Oxford City Guide - Getting There By Road

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 limited, so day visitors are advised to take use the Park & Ride system, which was pioneered in Oxford. 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.

Breakdown emergency services:
AA (tel: 0800 887766 or 0845 788 7766 from mobile phones; website: www.theaa.com)
RAC (tel: 0800 828 282; website: www.rac.co.uk)

There are frequent coach services between the centre of Oxford and central London every day and night. The Oxford Express (tel: (01865) 785 400; website: www.oxfordbus.co.uk) serves Victoria Coach Station, Grosvenor Gardens, Marble Arch, Baker Street/Gloucester Place and Hillingdon. The Oxford Tube (tel: (01865) 772250; website: www.oxfordtube.com) service stops at Grosvenor Gardens, Marble Arch, Notting Hill Gate, Shepherd's Bush and Hillingdon. National Express (tel: 0870 580 8080; website: www.nationalexpress.com) operates bus services between Oxford and Bath, Birmingham, High Wycombe, Luton Airport and Stansted Airport. A cheap Megabus (tel: (01865) 772 250; website: www.megabus.com) service runs between Oxford and Cambridge.