Bicester
Bicester is a market town and civil parish in the Cherwell district of Oxfordshire, England, 11 miles (18 km) north-east of Oxford.

Bicester is a market town and civil parish in the Cherwell district of Oxfordshire, England, 11 miles (18 km) north-east of Oxford. The town is a notable tourist attraction due to the Bicester Village shopping centre. The historical town centre – designated as a conservation area – has a local market and numerous independent shops and restaurants. Bicester also has a town council and a mayor.
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Worth seeing in and around Bicester
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Arncott Bridge Meadows
Arncott Bridge Meadows is an 8.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Arncott in Oxfordshire. The site is adjacent to the River Ray and in its flood plain.
4.7 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Bicester Heritage
Business park for the restoration, storage and enjoyment of vintage and classic cars, motorcycles and aeroplanes.
From Wikivoyage: Bicester, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
- 01Vue Cinema
Pioneer Centre, Bure Place, OX26 6FA,.
From Wikivoyage: Bicester, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
- 01Denis
- 02Jenny's Restaurant
- 03Pizza Express
- 04Shakil's
From Wikivoyage: Bicester, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Bicester
- Airports
- London Luton (LTN), 54 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 67 km · Birmingham (BHX), 74 km
- Stations
- Bicester Village railway station, 800 m · Bicester North railway station, 400 m · Bicester Airfield, 2.1 km · Blackthorn railway station, 4.5 km
- London → Bicester83 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · £9–12
- Luton, Luton → Bicester51 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · £6–8
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Bicester82 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £10–13
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bicester
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bicester. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Bicester
Bicester is 51 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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