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Transport, parking and streets

Car Parks

What is the best way to get into Oxford?

There are access restrictions for cars within Oxford city centre, particularly for traffic coming into the centre from the East, along the High Street.

For quick and easy access to the city centre you should use one of Oxford's 5 Park and Ride sites for parking. Visit our Park and Ride pages for details of fares and locations of the sites.

Where can I park in Oxford?

We are responsible for off-street parking in Oxford. We operate the following car parks in the city:

Oxford City Council operated Car Parks

Car Park Name and link to location
Spaces Description Nearby Postcode
Westgate car park
1090 spaces + 32 parent and child bays
City Centre, opposite the Ice Rink OX1 1NT
Worcester Street car park
182 spaces Car park opposite Nando's in the City Centre
OX1 2BQ
Abbey Place car park
80 spaces Opposite the Ice Rink OX1 1PY
Gloucester Green car park 100 spaces
Underground car park accessible via Beaumont Street in the City Centre. The car park is locked at midnight each evening and does not reopen until 7.30am. OX1 2BN
Oxpens car park
75 spaces Next to the Ice Rink. Car park. Coach and lorry park OX1 1RQ
St Clement's car park
120 spaces Near Magdalen Bridge OX4 1AB
Union Street car park
96 spaces Behind Tesco on Cowley Road OX4 1JP
Ferry Pool car park 125 spaces Ferry Sports Centre OX2 7DP
Summertown car park
115 spaces Next to Ferry Pool OX2 7BY
Headington car park
128 spaces Next to Waitrose OX3 9JT
St Leonard's car park
48 spaces At junction of Windmill Road OX3 8AA
Barn's Road car park
196 spaces In Templars Square Shopping Centre OX4 3UT
Walton Well Road car park
  South end of Port Meadow OX2 6ED
Hinksey Park car park
  For park and swimming pool users only - restrictions apply OX1 4RP
Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Park car park (Harbord Road)

For access to Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Park

Alexandra Courts

For access to tennis courts

 

Please note - the postcodes used above are locations that are close to the car parks but not the actual car parks themselves.

Car Park Charges

For charges in Council operated car parks, please visit our Car Park Charges page.

Westgate Season Ticket

Help cut the cost of regular parking with a 13-week Westgate multi-storey season ticket, available to use Mondays to Fridays.

Only one car can use the ticket at a time but the season ticket can be shared with other car owners.

The cost of a 13-week ticket is £650. This works out at £10 a day, compared to the regular all-day charge of £21.90

To find out more call into the office at Westgate car park, telephone 01865 252489 during office hours or email carparks@oxford.gov.uk.

Car Park Enforcement

Enforcement in our car parks is carried out by our own staff. No bonuses are paid to staff for issuing parking tickets, and no performance targets or quotas are given to staff.

To pay your parking fine online, please visit our Pay It page.

Blue Badge Parking in our Car Parks

The blue badge scheme is currently not in operation in any of our city centre car parks. However we do offer free parking in the Westgate car park if you are a member of the Shopmobility scheme.

We do offer blue badge holders concessions in St Clement's, Union Street, Headington, St Leonard's, and Summertown car parks.

On-street Parking

On-street pay-and-display parking in Oxford is operated by Oxfordshire County Council. Visit the On-street Parking in Oxford page of their website for full details.

Other Operators

  • Railway Station (400 spaces) - Daily rates for rail users

Visit the Templars Square Shopping Centre website for more details on the following car parks:

  • Castle Car Park, Crowell Road - operated by Templars Square
  • Knights Car Park, Hockmore Street - operated by Templars Square

Car Park Maps

You can see the locations of car parks in the city using the downloadable map or interactive map below:

Map of Car Parks in Oxford (617kB PDF)


View Car Parks in Oxford in a larger map


Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Network

With the increasing popularity of electric vehicles and a widening number of options available to buyers there is an opportunity for improving and promoting the EV sharing infrastructure across Oxford; installing renewable energy powered fast-charging points (e.g. charging points powered by solar PV) which would make fuelling EVs carbon neutral.

Currently in Oxford EV charging points are available at several Oxford City Council car parks and Oxfordshire County Council Park and Ride sites, which are listed below:

  • Westgate car park
  • Worcester Street car park
  • St Clements car park
  • Headington car park
  • Union Street car park
  • Summertown car park
  • Thornhill park & ride
  • Seacourt park & ride
  • Redbridge park & ride
  • Peartree park & ride
There is a charge of £50 for a tag which gives you access to all the charging points in Oxford, Cambridge, Milton Keynes and Hillingdon for 12 months.

Full details can be found on the Chargemaster website.

Page last reviewed 7 Feb 2011


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