Slow days, in two very different landscapes
A stay at Cedar Hollow is mostly about doing less.
But when you do want to venture out, our two locations pull in completely different directions — ancient Oxfordshire woodland on one side, the Dorset coast on the other.
At the retreat
Hot tub under the canopy
Several of our retreats have a private hot tub on the deck — best used late, with the lights off and the sky doing the work.
Cooking outdoors
Gas BBQs on the balcony, fire pits and a pizza oven. Bring something from a local farm shop and make an evening of it.
Wood-burners and long evenings
Wood-fired warmth, deep sofas and no particular reason to be anywhere. This is what most guests remember.
Stargazing
Away from town light, the sky over the woodland is genuinely dark. Wrap up and look up.
At Cedar Hollow Oxford
Magic, honey, bats and C.S. Lewis — most of it a short walk from your door.
The Bee Museum
Maison du Miel, our bee museum and apiary — working hives, hands-on displays and honey harvested a few steps away.
Trail of Illusions
Illusions woven through the estate by a member of The Magic Circle, from hidden carvings to an AI-powered talking mirror. Book with a Keeper of the Keys.
Escape rooms
Two story-led games, exclusive to guests. Self-guided for £15, or £65 with a dedicated Game Master — about an hour either way.
Honey tasting
Three honeys from our own hives, tasted and paired with cheese, fig and honeycomb — ending in a blind test against a supermarket jar. £25 per person.
An evening of magic
The Lost Experiments of an Edwardian Magician: an intimate, story-led show by the Wizards of Ox. Daily at 6pm, £15 per person.
The bats of Shotover
Borrow a bat detector and a red-light torch and step outside at dusk. The colonies are most active from April to October.
Birdwatching
Red kites overhead, tawny owls at dusk, woodpeckers and nuthatches in the canopy on the walk out to Shotover Country Park.
Lewis’s Oxford, guided by Jack
An interactive walking tour of C.S. Lewis’s Oxford, made with the C.S. Lewis Foundation — the Inklings’ pubs to Magdalen College.
The C.S. Lewis Trail
A quiet woodland tribute: a Routemaster above Lewis’s former garden, a 1926 Triumph and sidecar, and stonework from the church where he is buried.
At Cedar Hollow Dorset
Several exciting experiences are coming soon to the Dorset woodland.
Woodland wellness
Bookable wellness facilities among the trees — a sauna, hot tub and cold plunge.
Craft workshops
Craft-centred workshops and classes, carrying on the making tradition this woodland has taught for twenty years.
And more to come
More experiences are in preparation — we will announce each one as it opens.
Explore our properties
Six woodland retreats across Oxfordshire and Dorset, from a two-person hideaway to a treehouse built for a gathering.