Car Hire in Oxford - Getting to Oxford

Oxford does not have its own airport. The three major airports most frequently used by people visiting Oxford are Birmingham Airport, London Heathrow and London Gatwick. All of these can be easily accessed by road and rail as follows:

Birmingham Airport; by rail from Birmingham International Station; by road via the M40 motorway; by coach from Birmingham City Centre Coach Station.

London Heathrow Airport; by rail from London Paddington via the London Underground; by road take the M4, join the M25 at Junction 15, then take the M40 at Junction 16.

London Gatwick; by rail to London Victoria then taxi or London Underground to London Paddington; by road take M23 to M25, then join the M40 at Junction 16.

The principal train stations connecting into the Thames Trains network in Oxfordshire are Oxford, Banbury and Didcot.

Chiltern Railways operate frequent services from London Marylebone and Birmingham Snow Hill to Haddenham and Thames Parkway, which is located a few minutes drive from Junction 8a on the M40.

By road the M40 connects Oxford from the North and East ; coming from the North via Birmingham en route to London. It intersects with the M25 at junction 16 which provides a route around London to/from the South East and coastal ports.

Key junctions for Oxford are junction 9 for Oxford A34 and junction 8 for Oxford-Cheltenham A40. The A34 is the major road from the South coast passing through Oxford. The A40 is the major road into the county from the West. Travellers arriving from Wales, Cheltenham or Gloucester are likely to arrive in Oxfordshire on the A40.

Coach services in Oxford are operated by Citylink, Stagecoach Oxford, and National Express.