Travelling to 13 Norham Gardens

The building is located to the north of the city centre on Norham Gardens, just off Banbury Road and next to University Parks. It is a simple 10-minute walk from Green Templeton and less than a mile walk from the city centre.

13 Norham Gardens
Oxford
OX2 6PS

Travelling to/from Oxford

Travel by Bus

There are very frequent services from London Victoria Station and Heathrow and Gatwick Airports, operated as ‘The Oxford Tube’. A less frequent service connects with Birmingham International Airport. There are connections with many other parts of the country, including a direct service to Cambridge.

The central bus and coach station in Oxford is called Gloucester Green. It is a 25-minute walk south of 13 Norham Gardens. There is a nearby taxi rank to the bus station, just across the square of Gloucester Green, outside the cinema.

Travel by Train

There are frequent direct trains from London Paddington and regular links northwards via Birmingham, southwards via Reading, and westwards via Didcot. Consult the National Rail website for full train timetables.

The Oxford central train station is a 30-minute walk from 13 Norham Gardens. There is a taxi rank outside the station.

The Oxford Parkway train station provides a fast train service from London Marylebone to north Oxford. There are several buses (2, 2A, 2D and S5) that leave regularly from Oxford Parkway and travel to the Bevington Road stop, which is a five-minute walk from 13 Norham Gardens. Consult the Chiltern Railways website for the Oxford Parkway trains timetable.

Car travel

It is advisable to avoid the city centre by approaching the Osler-McGovern Centre from the north, ideally on the A4165 (Banbury Road) or alternatively the A4144 (Woodstock Road), both of which are accessible from the ring road. If using the M40 from the north, leave at Junction 9 and take the A34 southbound. From the south-east, leave the M40 at Junction 8 and take the A40 northbound. This becomes the Oxford ring road (Northern Bypass) and you can then take the A4144 (Woodstock Road) from this.

If you are travelling to Oxford by car, please note that there are also severe restrictions on access to many of the streets in the centre of the City. Traditional routes such as High Street/St Aldates/Queen St and Cornmarket are either closed to vehicles or have very limited access and are protected by number plate-reading cameras and frequent police patrols. You have been warned!

Parking and Park & Ride

Parking in Oxford city centre is limited and often expensive. There are a handful of spaces on a meter outside the college (max stay of two hours, £4.00 per hour) as well as pay-and-display car parking spaces in St Giles and the surrounding streets. The nearest public car parks are at Worcester Street, Gloucester Green, the Westgate Centre and at the Railway Station. However the centre of Oxford is often extremely congested.

On occasion it is possible for us to arrange up to 2 parking spaces on site at 13 Norham Gardens but as this is a shared car park we cannot guarantee availability on the day(s) of your booking. If you are interested in parking on site please contact the Events teams at the earliest possible opportunity.

For information on parking in Oxford for people with disabilities, please see Oxfordshire County Council’s Blue Badge guidance.

If you are travelling to Oxford by car you can use one of Oxford’s five Park and Ride sites located around the city’s ring road:

• Oxford Parkway (North). For satnav use OX2 8HA. Take the 500 bus to and from to the Bevington Road stop, which is a five-minute walk from 13 Norham Gardens.
• Pear Tree (North). For satnav use OX2 8JD. Take the 300 bus to and from the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter stop (next stop once you pass St Anne’s College). This will be a 6-to 7-minute walk to 13 Norham Gardens.
• Redbridge (South). For satnav use OX1 4XG. Take the 300 bus to and from the city centre.
• Thornhill (East). For satnav use OX3 8DP. Take the 400 bus to and from the city centre.
• Seacourt (West). For satnav use OX2 0HP. Take the 400 bus to and from the city centre.

Details including timings, prices, and stops for all park and ride locations

Please note that Thornhill and Seacourt are often full, particularly on University Open Days. We recommend that drivers coming from the east (including London), the south and the west use the Redbridge Park and Ride, while drivers arriving from the north can choose between Pear Tree and Oxford Parkway.

Taxi

If you prefer to arrange taxi transport to Oxford you may like to contact one of the following Oxford-based taxi company:

Execcar (Danny Lane), execcar@btinternet.com

International Travel

The most convenient arrival airport is London Heathrow, from which there is a frequent express coach service to Oxford. London Gatwick is a little further, but there is a direct coach service to and from Oxford. The Airline operates through the day and night, linking Oxford with Heathrow and Gatwick airports.

Birmingham International, Stansted and Luton and have less frequent coach and/or rail connections with Oxford.