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Oundle’s accommodation market is small enough that location changes the whole trip, not just the nightly rate. For anyone comparing the best place to stay in Oundle, the real divide is between staying in the town centre itself and staying near it with a car. This guide is for Oundle School parents, weekend visitors, couples, work travellers and small groups who want a grounded shortlist rather than another generic aggregator page. The quick answer is Great Escapes Oundle, bec

Thursday morning in Oundle means market day. Stalls fill the Georgian Market Square from early morning until mid-afternoon, selling everything from Stilton to seedlings. If you're staying at One Market Place, you're already there - our apartments sit directly on the square, which means you can watch the setup from your window and be first down when the cheese stall arrives. The Oundle market runs every Thursday, typically from 8:30am until around 2pm, though stallholders pack

If you're visiting Oundle School for an Open Day, Speech Day, or the start of a new term, you'll quickly discover that accommodation in the town fills up fast. The school draws families from across the UK and internationally, and the town's hotel options are limited. This guide covers everything you need to know about staying in Oundle as a visiting parent. Plan around the school calendar Open Days run termly on Saturdays, typically in September, February and May. Speech Day

There's a certain kind of English town that never quite makes the tourist lists - not because it isn't beautiful, but because the people who know it prefer to keep it that way. Oundle is one of those towns. Tucked into the Nene Valley in north Northamptonshire, Oundle is a medieval market town built almost entirely from honey-coloured limestone. Its streets are lined with independent shops, good pubs, and buildings that haven't changed much since the 17th century. It has a pr

Most small English market towns have a hotel. Some have a decent pub with rooms. What they rarely have is somewhere genuinely luxurious to stay - the kind of place where you walk in, look around, and feel immediately at ease. Oundle has Great Escapes. Three individually designed one-bedroom apartments occupy No. 1 Market Place, a Grade II listed stone building right in the centre of town. They were renovated over six months in 2023 by Gracecliffe Developments, a local company