Jericho
by Ray and Rob
Location
Transport
It's a five to ten-minute walk to the city centre or…
The number 17 bus goes from various stops on Walton Street
For bus timetables, go to http://web2.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oxinfo/timetables/
Health centres
- Jericho Health Centre
- Walton Street OX2 6NW
- Health centre is on the corner of Walton Street and Cranham Street
- Tel: 01865 311234
- Beaumont Street Surgery
- 19 Beaumont Street Surgery OX1 2NA
- Tel (general enquiries): 01865 240501
- Tel (out of hours / emergencies): 01865 240501
Community centre
- Jericho St Barnabas Community Centre
- Off Walton Street - follow signs down Great Clarendon Street
- Tel: 01865 557902
- The community centre has a reasonably priced café
Learning
- Ruskin College
- Walton Street, Oxford OX1 2HE
- Tel: 01865 554331
- Email: enquiries@ruskin.ac.uk
- Ruskin College is an independent college that specialises in providing educational opportunities for adults with few or no qualifications. Its aim is to change the lives of those who need a second chance in education. Ruskin welcomes students who not only want to develop themselves but also want to put something back into society.
- Find out more at www.ruskin.ac.uk
Parks
- Port Meadow
- At 440 acres, Port Meadow is the largest area of common land in Oxford.
Entertainment
- Phoenix Picturehouse
- 57 Walton Street, Oxford OX2 6AE
- Tel: 0871 704 2062
- Email: phoenix@picturehouses.co.uk
- Concessions available - £1 off usual price; first performance on Friday is the Silver Screen showing, with extra concessions for over-55s.
- Jericho Tavern
- 56 Walton Street, Oxford
- Tel. 01865 311775
- www.thejerichotavern.co.uk
- Live music most nights - billed as Oxford's leading independent music venue.