Local Information

Tourist Information Centres:
- Unit 6a, Bicester Village, Pingle Drive, Bicester, OX6 7WD Tel: 01869 369055 Fax: 01869 369054
  Open all year, daily 10am - 6pm
Post Office: 58 Sheep St Tel: 01869 252329
Population: 28,000 +
Early closing: Thursday
Market Days: Friday
Register Office: The Garth, Launton Road Tel: 0845 129 5900
Twinning - with Neunkirchen-Seelscheid near Bonn & Cologne in Germany and also with Canton des Essarts lying between Nantes and Bordeau in France
Fire, Police, Ambulance - in an emergency dial 999
- Police: Police Station, Queens Avenue, Bicester OX6 8NT Tel: 01869 320919
- Hospitals:
  - Bicester Community Hospital, Kings End (Minor Injuries Dept out of normal surgery hours) Tel: 01869 876500
  - John Radcliffe (Casualty Dept), Headley Way, Headington, Oxford Tel: 01865 741166
Travel:
- Bus: Stagecoach and Oxford Tube timetables and online ticket shop.
- Rail:
  - Chiltern Railways, Provides services between London Marylebone and Birmingham Snow Hill.
  - Thames Trains/Great Western go from Bicester Town Station to Islip, Oxford and beyond.
Careers Office, Victoria Road: Tel: 01869 253886
Chemists:
- Cooks Chemists, The Old Barn, Coker Close
- Superdrug, 39 Sheep Street
- Lloyds Pharmacy, 34 Sheep Street
- Boots the Chemist, 33/35 Sheep Street
- Cooks Chemists, The Old Barn, Coker Close
Job Centre, 19/21Manorsfield Road: Tel: 01869 252751
Department of Social Security: Tel: 01295 455000
Citizens Advice Bureau, The Garth, Bicester: Tel: 01869 321076
Library: Old Place Yard: Tel: 01869 252181 - Mon 1300 - 1900, Wed & Thur 0930 - 1700, Fri 0930 - 1900, Sat 0900 - 1600
Local newspapers:
- Bicester Advertiser (Fri), Osney Mead, Oxford Tel: 01865 425262
- Bicester Review (Fri), 8 West Street, Buckingham Tel: 01280 813434
- Oxford Times (Fri), Osney Mead, Oxford Tel: 01865 425262
- Oxford Mail, Osney Mead, Oxford Tel: 01865 425262
Local Radio & TV:
- Central Television, Unit 9, Windrush Court, Abingdon Tel: 01235 554123
- FOX FM, Brush House, Pony Road, Oxford Tel: 01865 748787
- BBC Radio Oxford 95.2 FM, 269 Banbury Road, Oxford Tel: 01865 311444
Local Council Offices:
- Bicester Town Council, The Garth, Launton Road, Bicester, Oxon, OX6 0JB Tel: 01869 252915 or 01869 320007
- Cherwell District Council, Bodicote House, Bodicote, Banbury OX15 4AA Tel: 01295 252535
- Oxfordshire County Council, County Hall, New Road, Oxford OX1 1ND Tel: 01865 792422
Education:
- Bardwell Special, Hendon Place, Sunderland Drive Tel: 01869 242182
- Bicester Adult Continuing Education Centre, Queens Avenue Tel: 01869 241532
- Bicester Community College, Queens Avenue Tel: 01869 243331
- Brookside County Primary, Bucknell Road Tel: 01869 252482
- Bure Park Primary, Lucerne Avenue Tel: 01869 354059
- Chesterton C.E. Primary, Chesterton Tel: 01869 252498
- Cooper Secondary, Churchill Road Tel: 01869 242121
- Glory Farm County Primary and Nursery School, Hendon Place, Sunderland Drive Tel: 01869 244050
- Kindercare Learning Centres, Unit 3 Minton Place, Victoria Road Tel: 01869240900
- Kings Meadow County Primary Shakespeare Drive Tel: 01869 323525
- Langford Village County Primary, Peregrine Way, Langford Tel: 01869 369021
- Launton C.E. Primary, Launton Tel: 01869 253692
- Longfield County Primary and Nursery School, Longfields Road Tel: 01869 252386
- Lower Heyford Nursery, Market Square, Lower Heyford, Nr.Bicester Tel: 01869 340746
- Priory Day Nursery, 1 The Priory, Priory Road Tel: 01869 252753
- Southwold County Primary, Holm Way Tel: 01869 324061
- St. Edgburgs C. of E. Primary, Cemetery Road Tel: 01869 252393
- St. Mary's R.C. Primary, Queen's Avenue Tel: 01869 252035
Chamber of Commerce
Bicester & Ploughley Sports Centre, Queens Drive, Bicester Tel: 01869 253914
Golf:
- Chesterton Country Golf Club, Chesterton, Bicester Tel: 01869 241204
- Kirtlington Golf Club, Kirtlington Tel: 01869 351133