Address: Abingdon Rd, Oxford, OX1 4XG, United Kingdom
Phone: +441865252489
Rating: 4.0
based on 157 reviews.
Parking Convenience and Accessibility
Pros:
"Cheap enough and plenty of parking."
"This park and ride is modern, clean, safe and has full facilities (free clean toilets, vending machines for snacks if needed)."
"Beautiful car and ride, with security cameras and beautiful bus."
"Really easy to use, a doddle getting there from the ring road and plenty of parking available."
"Park and Ride to Oxford is so simple and such a joy to avoid all that traffic!"
"Good and convenient park and ride which was very quiet when we used it just before Christmas."
"The perfect place to park if getting the bus into Oxford city centre."
Cons:
"The ticketing system is not very user friendly. Maybe it’s me. 😊 but it took me a while to get it."
"Spent 35 minutes trying to pay for parking but none of the pay stations worked."
"Oxford P&R is not easy for people new to the city. No buses before 8:30 on a Sunday so can't get to work."
"Had the catalytic converter stolen from our car causing extreme inconvenience."
"Quite expensive if you have a motorhome."
"Poor signage to the point that most of the pay machines were hidden until it was too late."
"Worst Park and ride in the whole country. Buses are supposed to come every 10 mins, and been waiting for over an hour and it still hasn't come."
Payment System and Pricing
Pros:
"£4 for one person or £5 for two people + parking using the black parking machine."
"The machines have updated and they are much clearer now."
"Different offers available and a regular service to Oxford."
"You pay a fairly small fee for each parking and buses."
"Current parking price is £2 which seems reasonable."
"Price is £5 for the day for 2 adults, so if you spent several hours in Oxford it’s way much cheaper than any car park in the city centre."
"Cheap parking at only £2 for the day."
Cons:
"Don't sign up with Hozah - they charge you every time you drive through the car park even if you're just dropping off / picking up or are redirected to go that way to get to the recycling centre."
"The auto ticket machines could be more intuitive."
"Tried the ticket machine instead of the apps. I didn't like the confusion that it was £4 for 1 adult, but when you pay £5 it just says 'Maximum amount' but it actually means 2 adults for the park and ride."
"Could also be better if car parking and bus fare were on one ticket."
"Pretty standard car park and usual oxford prices, what annoys me is as you are coming up to the bus station you see signs saying you have to pay for your ticket within 10 minutes of parking, but the first two machines you come to only issue a family day pass."
"Many people are then scammed by accidentally using the 2 family ticket machines charging you 3 times the price."
"The payment machines were mostly out of order, and those that worked are frustratingly slow at best."
Bus Service and Facilities
Pros:
"Lots of buses into Oxford."
"The shuttle service is very frequent."
"Buses to virtually everywhere. 300 bus Park and Ride, free travel with your park and ride tickets."
"Bus service is fairly frequently and lots of local buses also stop here."
"The busses are clean and comfortable, the bus drivers are helpful."
"Bus staff were friendly and good drivers and the buses super clean."
"Great frequent and fast bus service."
Cons:
"The 300 service which what you have to use was erratic at best, 'runs every 10 mins' according to their timetable, so why did we have to wait 40 minutes for a bus from Oxford centre back on a Saturday early evening."
"Buses are frequent during the day but much less so into the evening."
"Extremely inefficient park and run where people waiting in line have to buy separate ticket for the bus."
"We missed umpteen buses into Oxford and then on the return journey, had to wait forever for a bus back to the parking area."
"If you're using the bus, the parking ticket you're buying includes 1 bus ticket. You can amend it to 2. This costs you +£1, whereas it'll cost you £3 on the bus."
"The biggest issue is just getting to it during rush hour, since there's no dedicated lane to access it."
"Very inconvenient when you have physically disabled people in your group, especially when they are the driver."
Facilities and Cleanliness
Pros:
"More chargers than you can shake a stick at from a wide variety of providers."
"There are toilets here which are handy and always clean."
"Plenty of electric car chargers so we were able to get a fast top up."
"Charging heaven! Fastened chargers easy to use."
"Good facilities and well laid out."
"The buses were very regular & clean & the staff were very polite & courteous in helping us find the bus stop for our return journey."
"The car park has plenty of space even on busy days it is likely you will find a parking spot."
Cons:
"Grubby and only a single disabled loo for everyone."
"The facilities are in a poor state though and not very clean, the one toilet door doesn't lock."
"The facilities are worn and tired - nothing more than a vending machine and a dirty toilet."
"It may be a great place to charge your car, but having rubber 'kerbs' screwed into the tarmac of the e-car parking bays is a very real danger."
"I think a bit of refurbishment of the toilets area could be nice. It’s very outdated and quite dirty."
"What a depressing place to be stuck in if you're a coach driver!"
"It can be fraught with difficulty and the assistance from Oxford P&R left a lot to be desired."