Getting to Oxford
Airports
From Heathrow (0870 000 0123) and Gatwick (0870 000 2468) take the airline coach. From Stansted (0870 000 0303) take the National Express 757 coach, which runs every two hours. For information telephone 08705 747777. Get off at Gloucester Green coach terminus in central Oxford.
Coaches
Frequent 24-hour direct services connect Oxford with London (peak times every 10-20 minutes). The Oxford Espress service includes Victoria Coach Station, Grosvenor Gardens, Marble Arch, Baker Street/Gloucester Place and Hillingdon.(tel: 01865 785410). The Oxford Tube service includes Grosvenor Gardens, Marble Arch, Notting Hill Gate, Shepherd's Bush, and Hillingdon (tel: 01865 772250). For information on coaches to other major cities and airports contact National Express (tel: 08705 808080). Coaches arrive at Gloucester Green Coach Station.
Trains
A frequent direct service operates between Oxford and London Paddington (approximately every 30 minutes), and between Oxford and Birmingham New Street via Banbury and Coventry. Other services operate from the north via Birmingham New Street; from the South via Reading; and from the west via Didcot or Reading. For information ring tel: 08457 484950.
National rail information
Car
London-Oxford: A40/M40/A40;
Birmingham-Oxford: M40/A34;
Bristol-Oxford: M32/M4/A34.
Parking
Many Oxford streets are now closed to traffic and parking is severely limited. Visitors are encouraged to use the Park and Ride bus services which operate between the city centre and parking areas on the outskirts at Pear Tree, Woodstock Road (north); Water Eaton (north); Seacourt, Botley Road (west); Redbridge, Abingdon Road (south); and Thornhill, London Road (east). See the Oxford Bus Company website for details.
Car parks are available in the city centre.
Finding your way around Oxford
Maps
Map of Central Oxford (1)
Map of Central Oxford (2)
Daily Info Maps of Oxford
Buses
Stagecoach
Oxford Bus Company
Taxis
001 Taxis: 01865 240000
24seven Taxis: 01865 423465
ABC Taxis: 01865 775577 / 770077 / 770681
Ace Cars: 01865 420000
City Taxis: 01865 201201
Euro Taxis: 01865 430430 / 430431