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The Crown and Thistle is a dog friendly, Grade II listed coaching inn, dating back to 1605, in Abingdon. The Inn comprises three individual buildings, which blends the character of some of its original features, such as timber beams and open brickwork, with the comforts of a luxury hotel. The buildings are clustered around a delightful cobbled courtyard framed by 200 year old wisteria. The Coaching Inn retains its heritage and charm whilst offering contemporary comfort with boutique style bedrooms and charming restaurant and bar area. Located in the centre of Abingdon, the Inn makes the perfect base for you and best furry friend to explore the Oxfordshire countryside.
Highlights
- Locally renowned restaurant & bar
- Located in the centre of Abingdon
- Perfect for visiting Oxford
Pooch perks
- Gardens and walks on your doorstep
- Dine with your dog in the bar
- Welcome to leave your dog alone in your bedroom
Bow Wow Factor
Super dog-friendly, you can dine with your dog in the bar, there are lovely gardens and fabulous walks on the doorstep.
There are two charming boutique style dog-friendly bedrooms with bed and bowls supplied for your dog. With exposed beams and rich wallpapers the bedrooms are quirky and stylish with luxury bathrooms, power showers, smart TV, iPod docking station, hairdryer and coffee and tea making facilities.
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Dine with Your Dog
You can dine with your dog in the bar area of the restaurant. The hotel serves a seasonal menu inspired by Mediterrranean flavours. From their open kitchen the hotel serves produce traceable from farm to fork. There is also a wood fired oven or dishes can be cooked to order in their charcoal fuelled Josper grill.
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The Crown and Thistle Reviews
- 33 reviews
- Member since 2019
Abingdon on Thames, Oxford, OX14 3HS
Bedroom ambiance
The hotel was fab, restaurant fab, ROOM 7 a disgrace bad heating, poor quality bedding, bathroom wall and ceiling the paint was peeling off, room small, noise from machines etc (which started both mornings at 6.30am) outside windows horrendous.
We are looking for a hotel to visit every 3 months in Abingdon and the Crown and Thistle and Room 7 doesn t come up to our standards, which is a shame.
I have a video of the bathroom wall/ceiling if you re interested
Not what we had expected or hope for
Arrival, car park spaces too small, no one on reception and did not arrive when call button activated
Room, tired, not 100%clean 3rd bed very uncomfortable
During stay, never anyone on reception bar staff friendly enough but so slow people were waiting so long, maybe more bar staff. Restaurant more pub grub than restaurant
All in all a bad time when it was suppose to be so nice definitely not luxury in any way
After such a fantastic start with booking staff, who were super helpful
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Slightly disappointed not to find a comfortable lounge to sit in and relax after a day of sightseeing in the local area, so had to return to our own room each day. This meant that we had little or no chance to meet other guests. I
Even in the Main Bar of the Hotel, there were no lounge facilities-just one or two people drinking and using their own computers - so there was little or no communication with any other guests,during our
3-day visit to Abington
Dining Room Staff were pleasant and helpful, but with no comfortable chairs and / or coffee tables we didn t feel that there was much of an ambience at The Crown and Thistle. We would not recommend this Hotel to any of our friends or family unfortunately.
Map & Directions
Address
18 Bridge Street
Abingdon on Thames
Oxford
OX14 3HS
Complimentary on site parking is available at the back of the hotel.
Please note that the car park is not accessible from Bridge Street, the entrance is via Abbey Close. If you follow the signposts for Guild Hall once you are in Abingdon-on-Thames, the hotel's driveway is adjacent to the Guild Hall on Abbey Close.
The postcode for the car park is OX14 3JD.
How to get here
Please note that the car park is not accessible from Bridge Street, the entrance is via Abbey Close. If you follow the signposts for Guild Hall once you are in Abingdon-on-Thames, the hotel's driveway is adjacent to the Guild Hall on Abbey Close.
The best postcode to use with your Satnav is OX14 3JD
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Location & Local Attractions
Abingdon has plenty of excellent foot path trails and stunning heritage walks you and your dog will love from 40 minute round walks and longer walks too. Take a lovely stroll from the hotel through Rye Farm Meadows along the River where you will see river wildlife and dogs are allowed to be off the lead or take a walk across the river to Culham Old Bridge which is famous for being seized by the parliamentarians in the Civil War in 1644.
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Concierge
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