Our celebrations on Friday kick off at 5:00pm. Make your way in your own time to Keble and St Hugh’s Sports Ground.  

Check in times vary by accommodation, and will be detailed in your accommodation information in your calendar invite, but mostly are from 3pm. If you want to arrive earlier on Friday to enjoy the sights of Oxford, there is so much to see and do! If you’d rather not carry your luggage around, you may want to ask at your hotel reception if they can hold on to it for you.

If you, or your partner, are travelling later – that is completely fine. You can arrive at the time that suits you best. Food will be available until 10pm.  

Check out times from the accommodations will be specified in your accommodation information in your calendar invite. All accommodation includes breakfast.  

Please ensure you check out before the deadline, and then on Sunday you’ll head home or relax in Oxford at your leisure.  

The closest stations are Oxford Train Station and Oxford Parkway Train Station  

Here’s a quick guide to which station suits you best, based on your hotel’s location: 

FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH HOTEL HUBS 

Oxford Station is the closest station. For Central Hotels, these are a short walk from the station, and given a lot of Oxford is pedestrianised, we recommend walking if you can. For the South hub hotels, or for those who cannot walk from the station to Central hotels, please take a taxi and expense it to your hotel.  

FOR NORTH HOTEL HUB (Leonardo, Holiday Inn) 

Oxford Parkway is actually the closest train station, connected by mainline train from London Marylebone and Birmingham. Oxford Station is also an option, accessible from London Marylebone, London Paddington, and Cross Country routes.  

Oxford Gloucester Green Bus Station in the centre of town has many.  

You can also take the Oxford Tube from several stations in Central London, or the Airline bus directly from Heathrow and Gatwick airports.  

Once you arrive in Oxford, please either walk to accommodation in the Central Hub, or take a taxi to the North or South Oxford Hubs.   

The Oxford Tube stops are shown below: 

Parking in Oxford is limited, and a Congestion Charge is in place in Central Oxford. If you drive into the centre of town you are responsible for paying the congestion charge (which can be expensed). However, fines for not paying are your responsibility.  

If you are staying in:  

• The Hampton by Hilton 

• The Leonardo (Electric charging at BP nearby) 

• The Holiday Inn (Electric charging at BP nearby) 

• The Voco Oxford Spires 

then there is parking at the hotel. We advise you park there and leave your car there for the weekend. Parking at the hotels is expensable.  

 If you are at any other location, there is no designated hotel parking. We suggest you use one of Oxford’s five Park & Ride services, for which parking and bus tickets are expensable. Electric charging is available at Redbridge and Seacourt. The bus fare from the Park & Ride into town is free until 15th August.  

• Pear Tree Park and Ride: North of Oxford, accessible from the A40 (from Witney and Cheltenham), A4260 (from Kidlington), A34 (from Banbury, Bicester and Northampton) and the M40 (No EV charging) 

• Oxford Parkway Park and Ride: North of Oxford, accessible from the A40 (from Witney and Cheltenham), A4260 (from Kidlington), A34 (from Banbury, Bicester and Northampton) and the M40  (No EV charging) 

• Thornhill Park and Ride: East of Oxford, located off the A40 from Thame, Aylesbury, High Wycombe, London and the M40 to the east of the city, just before the ring road  (No EV charging) 

• Redbridge Park and Ride: South of Oxford, located off the A34 from Abingdon, Didcot and Newbury (Oxford’s Energy Superhub with 10 EV Chargers) 

• Seacourt Park and Ride: West of Oxford, located off the A420 from Swindon and Bath, on the Botley Road (10 EV Chargers) 

If you choose to use a central Oxford Car park, that is your choice but parking will not be able to be expensed.   

In order to enjoy Oxford, we’d encourage you to walk or take the bus wherever possible. We would encourage travelling as a group – with a Group Day pass for 5 people costing £10, or an individual day pass (£5) for the Oxford SmartZone to cover all bus travel. You can also pay on the bus directly.  

We will be running shuttles on Friday night from 5pm – 1am, and Saturday from 9am – 4pm on loop between the Hampton hotel and venues, stopping at the Voco, and between the Holiday Inn and venues, stopping at the Leonardo. Please collect a token to reserve your space on the shuttles to venues when you check in.  Return journeys will be first come first served on the day. Estimated timings are below (pending traffic):

The central accommodation (Jesus, Keble, Exeter, Courtyard, Randolph) is walkable for Saturday night, or hop on any of the buses 6, S1, S3, ST2, 300, S2X or X52 to the Sports Ground venue.  

The 300 bus goes from the Redbridge Park & Ride, past the Voco, through the centre of town, and to the Sports Ground (Beech Croft Road stop), then to the Pear Tree Park & Ride (for 8 min walk to Holiday Inn) or First Turn stop (for 8 min walk to Leonardo hotel).  

Whilst we’d encourage you to take public transport to support Oxford’s effort to reduce traffic, if you are unable to take the bus or to walk, please get a taxi and expense it.  

On Sunday, we will run shuttles to the station from North and South hotel hubs from 8am to 12pm noon.