St Mary Magdalen Church, Oxford. Services throughout the week. See listing. Free admission.

Details

Accessibility:

Parking is extremely limited near to the church but there are car parks within Oxford city centre. Detailed information on all of these car parks and their current Blue Badge concessions can be found here: https://www.oxford.gov.uk/directory/8/car_parks_in_oxford/category/53/categoryInfo/10

There is level access across large slabs to the double doors of the main entrance to the church with good pavements, dropped-kerbs and pedestrian road crossings close to the entrance.

There is an accessible toilet available and a hearing loop.

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:

The Grade I Listed St Mary Magdalen Church sits in a rectangular yard on Magdalen Street with Broad Street to the south and St Giles’ to the north. It is an Anglo-Catholic church which has seen worship practised on the same site for around 1,000 years. The earliest pieces of the current building date back to 1194.

Further Information:

Address:

St Mary Magdalen Church, Magdalen Street, Oxford, OX1 3AF

Telephone:

01865 246143

Email:

An e-mail submission form is available from the following web page: http://www.stmarymagdalenoxford.org.uk/contact/

Website:

http://www.stmarymagdalenoxford.org.uk/

Opening Hours:

Sundays services:

8 a.m. Mass

10 a.m. Mattins

10.30 a.m. High Mass

10.30 a.m. Children's Church

5.30 p.m. Mass

Weekdays

8.15 a.m. Morning Prayer

12.15 p.m. Mass (Tues: Noisy Mass)

5.40 p.m. Evening Prayer

6 p.m. Mass 

Directions:

The church is in the centre of Oxford and can be tricky to get to by car. 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, following Parks Road until the junction with Banbury Road. Turn left onto Banbury Road, passing St Giles’ Church on your right, continue onto St Giles’. The church can be seen beyond the Martyrs’ Memorial at the south end of St Giles’.

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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 no amenities on-site, but there are cafes, coffee shops, public houses, restaurants and shops to cater for any taste within Oxford town centre.