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Travel to Oxford

Flying to Oxford

Flights to London Oxford (Kidlington) Airport are limited to Citijet flights to and from Jersey, currently only running as a summer service on May and September.

Flight times: 

To Jersey –1 hour 5 minutes.

Travel by road

Summary:

Traffic drives on the left and the minimum driving age is 17 years old. Speed limits are 113kph (70mph) on motorways, 97kph (60mph) on single-lane main roads and 48kph (30mph) in built-up areas. Overseas driving licences and International Driving Permits are valid for up to one year. Insurance is mandatory.

Emergency breakdown service:

AA (tel: 0800 887766); RAC (tel: 0844 891 3111).

Routes:

Oxford is well served by a network of roads and motorways that give fast and direct access from the rest of the UK and also Europe. The M40 motorway connects Oxford with London, the M25 and the Midlands. Junctions 8 and 9 link directly to the city. The Oxford ring road provides direct access to the south and west coast ports of Southampton, Portsmouth and Bristol via the A34.

Parking in Oxford is notoriously difficult, so day visitors are advised to take use the Park & Ride system. All the five Park & Ride sites are clearly signposted from the ring road, and they operate frequent bus services to central Oxford seven days a week. There are no buses from Water Eaton on Sundays.

Driving times:

From London – 1 hour 35 minutes; from Birmingham – 1 hour 20 minutes; from Manchester – 2 hours 55 minutes; from Oxford – 1 hour 30 minutes.

Coaches:

There are frequent coach services between the centre of Oxford and central London. The Oxford Express (tel: (01865) 785 400; www.oxfordbus.co.uk) serves Victoria Coach Station, Grosvenor Gardens, Marble Arch, Baker Street/Gloucester Place and Hillingdon. The Oxford Tube (tel: (01865) 772250; www.oxfordtube.com) service stops at Grosvenor Gardens, Marble Arch, Notting Hill Gate, Shepherd's Bush and Hillingdon.

National Express (tel: 0871 781 8181; www.nationalexpress.com) operates bus services between Oxford and Bath, Birmingham, High Wycombe, Luton Airport and Stansted Airport. A cheap Megabus (tel: 0900 1600900; www.megabus.com) service runs between Oxford and Cambridge.

Travel by rail

Services:

Oxford is well connnected by train.

Oxford train station is located on Park End Street, 10 minutes' walk from the city centre. Information about rail journeys and fares to and from Oxford are available from National Rail Enquiries (www.nationalrail.co.uk).


Operators:

First Great Western (tel: 0845 700 0125; www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk) operates frequent services between Oxford and London Paddington. Oxford is also served by Virgin Trains (tel: 0845 722 2333; www.virgintrains.co.uk), which operates frequent north-south services from Scotland to the south coast and includes cities like Bournemouth, Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool.

Journey times:

From London Paddington – 1 hour; from Birmingham – 1 hour 10 minutes; from Manchester – 3 hours.
 

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