2019 – Experience Oxfordshire

Jun 25 2019

Blenheim Estate unveils new permissive paths

Experience Oxfordshire have launched their ambition for destination management across Oxfordshire in their newly unveiled ‘Ambition Statement’. The award-winning Oxfordshire DMO (Destination Management Organisation) has been working to develop the Oxfordshire visitor economy since its creation in 2011.

Jun 25 2019

Experience Oxfordshire Lauch New Conferencing Website

Experience Oxfordshire has unveiled a new Conference and Venues website – a new platform for conferencing, meetings, weddings and events in Oxfordshire, which will inspire visitors by showcasing Oxfordshire venues, and will also direct users to book their conference or meeting hassle-free at www.experienceoxfordshire.org/conferencing The new website aims to help individuals and businesses to organise their…

Jun 25 2019

Oxford Bus Company’s PickMeUp service celebrates one year anniversary

Jun 25 2019

Brakspear Beers Celebrate Local Heritage With Fresh New Look

Jun 25 2019

Significant Others – An exhibition of work by Nigel Hall RA and Manijeh Yadegar at Saïd Business School

Jun 24 2019

Oxfordshire Actor William Mannering to play Richard III At Blenheim Palace this summer

Jun 24 2019

Experience Oxfordshire announce Ambition for Oxfordshire

Jun 21 2019

9 places to catch outdoor performances this summer

Make the most of summer in Oxfordshire with these outdoor shows!

Jun 21 2019

Oxford Bus Company nominated for large bus operator of the year accolade at industry awards

The Oxford Bus Company has been named as one of the top six large bus operators in the UK in a prestigious national bus industry award. It has been shortlisted in the Route One Awards, dubbed ‘The Oscars of the bus, coach and mini-bus industry’, in the Large Bus Operator category. The awards recognise and…

Jun 20 2019

Oxford Bus Company trial another fully electric bus

The Oxford Bus Company is trialling an electric bus in service for the second time, as part of its continued research into green technology. A BYD single decker electric bus will be used in service for two weeks on Park & Ride services and will be charged at the Cowley depot. It will also be…

Jun 20 2019

The Oxfordshire Museum and The Story Museum have teamed up for a very special exhibition celebrating all things Alice

Don’t be late for a very special exhibition… The Oxfordshire Museum and The Story Museum have teamed up for a very special exhibition celebrating all things Alice. Visitors to The Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock this summer are in for a treat as it opens Wonderland: A wander through the world of Alice. The exhibition, which…

Jun 14 2019

Residents to see how their views are helping shape the future of Blackbird Leys

Residents will get to see how their views are helping to shape the future of Blackbird Leys at an event next week. Over the last three months, Oxford City Council and Catalyst Housing Ltd have been asking Blackbird Leys residents for their views on a development that will deliver at least 250 new homes, including…

Jun 14 2019

Blenheim Palace Launch New Afternoon Tea by Master Chocolatier and Pâtissier William Curley

This June, The Orangery by Searcys at Blenheim Palace presents a new afternoon tea featuring classically-inspired cakes created exclusively by world-renowned chocolatier and pâtissier William Curley. The indulgent afternoon tea menu will be paired by Laurent-Perrier Harmony Champagne, specifically chosen by William to match his creations. As of this month, The Orangery restaurant customers are…

Jun 14 2019

Mullin Automotive Park receives outline planning permission

The West Oxfordshire District Council has awarded outline planning permission to the Mullin Automotive Park. The submission summarised proposals for a world-class automotive museum in the heart of the British countryside, rehabilitating a disused airfield on part of the site and generating local employment to support the growing community of classic automobile collectors. Gerard Evenden,…

Jun 13 2019

Oxford Bus Company provides free transport for oxford green week pick your own activities

The Oxford Bus Company is providing free transport to people visiting Rectory Farm as part of Oxford Green Week. Special buses will serve Rectory Farm on Saturday June 15th for Pick Your Own customers, to help support the week of environmentally friendly activities. Oxford Bus Company is providing free buses to the farm, as a…

Jun 13 2019

Oxford Bus Company invests in new fleet of luxury coaches for airline service to help it reach new heights

• Two Airline coaches to be emblazoned in liveries promoting the Ashmolean Museum • One of the most luxurious coach services to Heathrow and Gatwick in the UK providing a First-Class travel standard passenger experience • On-board sat-nav display monitors for passengers to track their journey • First vehicle has arrived at Cowley House for…

Jun 13 2019

Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre Launches New Rose Bursary Scheme for Blenheim Palace Season

Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre and Blenheim Palace announced today that they are funding 500 free tickets for schools through the theatre’s Rose Bursary Scheme, to selected performances during its Summer of Shakespeare. The scheme will allow children who may otherwise not have the opportunity, to step back in time and experience theatre as it was in…

Jun 13 2019

Excursions 2020

The date for the Excursions Show in 2020 has now been released as Saturday 25th January 2020 at The Alexandra Palace in North London. This show is an opportunity to meet up to 1200 buyers who represent 750,000 individual group travellers. It seems a long way off – but spaces are going fast.

Jun 13 2019

Commemorative poppy-planting ceremony to be held in Woodstock by students of Marlborough School

As part of The Marlborough School WW1 Project, Woodstock Then and Now, the school’s art department have been working on an idea which ties in with the centenary of the Treaty of Versailles, in remembrance of the soldiers that fell in the Great War. A group of students have been making poppies which will be…

Jun 13 2019

Prosecco in the Park returns to Abingdon this Summer, 19th to 21st July, Rye Farm Meadow

After its resounding success last summer, Prosecco in the Park returns to Abingdon’s idyllic river-side Rye Park farm location for three days and nights of film, food, drink and great family fun! After the success of last year, the festival has expanded to eight stunning destinations around the UK, boasting a much live larger screen, stunning new Cocktail, Craft Beer and Gin Bars to accompany the already beautiful Prosecco Bar that kept last year’s festival goers entertained throughout.

Jun 05 2019

Oxford Bus Company launches 2020 Brand The Bus Competition

Competition for a good cause to be decked out on a bus is back by popular demand Last year attracted more than 6,000 public votes for almost 40 entrants Competition is now open for new entries from good causes The Oxford Bus Company has launched the new round of its annual Brand the Bus competition…