

3.0 star property

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Basic Double Room, Ensuite, Courtyard View (ROOM 6)
Bar (on property)
Miscellaneous

Reviews

8.2 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant

Explore the area

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Main Road, Clifton, Banbury, England, OX15 0PE
  • Broughton Castle
    ‪17 min drive‬
  • Blenheim Palace
    ‪19 min drive‬
  • Bicester Village
    ‪23 min drive‬
  • Coventry (CVT)
    ‪62 min drive‬

Room options

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Basic Double Room, Ensuite, Courtyard View (ROOM 6)

Basic Double Room, Ensuite, Courtyard View (ROOM 6)

  • 12 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Double Room, Private Bathroom (Bathroom off corridor)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Comfort Room, Shared Bathroom (Shepherd's Hut)

Comfort Room, Shared Bathroom (Shepherd's Hut)

Comfort Room, Shared Bathroom (Shepherd's Hut)

  • 10 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Superior Double Room, Ensuite (Mezzanine)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Superior Twin Room, Accessible

  • 21 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

About this property

The Duke at Clifton

Inn in Banbury with restaurant and bar/lounge
Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free inn has a bar/lounge and free self-parking. WiFi in public areas is free. Housekeeping is not available.
The Duke at Clifton offers 3 accommodations.
During your stay at The Duke at Clifton, you'll be close to The Lake. Free WiFi in public areas, free self-parking and a restaurant are available.
  • Free Wi-Fi in some public areas
  • Free self-parking
  • Grab something to eat at the restaurant or stop for a drink at the bar/lounge
  • Amenities include a terrace
  • 12 minutes by car from Rousham House and Gardens and 12 minutes from St James Park
There's a restaurant on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. WiFi is free in public spaces. Free self parking is available.

This 3-star Banbury inn is smoke free.

The Duke at Clifton has a restaurant on site.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Guest services

  • No housekeeping service

Outdoors

  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • No lift

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; check-in end time: 9:00 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Guests will receive an access code

Access methods

Access code

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.

Payment types at the property

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards
Guests will receive an access code.

We should mention

  • This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly).

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The Duke at Clifton Reviews

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 35 out of 73 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 21 out of 73 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 73 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 7 out of 73 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 73 reviews

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Tracy

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property area was overgrown with nettles so couldn't sit outside. Toilet had no water too flush not any water to wash your hands.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

6/10 Okay

Robert

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Overnight Stop
Room was a little small and had no work area to use computer. The pub was closed but I got a meal in the next village and had breakfast at MacDonalds 15 mins from hotel.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gitana

Stayed 1 night in May 2024

2/10 Terrible

David

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

2/10 Terrible

Mr G B

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Victoria

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

kieran

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Absolutely fantastic. Food was great. Pub was also very nice
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Felicity

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Brilliant. Wish the fire had been lit
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Jenny

Travelled with pets, Travelled with group
Liked: Amenities
I stayed in Room 6. Lovely cosy room with a good sized bathroom. It had been an extremely hot day so knew the room would be warm. For some reason I couldn’t get any of the main room lights to work. Neither the main light or the two bedside table lamps. Did search for a main switch. Had to leave the window ope, blind is a bit wonky but I don’t mind some light coming through. Worst thing is the noise of the large air con unit. Didn’t really sleep just dozed as it switches itself on and off all night and really noisy. Think my friend got the better deal sleeping in my camper van in the quiet field. Did book as dog friendly thinking I could have my dog with me but that wasn’t the case, he was allowed in the bar area and camp site. Couldn’t fault the welcome and helpful staff. Very friendly place. Just a shame about the air con unit.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Paul

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Clean but small and noisy.
Staff pleasant, very clean. It did the job for us but room no 6 isn't fab, I'd imagine on a hot night having to keep the window open is very noisy. Food choice very poor for vegans, luckily the Red Lion at Deddington had amazing food. Would have expected to pay less for such a small room, very noisy floorboards everywhere, en suite was good tbf and it was all very clean.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

M

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

N

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alison

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
One night stopover
Everything was very satisfactory about our stay
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Richard

Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

gary

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The area was beautiful and the propery was a step into history, surrounded by beautiful countryside and thatched roofs, stone buildings, peacefull, quite and dark and silent at night. Staff were ver helpful, room was quaint with good bathroom, flat screen tv, comfy bed, tea and coffee facilities were good, just outside room with toaster and fridge. views were lovely, there are no shops etc that we could see in the village but a walk or trip a mile west to deddington and there are shops and restraunts and pubs. would highly reccommend especially if camping, full camping ameinities available and a nice age old country pub with good beer, they do food but at specific times and not breakfast. loved it.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Imogen

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

graham

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
We would not use it again or recommend it to anyone. The food was ok but nothing special but very pricy. They did not offer breakfast and one of the staff suggested we go 2 miles up the road to a good Hotel!!!. To reach our room we had to clime a set of iron open tread stairs outside to reach a locked door with a key code safe, you open the safe you obtained a key for the room. Our room had nowhere to hang your cloths. There was no glasses for drinking or cleaning your teeth unless you went out in the hall to find them. To make a cup of tea or coffee you had to go out in the hall for the facility unfortunately there was no coffee bags the had run out and nobody had bothered to replace them. We had no hot water for a shower or bath. The only ventilation in the very small room was a small window unfortunately right outside and slightly below the window was an extractor fan going on and off all night I would thing it was something to do with the pubs refrigerator system. When we left and went to hand in the key the whole pub was locked up so we could not hand the key back to the owner luckily a lady passed by and said she would take the key back to the owners who lived next door. Good job there was not a fire during the night with nobody on the premises. How they got a licence beats me and it cost £80 for room so small you could not swing a cat round in it. We deserve our money back. I explained everything to the lady I gave the key to who said she would report in detail.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

Joy

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fabulous stay
We loved The Duke. We had a very nice en suite room , small but spotlessly clean and lots of extra thoughtful touches added. Love the sit in semi circular bath and electric power shower. My only criticism is that the huge towel rail in there was blisteringly hot and we couldn't find a way of turning it down. It was very warm in the bedroom too but the window wouldn't open. We had a meal in the pub on Friday night, 8 of us and the food and service were fantastic. Then 10 of us had Sunday lunch which again was amazing. It might be classed as 3 star but I think the accommodation more than earns its stars.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

James

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely village location, lots of character in the bar / restaurant area, great food, good selection of real ales, very attentive and friendly staff
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Miss Caroline

Clean warm cosy room. Comfy bed. Coffee mang facilities only. No breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

4/10 Poor

jeremy

Very disappointing for food and sleep
The Duke was a country village pub which initially looked good however this was the start of something not so memorable. The room was clean, the staff polite, the wine lovely and the bed comfy but that's it. The room and bathroom were so hot because of the towel rail being on full that you needed to open the bedroom window but you couldn't because the kitchen air con system clicked on and off every 5 mins all night right outside your window so no sleep after a long drive. The pub food Mac & Cheese was dry, the tacos had no cheese on them and the pork belly with veg noodles had no veg and the noodles were more like pasta. So little or no sleep and poor food, not great really and won't be visiting again. You can do better in Oxfordshire and pubs must try harder
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Mandy

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Just wonderful
We had an amazing stay. The place was perfect from the staff, food, well everything.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022