Visiting Oxford

Oxford is a beautiful university city.

Oxford University has a good visitors’ site Visiting the University

The Oxford Tourist Information Centre is opposite Balliol.

Other tourist links can be found here and here.

Maps of Oxford can be found here and here.

Oxford has many good bookshops, for example, Blackwells is only two minutes walk from Balliol.

Accommodation in Oxford
In addition to the Oxford University visitors’ site Visiting the University, further information on hotels can be found here and here.

Transport links to Oxford
There is a good coach service, Airline, which links Oxford to Heathrow and Gatwick airports. The central coach station, Gloucester Green Coach Station, is within walking distance from Balliol, although there is a taxi rank nearby if you have heavy luggage.

There are good coach services between Oxford and London, such as the Oxfordespress and the Oxfordtube.

There is a rail link from Oxford to Paddington Station in London.

Also see the Oxford University site on How to get to Oxford University for comprehensive information.