Getting to Elmore

Park & Ride takes you into the heart of Oxford for travelling onto our Cowley office.

It's easy: You can park at a Park & Ride site around Oxfordshire and express buses will take you straight to the centre.

It's great value: The combined parking and bus ticket currently costs £6.80 for parking and bus travel.

It's convenient: Buses drop you off and pick you up directly in the city centre. There are no parking worries, your combined ticket provides 11 hours of parking.

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Oxford Station, the city's main line rail station, is on the western side of Oxford city centre.

There is a Hackney taxi rank outside of the station, where you can board zero emissions Black Cabs.

Many buses stop at the station and they are increasingly operating cleaner engines which pollute the environment and the air to a lesser extent.

Oxford Parkway Station also operates services and is a Park & Ride site.

There is a significant number of outdoor cycle parking stations at both rail stations.

Buses travel into Oxford city centre from in and around Oxfordshire. Buses in Oxford cover surrounding towns and villages including Abingdon, Bicester, Carterton, Wantage, Banbury and more.

For more information about bus links, please visit the Traveline website by clicking on here.

All buses are low floor and wheelchair accessible, plus you'll benefit from free WiFi, USB charging points and comfortable seating (including tables and a sofa) on every bus.

If you’re travelling onto Elmore from Oxford city centre, the 1 and 5 services operate from Oxford Station to Cowley, Templars Square.

For more information about bus links, please visit the Traveline website by clicking on here.

All buses are low floor and wheelchair accessible, plus you'll benefit from free WiFi, USB charging points and comfortable seating (including tables and a sofa) on every bus.

Travelling by bike reduces car congestion and harmful air pollution and helps cyclists to stay healthy. Schemes to encourage safer cycling along Oxford’s busiest roads are being implemented in 2022. These will include direct, quick, and quiet cycling routes on the Cowley and Iffley Roads—important and busy roads for getting to Elmore.

Bike parking spaces are conveniently located outside our office.

650 electric scooters (e-scooters) are available for public hire in and around Oxford. There are various parking sites around the city, including beside Elmore’s office. These locations can be found on this interactive map.

If you want to hire a car, Oxford Zipcar and Co-wheels operate car clubs in and around the city.

They operate zero emissions vehicles and have dedicated electric vehicle charging bays in and around Oxford.

If you have to reach Elmore by car, we strongly encourage you to use a zero emissions vehicle to reduce the harmful impacts on our environment and air quality.

The locations for electric car charging points in and around Oxford can be found on this map.

Oxford has a Zero Emission Zone in which only full electric vehicles can travel without paying a fee.

Low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) in the Cowley and East Oxford areas of Oxford limit the use of residential areas as shortcuts. Traffic filters have been introduced to create quieter and safer streets where residents feel safer and confident about making local journeys by bus, bike, or on foot.

20mph routes are planned for:

• Cowley Road/Oxford Road

• Iffley Road/Henley Avenue/Rose Hill

• St Clement's Street

• Donnington Bridge Road/Wiers Lane

• Marston Road, Morrell Avenue

• Between Towns Road/Church Cowley Road,

• Abingdon Road.

Multi-storey parking can be accessed at Barns Road, Cromwell Road, and Hockmore Street.

Oxford has controlled parking zones (CPZs). A CPZ is an area where parking is permitted in designated parking bays, and the rest of the kerbside space is restricted by yellow lines. Any illegally parked cars are issued with a parking ticket.

You can search this map of the CPZs and view the plans for new controlled parking zones in Oxford.