Local news: North Oxford
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Waitrose Botley Road Oxford trails packaging-free shopping
Waitrose Botley Road Oxford trails packaging-free shopping. Buy and refill produce such as pasta, rice and cereals plus “pick and mix” frozen fruits.
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Westgate Centre to host bank holiday spring party
Westgate Centre to host a spring party at the roof terrace on Saturday and Sunday this May Bank Holiday weekend from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm.
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Henley-on-Thames start for OVO Energy Women’s Tour stage three
Henley-on-Thames has been revealed as the start of the OVO Energy Women’s Cycling Tour through Oxfordshire on Wednesday 12th June. Elite cyclist Sophie Wright recently met with organisers, press and representatives from Henley Town Council and announced that the third stage of the race will start from Market Place in the centre of Henley, with…
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Underground toilets in Oxford’s St Giles to become B&B rooms
Disused underground Victorian toilets situated opposite Martyrs’ Memorial in St Giles’ Oxford are to be turned into bed and breakfast rooms with views of the Randolph Hotel and Ashmolean Museum. The men’s loos first opened in the late 19th Century but were closed by the city council in 2008. The owners of the Galaxie Hotel…
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Colombia Coffee Roasters opens in Summertown Oxford
Artisan Colombia Coffee Roasters has opened a new shop on Banbury Road in Summertown Oxford in the unit that was previously occupied by The Book House.
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Oxford University plans Tinbergen building redevelopment
Oxford University plans Tinbergen building redevelopment with state-of-the-art building for Experimental Psychology, Plant Sciences and Zoology departments.
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September 2018 opening for Summer Fields Pre-prep School
Summer Fields, the boarding and day school for boys aged 8 to 13 in Summertown, North Oxford is on track to open its Pre-Prep for 80 boys aged 4 to 8 in September 2018. Housed in Newton, one of the oldest and most historic buildings on the school’s 70-acre site, pre-prep students will have full…