Cowley Road
by Zak and Sean
Location
Transport
Buses run very regularly - every 7-10 minutes from the city centre.
Oxford City bus service number 5 or Stagecoach service number 1 go from outside Marks & Spencer and from Carfax.
For bus timetables, go to http://web2.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oxinfo/timetables/
It's also within walking distance - a nice walk through the grounds of Christ Church College.
Health centres
- St Bartholomew's Medical Centre
- Manzil Way, Cowley OX4 1XB
- Tel: 01865 242334
- Website: www.sbmc.org.uk
- Open Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6.00pm.
- Bartlemas Surgery (East Oxford Health Centre)
- 1 Manzil Way, Cowley OX4 1XD
- Tel: 01865 263120
- Website: www.bartlemas.com
- Open Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6.00pm. Emergency dentist also available.
Community centres
- Oxford Asian Cultural Association
- Asian Cultural Centre, Manzil Way, Cowley OX4 1GH
- Tel: 01865 425000
- Runs a cab service on Thursdays.
- East Oxford Community Association
- East Oxford Community Centre, Princes Street, Cowley OX4 1HU
- Tel: 01865 792168
- Always plenty of social events going on, including music events.
Support services
- Stepping Stone Centre
- The Porch, All Saints Convent, St Mary's Road OX4 1RU
- Tel: 01865 251798
- Day centre and café for homeless and newly housed vulnerable people.
- The Mill
- 46 Cowley Road OX4 1HZ
- Tel: 01865 721458
- Opening hours: Monday to Thursday 10.00am-3.00pm and Sunday 11.15am-3.00pm
- The Mill is run by Oxfordshire for people with severe and enduring mental health problems and there is an application system - call for details.
- Oasis
- Micklewood House, 331 Cowley Road OX4 2AQ
- Tel: 01865 721472
- Women-only service run by Oxfordshire Mind
- Libra Project
- 205 Cowley Road OX4 1XA
- Tel: 01865 723500
- Libra is an independent charity offering free and confidential support, information and structured counselling to anyone who feels they have a problem with alcohol or drugs and their families.
Council/government services
- Oxford City Council, East Oxford Local Services Shop
- Entrance in Bullingdon Road, by Tesco.
- Tel: 01865 252849
Shopping/living
Cowley Road has plenty of shops, from Tesco and Co-op to corner shops.
You can charge gas and electric keys at the Post Office, which is open until 11pm, and at the newsagents opposite Tesco.
The area has lots of restaurants and coffee shops. “I like Kebab Kid for value.”
There is a launderette on Cowley Road.
The main charity shops are Oxfam, Barnardo's and Age Concern.
Learning
- East Oxford Lifelong Learning Centre
- Collins Street OX4 1EE
- Tel: 01865 727148
- Email: esol@oxfordshire.gov.uk
There are quite a few internet cafes along Cowley Road, for internet browsing.
Open spaces
- Marsh Park
- “a very nice park with football pitch, cricket pitch and tennis courts.”
- Florence Park
- has bowling, putting and tennis courts.
Entertainment
- Ultimate Picture Palace
- Jeune Street, just off Cowley Road
- Tel: 01865 245288
- Oxford's only independent cinema, showing mix of current, classic and cult movies. Adults £5.50/OAPs £3.50
- Carling Academy
- 190 Cowley Road OX4 1UE
- www.oxford-academy.co.uk
- Customer info line: 01865 813500
- Cowley Road Carnival
- “the biggest event of the year”
- planned for 6 July 2008.
Places of worship
- S S Mary & John Church
- 271 Cowley Road OX4 2AJ
- Tel: 01865 242396
- Central Oxford Mosque
- Manzil Way OX4 1DJ
- Tel: 01865 245547
- Bengali Masjid Oxford
- 57 Cowley Road OX4 1HR
- Tel: 01865 793118