St Giles' Street, Oxford. Open at all times. Free admission.

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Accessibility:

St Giles’ is an important route for many colleges and institutions in Oxford and as such the road and pavements are well maintained and flat. There are light controlled pedestrian crossings at the southern end and outside St Giles’ Church at the northern end. Taxi ranks are in the centre of the road toward the southern half of St Giles’ while the stretch north of Pusey Street to St Giles’ Church has an unbroken raised central reservation.  There is parking available along the length of the road with disability spaces interspersed along its length.

The following public toilets have disability facilities: Market Street Public Toilets (SP513063); Gloucester Green Public Toilets (SP510063); Oxpens Public Toilets (SP507058). There are also other public toilets in the town centre, but they do not have disability facilities.

Oxford city has a Shopmobility service which is accessed from within the car park for the Westgate shopping centre (OX1 1TR). The car park itself has 50 disability parking spaces, which are located close to the lobby area. Scooters and wheelchairs can be hired free of charge from the Shopmobility office, which can be booked over the telephone on 01865 263600 (Mon-Fri: 8am-5pm). Further information can be requested via email: westgate.oxford@landsec.com.

Brief Description:

St Giles' Street is named after the 12^th century church at its northern end, while the southern end is marked by Martyrs’ Memorial. The street is the site of many noted and historical buildings, including the Lamb and Flag public house, St John's College, Balliol College, the Eagle and Child public house, Regent's Park College, Pusey House and St Cross College, Blackfriars and the Taylor Institution.

Further Information:

Address:

St Giles' Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3LU (postcode is approximately at the half way point along the road)

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Opening Hours:

Open at all times. Free admission.

Directions:

The street leads north from the centre of Oxford. To get to the southern end of the street nearest to Martyr’s Memorial - from the M40 J8a take the A40 west towards Oxford for 5 miles. At the roundabout continue straight to take the London Road/A420 for a further 2.5 miles. At the roundabout, take the 4th exit (past the pillared monument in the middle of the road) onto The Plain/A420 for around 400 metres/yards then turn right onto Longwall Street. Longwall Street turns slightly right and becomes St Cross Road. Turn left onto South Parks Road then, at the T-junction, turn right onto Parks Road until you reach a T-junction with Banbury Road. Turn left (south)  on Banbury Road and continue onto St Giles’ until you reach a traffic light-controlled junction with Magdalen Street and Beaumont Street.

OS SP 51179 06886 (northern end)

OS SP 51235 06542 (southern end)

Transport:

Oxford is a very old city and travelling by car can be a problem. However, there is an excellent pubic transport system, which you can find further details of here: http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/oxford-tourist-information/getting-around-oxford

There are six Park & Ride sites located around Oxford's ring road; Bicester, Oxford Parkway and Pear Tree to the North, Thornhill to the East, Redbridge to the South and Seacourt to the West. The parking and bus into town are charged separately and there are no concessions for Blue Badge drivers. Each Park & Ride also has EV charge points for electric car drivers. Further details of the locations and charges can be found here: https://www.oxford.gov.uk/directory/8/car_parks_in_oxford/category/56/categoryInfo/13

The main bus services in Oxford are run by the Oxford Bus Company, Stagecoach Oxfordshire and Thames Travel. The services run throughout the city as well as the surrounding villages. Further details can be found on the following websites: https://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/, https://www.stagecoachbus.com/about/oxfordshire and https://www.thames-travel.co.uk/.

Oxford’s main railway station is located on the west side of the city centre with bus stops and taxi ranks just outside. There are frequent services to/from London Paddington, London Marylebone and Birmingham New Street. Details of the station can be found here: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/OXF/details.html. For ticket information you can telephone National Rail on 03457 484 950.

Amenities:

There are two prominent public houses on St Giles’ Street with many other cafes, coffee shops, public houses, restaurants and shops to cater for any taste within Oxford town centre.