Oxford
Oxford is a cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. Wikipedia
Population 147,500 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 8 h 18 of daylight
- February: 9 h 58 of daylight
- March: 11 h 48 of daylight
- April: 13 h 52 of daylight
- May: 15 h 38 of daylight
- June: 16 h 39 of daylight
- July: 16 h 14 of daylight
- August: 14 h 40 of daylight
- September: 12 h 42 of daylight
- October: 10 h 44 of daylight
- November: 8 h 52 of daylight
- December: 7 h 50 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Oxford
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Oxford's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 1
1 to 2 hours· 11
- Farnborough1h 20
- Swindon1h 25
- Winchester1h 28
- London1h 29
- Coventry1h 30
- Guildford1h 34
- Eastleigh1h 37
- Windsor and Eton1h 38
- Southampton1h 45
- Bath1h 51
1 moreFewer
2 to 3 hours· 25
3 to 5 hours· 40
- Folkestone3h 01
- Ely3h 05
- Ipswich3h 07
- Manchester3h 07
- Stamford3h 08
- Exeter3h 15
- Arundel3h 16
- Doncaster3h 19
- Nottingham3h 19
- Eastbourne3h 19
30 moreFewer
- Sheffield3h 20
- Canterbury3h 21
- Shrewsbury3h 21
- Hastings3h 24
- Runcorn3h 24
- Warrington3h 28
- Salford3h 31
- Swansea3h 32
- Altrincham3h 36
- Wakefield3h 36
- Wigan3h 39
- Liverpool3h 44
- Chester3h 46
- Norwich3h 49
- Leeds3h 51
- Bolton3h 51
- York3h 52
- Preston3h 53
- Lincoln3h 59
- Wrexham4h 02
- Ludlow4h 15
- Torquay4h 15
- Plymouth4h 16
- Kingston upon Hull4h 18
- Huddersfield4h 20
- Blackpool4h 22
- Lille4h 28
- Burnley4h 49
- Llandudno4h 55
- Cleethorpes4h 55
5 hours or more· 84
- Accrington5h
- Paris5h 01
- Newcastle upon Tyne5h 02
- Scarborough5h 02
- Brussels5h 07
- Durham5h 08
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll5h 19
- Aberystwyth5h 24
- Tywyn5h 24
- Sunderland5h 26
74 moreFewer
- Nelson5h 27
- Cromer5h 27
- Annan5h 28
- Saint-Cloud5h 29
- Middlesbrough5h 30
- Kraainem5h 36
- Tenby5h 37
- Versailles5h 41
- Leuven5h 44
- Kortrijk5h 47
- Berwick-upon-Tweed5h 47
- Aalst5h 52
- Mechelen5h 52
- Disneyland Paris5h 56
- Fontainebleau5h 58
- Ghent6h 02
- Charleroi6h 04
- Antwerp6h 11
- Amiens6h 12
- Edinburgh6h 14
- Penzance6h 14
- Calais6h 19
- Lier6h 25
- Ath6h 30
- Bruges6h 31
- Namur6h 32
- Rotterdam6h 34
- Liège6h 36
- Hasselt6h 37
- Sint-Niklaas6h 37
- Glasgow6h 41
- Rouen6h 42
- Schiedam6h 43
- Ypres6h 49
- Delft6h 49
- Ostend6h 56
- The Hague7h 02
- Dinant7h 08
- Breda7h 09
- Chartres7h 10
- North Berwick7h 13
- Reims7h 16
- Dordrecht7h 16
- Leiden7h 17
- Lanark7h 20
- Kirkcaldy7h 21
- Amsterdam7h 22
- Stirling7h 23
- Lyon7h 24
- Tilburg7h 25
- Spa7h 25
- Rennes7h 27
- Greenock7h 28
- Gouda7h 28
- Dijon7h 33
- Whitby7h 34
- Le Mans7h 35
- Zaandam7h 36
- Haarlem7h 37
- Weesp7h 37
- Hilversum7h 38
- Maastricht7h 39
- Helensburgh7h 43
- Utrecht7h 48
- Almere7h 49
- Eindhoven7h 49
- Bussum7h 49
- Le Havre7h 50
- Metz7h 50
- Amersfoort7h 50
- 's-Hertogenbosch7h 52
- Nantes7h 55
- Dieppe7h 56
- Caen7h 58
From Oxford's stations on a Friday at 17:30, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 2
1 to 2 hours· 19
2 to 3 hours· 31
- Eastleigh2h 05
- Peterborough2h 05
- Salisbury2h 06
- Crawley2h 11
- Derby2h 14
- Southampton2h 14
- Cambridge2h 15
- Colchester2h 17
- Southend-on-Sea2h 20
- Leicester2h 22
21 moreFewer
3 to 5 hours· 45
- Doncaster3h
- Salford3h 01
- Altrincham3h 05
- Arundel3h 05
- Wigan3h 09
- Chester3h 16
- Wakefield3h 18
- Runcorn3h 18
- Norwich3h 19
- Bolton3h 21
35 moreFewer
- Preston3h 23
- York3h 24
- Lincoln3h 24
- Lille3h 28
- Wrexham3h 31
- Liverpool3h 32
- Leeds3h 33
- Plymouth3h 44
- Blackpool3h 53
- Torquay3h 57
- Paris4h 01
- Brussels4h 07
- Cromer4h 11
- Kingston upon Hull4h 12
- Huddersfield4h 13
- Kortrijk4h 17
- Middlesbrough4h 18
- Burnley4h 21
- Llandudno4h 25
- Cleethorpes4h 25
- Accrington4h 30
- Newcastle upon Tyne4h 31
- Scarborough4h 31
- Kraainem4h 32
- Saint-Cloud4h 34
- Durham4h 37
- Aalst4h 40
- Versailles4h 42
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll4h 49
- Disneyland Paris4h 52
- Mechelen4h 53
- Ghent4h 54
- Nelson4h 55
- Leuven4h 58
- Fontainebleau4h 59
5 hours or more· 1
From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Oriel College Attraction · 100 m
- Museum of Oxford Museum · 130 m
- Story Museum Museum · 220 m
- University College Attraction · 270 m
- Museum of the History of Science Museum · 280 m
- Sheldonian Theatre Attraction · 280 m
- Merton College Attraction · 310 m
- Ashmolean Museum Museum · 540 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 84 places to eatSomewhere to run
Getting around
- Gloucester Green Bus Station 570 m
- Oxford Railway Station 990 m
- Oxford 1.0 km
- E-Taxi 1.7 km
- Thornhill Park and Ride 5.2 km
- Oxford Parkway Park and Ride 5.9 km
More train stations: Oxford Parkway 5.9 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.