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Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

Mercure Leeds Centre is set to open this...

Indigo coming to Chester

Indigo coming to Chester

Construction has started on the new...

Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

Dalata Hotel Group is planning to open a new...

Dalata plan new London Hotel

Dalata plan new London Hotel

Dalata Hotel Group will be the operators of a...

New Hotel opens in Glasgow

New Hotel opens in Glasgow

  A new hotel has just opened in...

  • Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

    Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

  • Indigo coming to Chester

    Indigo coming to Chester

  • Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

    Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

  • Dalata plan new London Hotel

    Dalata plan new London Hotel

  • New Hotel opens in Glasgow

    New Hotel opens in Glasgow


Plans have been published for a new hotel and apartment complex in Bicester in Oxfordshire. 

The new five storey hotel is planned on the former RAF Bicester site. The air-base site is currently derelict.

Subject to planning approval, the new hotel would be located next to a 1936 C-Type hangar and share the same 56,000 sq-ft footprint.

The hotel would have 252 bedrooms. The ground floor would include a restaurant and bar plus leisure facilities including a swimming pool. The hotel would also have conference and events facilities.

A fifth-level atrium would showcase automotive-themed exhibitions and displays.

Other facilities planned at the former RAF site include a private recreational driving circuit as well as a 77-acre country park.

The project is still at the planning stage.