Overview

Hampton Inn, the former name of this American brand group of hotels, which offer moderately priced hotels, with just the basic needs on offer.The chain was first founded in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1999, the owners Prius hotel corporation was bought by Hilton Worldwide for $3.5 million dollars. And in December 2019, the chain included 2544 hotels in 30 countries, with its first UK hotel opening in 2009. This Oxford hotel opened in 2016. It is certainly handy for Oxford, which is just a short 15 minute drive away, and it has excellent motorway connections for London and Birmingham. The hotel lies south of Oxford, right on the outskirts, and very handy if you are a football fan. The stadium for Oxford United, Kassam stadium, is named after the owner Firoz Kassam, and is situated just across the road from Hampton Hilton hotel, in an area well suited for families, as next door is the Hollywood bowl, which in itself is just a typical bowling alley. And there is a Frankie and Bennys restaurant next to this. We personally were not impressed by its location, as close to a sewage treatment works. This is a simple basic budget type hotel, but very clean and well looked after, with just as much facilities as is needed, no frills, but good value for what is on offer here. Your day starts with a good buffet hot breakfast, then you can use its 24 hour fitness room, there’s an on site snack and drinks hub, handy after a workout, and of course it has free parking, but do register at the desk. OUR REVIEW. We arrived at an industrial site, which here held the 0xford United football ground, and a bowling alley, with the hotel tucked away in a far corner (photo 1) plain looking and typical budget style. 3 disabled bays stood next to main entrance (2) with an automatic entry door, on the flat (3). We sat in the breakfast and evening dining area (4) plain simple deco and furniture, but very clean and well looked after.” The reception desk was maned, which acted as the bar and hot drink counter as well (5) were we enjoyed a very nice cup of hot chocolate each (6). A small more comfortable lounge area (7) ideal for a quick sit down and rest, while the hallway area leads off to toilet and bedrooms (8) where a disabled toilet was available (9) with its wider door. The toilet was quite spacious, clean, nicely tiled, with pull cord and grab rails (10), and modern fixtures (11). Off the hallway are typical bedrooms (12) with tea making facilities (13) TV, and wardrobe ect, while the bathroom was very pleasant, smallish, with a shower unit, which had a small step to get up (14) but with usual pull cord and grab rail. The bed itself was a tidy King Size bed, Comfortable looking, and just about enough room to struggle into bed. (mind you, this may have not been a disabled bedroom, the young foreign speaking cleaning lady did not fully understand what we wanted to see.) Next to bedrooms is a door for the fitness centre (16) but very small and with limited equipment (17). Beyond the hotel itself, just a few yards away, stood a Hollywood Bowl centre (18) and next to this a Frankie and Benny restaurant (19) and across the car park stands the Oxford United football ground (20). OUR FINAL THOUGHTS A Plain simple budget type hotel, very clean and well looked after, ideal for a quick overnight stay, especially if you are sporty types, and a family. We were not impressed ourselves with the surrounding area, but if this is the type of budget hotel you require, then we would recommend this hotel, because of its cleanliness and appearance.

Transport & Parking

Reasonable drive to get to hotel, then 3 disabled bays available quite close to entrance, and then all areas on the level.

Access

3 parking bays available for disabled, then all floors with level access, no need to worry about disabled rooms as on the ground floor, so no need for a lift. Lots of seating available by reception to sit and rest

Toilets

Nice big disabled public toilet with enough room to use all chairs and spin around in there, with grab rails and pull cord.

Staff

Many foreign but friendly helpful staff, making sure they can support you.

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