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Headington Quarry, Oxford — Area Guide & Where to Stay
A limestone quarry gave Headington Quarry its name and its ground, three miles out from Oxford's centre and just inside the Oxford Ring Road.
About Headington Quarry
Where to stay in Headington Quarry
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
This is a parish, not a hotel quarter. Headington Quarry keeps village form inside Oxford, and booking here means choosing Bury Knowle and quiet lanes over the three miles back into the centre, which is a fair trade only if a car or the Oxford Ring Road is part of the plan. Wood Farm and Barton sit close by.
St Andrew's Church anchors the older core, and Headington House stands among the addresses that give the suburb its weight in the record.
About Headington Quarry
What are the main landmarks in Headington Quarry?
St Andrew's Church is the parish anchor. Alongside it the record sets the Parish Church of St Mary and All Saints' Church, with Headington House among the older domestic buildings and Bury Knowle giving the suburb its open ground. No museum here.
What the visitor gets instead is a quarry village absorbed into Oxford, still legible in the lanes running between Headington Quarry and Headington.
What is the history of Headington Quarry?
Headington Quarry began on worked ground. The suburb stands on the site of a former limestone quarry, and it held the status of a separate village long enough to become a civil parish before Oxford grew out to meet it. Absorption did not erase the name.
St Andrew's Church, Headington House and the lanes around Bury Knowle still read as a village rather than as a district laid out by the city.
Where is Headington Quarry?
Headington Quarry lies about three miles from Oxford's centre, just inside the Oxford Ring Road, with Headington, Wood Farm, Risinghurst and Barton around it.
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Updated September 2026