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Apr 30 2021

City Council encourages Oxford residents to celebrate May Morning at home and online

This year Oxford City Council, alongside Magdalen College, encourages residents to celebrate Oxford’s traditional May Morning at home and online. Celebrated since the early 16th century, May Morning has traditionally been held at Magdalen Tower with thousands of attendees celebrating in the streets below. However, on Saturday 1 May 2021 outdoor gatherings of more than…

Apr 29 2021

Experience Oxfordshire Announces the Launch of ‘The Oxfordshire Hospitality Guide’ to Support Local Businesses

For immediate release: 29/04/2021 Experience Oxfordshire Announces the Launch of ‘The Oxfordshire Hospitality Guide’ to Support Local Businesses Experience Oxfordshire, the Destination Management Organisation (DMO) for Oxfordshire, has today announced they will be launching a new publication to help support hospitality businesses as we come out of national lockdown. The Oxfordshire Hospitality Guide will showcase…

Apr 29 2021

Blenheim Pilots New Social Prescription Programme

Blenheim is piloting a new ‘social prescription’ programme aimed at addressing the mental distress, social isolation and physical inactivity caused by lockdown. The six-week programme will see a group of volunteers take part in two-hour walks and mindfulness activities around the Oxfordshire estate. Overall the project’s aim is to increase the participants, wellbeing by engaging…

Apr 29 2021

Palace Adds Extra Horsepower To New Stables Exhibition

A model recreation of Winston Churchill’s childhood pony is among a series of equestrian displays to feature in a major new exhibition in Blenheim Palace’s historic stable block, which opens next month. The pony, Rob Roy, was first ridden by a seven-year-old Churchill in April 1882, during a stay at Blenheim. The future wartime leader…

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Apr 20 2021

Oxford businesses able to apply for coronavirus restart support grant

Businesses in Oxford are now able to apply for the latest lockdown support grants aimed at supporting businesses as they reopen to the public. In line with the Government’s roadmap, non-essential shops as well as hairdressers, leisure, and gyms have been able to reopen from 12 April. Hospitality businesses have also been allowed to reopen…

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Apr 16 2021

Oxford City Council helps cafes, restaurants and bars to open more outdoor seating areas

Oxford City Council is working with hospitality businesses to help them provide outside seating areas so they can reopen. Businesses in Turl Street, Ship Street and Park End Street, and on Cowley Road are among the latest to explore introducing outdoor seating, and more are expected in the coming weeks. In line with the Government’s…

Apr 09 2021

‘Opening Up Oxfordshire’

Experience Oxfordshire, the Destination Management Organisation (DMO) for Oxfordshire welcomed the announcement this week by The Prime Minister, Boris Jonson, that England will move to step 2 of its roadmap on Monday 12 April.   This means that outdoor hospitality venues such as pubs and restaurants will be able to reopen for outdoor service and non-essential retail, gyms and hairdressers will also re-open.  …

Apr 09 2021

New customer friendly facilities unveiled at Seacourt Park & Ride

A raft of brand-new customer friendly facilities have been opened at Seacourt Park & Ride to help welcome people back onto services. It includes toilets, an enclosed waiting area and digital information screens which provide real-time journey information. The car park capacity has also been increased by 595 spaces taking the number of spaces for…

Apr 08 2021

Experience Oxfordshire this spring

Oxfordshire is opening up! Why not pay a visit this spring? There are plenty of things to see and do in our beautiful county, to be enjoyed safely! You can get involved online, too! Don't forget to share your Oxfordshire experience on social media.  Just use the hashtags #ExperienceOx and #OpeningUpOx on your Instagram, Twitter...
Apr 08 2021

Giant Hat Tree Caps Off New Exhibition in Palace’s Historic Stables

Work is nearing completion on a major new exhibition highlighting the crucial role horses have played throughout Blenheim Palace’s history. The new feature is set within the Palace’s ornate stable block and is part of a series of new features set to open at the Oxfordshire UNESCO World Heritage Site later this year as part…

Apr 08 2021

JACKfm supports Ronald MCDonald House Oxford with two-day radiothon

Thursday 8 April 2021, Oxford: JACKfm, the most awarded local commercial radio station in UK radio history, can today announce that it will be supporting Ronald McDonald House Charities UK through the launch of a two-day Radiothon, which will take place on the 1 and 2 July 2021.   For two days Oxfordshire’s JACKfm, alongside…

Apr 07 2021

The Oxford Tube has returned with a brand new app and fleet

Brand new ticket app providing coach tracking and estimated arrival times Complete fleet upgrade following £13m investment into new coaches Oxford Tube service has returned to a 7 day operation It’s all systems go following the  Oxford Tube’s return to service last week with a brand new ticket and journey planning app live in the…

Apr 07 2021

Hook Norton Brewery Shire Horses back delivering beer

The Oxfordshire roads around Hook Norton will once again ring out to the sound of the heavy footfall of the Shire Horse this week as the brewery re-starts its horse-drawn deliveries this week.   Due to the various lockdown restrictions, it has been almost 2 years since Commander and Lucas visited the local pubs in…

Apr 07 2021

Oxfordshire’s top restaurants & bars for outdoor dining

Here we are, after a long winter in lockdown Oxfordshire is starting to open up. Warm weather days are ahead of us and we are looking forward to visiting our favourite bars & restaurants for al fresco dining from the 12th of April. From cosy countryside pubs, romantic restaurants on the river, to panoramic rooftop...
Apr 06 2021

City Sightseeing Oxford and Park& Ride 300 services return

Oxford’s open-top bus tour and Park & Ride 300 service will return on 12th April, in a boost to the city’s bounce back from lockdown. The popular City Sightseeing Oxford tour will operate every half an hour on Mondays to Thursdays and every 20 minutes on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The attraction is a key part…

Apr 01 2021

easyJet launches new routes from Birmingham this summer with five new European beach destinations

easyJet and easyJet holidays have confirmed today that new routes and package holidays to popular European destinations across Spain, Portugal, and Greece from Birmingham Airport will launch from 29 June Great value fares are still available for UK travellers to enjoy a well-deserved and much-anticipated summer getaway Flexible booking policies, including the Protection Promise, mean…