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Arrival, information and guided tours
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From Oxford
train station
, it's a five- to ten-minute walk east to the centre along Park End Street and its continuation, Hythe Bridge Street. Long-distance and many county-wide buses terminate at the Gloucester Green
bus station
, in the centre adjoining George Street. Many of these buses make other city stops prior to arriving at the bus station - ask the respective company for details. Most city services - including Park and Ride - are operated by the Oxford Bus Company (tel 01865/785400) and many of their buses pull in on the High Street and St Giles. Oxford's (municipally engineered) lack of convenient downtown
parking
makes the city's Park-and-Ride scheme very attractive, except on Sundays when the scheme pretty much closes down and you should be able to park in the centre without much problem. There are Park-and-Ride car parks on all the main access routes into the city.
The Gloucester Green bus station is yards from the tourist office (April-Sept Mon-Sat 9.30am-5pm, Sun 10am-3.30pm; Oct-March closed Sun; tel 01865/726871, ). They have a wealth of information about the city's sights, though precious little is issued free. There are, however, two free listings magazines , the plodding This Month in Oxford and the livelier WOW .
The tourist office also operates an accommodation-booking service and offers excellent
guided tours
- a two-hour stroll round the city centre costs A?5.85. There are several tours daily, but it's still a good idea to book in advance. More specialized tours are available, too, with one following in the footsteps of Lewis Carroll, others devoted to Tolkien and to British TV's Inspector Morse; these need to be arranged ahead of time - ring the tourist office for details. Other useful information
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