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Headington Hill, Oxford — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Headington Hill rises in the east of Oxford, England, inside the suburb of Headington, with the Headington Road climbing over it.
About Headington Hill
Where to stay in Headington Hill
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
Headington Road is the spine. Rooms on Headington Hill are few, and most people who base out here do so for the climb itself and for the view of Oxford's spires from South Park rather than for the walk into the centre. The suburb of Headington surrounds it.
If you want quiet with the spires in sight, the streets near South Park suit better than anywhere close to St Clement's Church, Oxford.
About Headington Hill
What are the main landmarks in Headington Hill?
Churches crowd this slope. St Clement's Church, Oxford, St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford, the Church of St Mary and St John, and St Bartholomew's Chapel, Oxford together account for most of the register that Headington Hill carries. Bartlemas House and Headington Hill Hall Lodge House hold the domestic side, and 16, James Street appears alongside them.
The Rumble Museum rounds out the set.
What is the history of Headington Hill?
Nothing here dates the hill's own founding. What the record keeps instead is a cluster of foundations, St Bartholomew's Chapel, Oxford, St Clement's Church, Oxford, and St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford, whose names tie the hill's ground to the city rather than to Headington. Bartlemas House stands with the chapel that shares its name.
Headington Hill Hall Lodge House and 16, James Street carry the domestic building of the same slope.
Where is Headington Hill?
South Park opens the view back over Oxford's spires from the top, while Headington Road climbs the slope and leads out of the city.
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Updated September 2026