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Quick Links: The Venue - The City - Visa Requirements - Transport
The Venue
Cotswold Lodge is an independent 4-star hotel located in a conservation area within walking distance from Oxford’s historic city centre.
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The Victorian building combines period features such as bay windows, high ceilings and open fireplaces with all the facilities required by business and leisure travellers, including secure wireless broadband internet access.
The hotel has a restaurant, bar, terraces, a spacious drawing room and a Mediterranean-style courtyard garden.
Cotswold Lodge is one of the few hotels in Oxford where parking is not a problem. Complimentary parking is provided for residents – and the hotel is just 10 minutes’ walk or a short bus ride from the city centre.
Accommodation from the Sunday to the Thursday of the course are included in the registration fees (see terms and conditions for details). |
The City
Oxford is a city, in the county town of Oxfordshire, in South East England.
Oxford is known as the "city of dreaming spires", a term coined by poet Matthew Arnold in reference to the harmonious architecture of Oxford's university buildings. |
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The city has a population of just under 165,000, with 151,000 living within the district boundary.
The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre. For a distance of some 10 miles (16 km) along the river, in the vicinity of Oxford, the Thames is known as The Isis.
The University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world.
Buildings in Oxford reflect every British architectural period since the arrival of the Saxons, including the iconic, mid-18th century Radcliffe Camera.
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Aerial photograph of the city of Oxford |
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Visa Requirements
You will need a visa to come to the UK as a visitor. But please check your nationality as there are some exceptions.
PLEASE NOTE: Your registration for the Oxford Bunker Course IS NOT CONFIRMED until a valid UK visa is in place and full payment has been received.
We strongly recommend that you apply for your visa two months before your course date. This will allow plenty of time for your application to be processed – also bearing in mind that we need to have your visa in place 3 weeks before the course starts.
Petrospot can provide you with a letter which details the reason for your visit to the UK and can be used as evidence of who invited you to the UK when making your application.
In order for us to provide this letter, please send us (via email to events@petrospot.com) details of:
- your full name
- your date of birth
- who your passport was issued by
- your passport number
- the issue date of your passport
- the expiry date of your passport, and
- the address of the embassy/ consulate to which you will make your application.
Once this information we shall produce this letter and email a pdf of it directly to you (using the email address given on your registration form). PLEASE NOTE: A print out of the pdf will be accepted by the Embassy/Consulate and therefore we do not post copies out to you.
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Transport
Rail Services from London to Oxford
Direct trains run between Oxford and London Paddington (approximately every 30 minutes). Oxford is also well connected to other mainline routes in the UK.Useful link: www.nationalrail.co.uk/planmyjourney
Coach Services to Oxford
All coaches arrive at Gloucester Green Coach Station, from where you will need to take a short taxi journey to the venue.
From Airports:
London Heathrow and Gatwick airports are linked to Oxford by a good coach service, which operates a direct frequent service, night and day. For information contact The Airline telephone +44 (0) 1865 785400. Useful link: http://www.oxfordbus.co.uk click onto ‘buy ticket’ and click onto ‘theairline’- enter either Heathrow or Gatwick as applicable.Stansted can also be reached by coach but please note that the connections to Oxford are infrequent and it can take up to three hours to get from the airport to Oxford. For information contact National Express telephone +44 (0) 8705 808080, or visit their website: www.nationalexpress.com.
From London:
Frequent 24-hour direct services connect Oxford with London (peak times every 10-20 minutes). The Oxford Express X90 service includes Victoria Coach Station, Grosvenor Gardens, Marble Arch, Baker Street/Gloucester Place and Hillingdon.(for information telephone +44 (0) 1865 785410, or visit www.oxfordbus.co.uk ). The Oxford Tube service includes Grosvenor Gardens, Marble Arch, Notting Hill Gate, Shepherd's Bush, and Hillingdon (for information telephone +44 (0) 1865 772250, or visit www.oxfordtube.com ).
From elsewhere:
For information on coaches from other major cities contact National Express (telephone +44 (0) 8705 808080).
Taxi’s from Oxford
Taxi ranks are located at Oxford Railway Station, Gloucester Green Coach Station and St Giles' in the city centre. Taxi numbers:
Radio Taxis: telephone +44 (0)1865 249743 or 242424
ABC Taxis: telephone +44 (0)1865 770077
Directions if Driving (from M40 South)
- Leave M40 at Junction 8 (signposted Oxford, Cheltenham)
- Merge onto the A40 and follow into Oxford.
- At Headington Roundabout take the 3rd exit onto North Way – A40 (signposted Ring Road, The Midlands)
- At Cutteslowe Roundabout take the 1st exit onto A4165 signposted Summertown.
- This is the Banbury Road. Follow road through Summertown towards the City Centre
- Turn left onto Norham Road, and free parking is available at the Hotel.
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