Temple Cowley
by Jayo and Caroline
Location
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Transport
Very frequent bus service - every 10-15 minutes - Oxford City bus service number 5 or Stagecoach service number 1 to Cowley Centre, from Queen Street.
For bus timetables, go to http://web2.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oxinfo/timetables/
Walking from the city centre to Cowley Centre takes 45-60 minutes
Health centres
- The Alec Turnbull Clinic (Contraception & Sexual Health)
- Raglan House, 23 Between Towns Road, Cowley OX4 3JH
- Tel: 01865 456666
- Opening hours: Monday-Thursday 9.30am-7.00pm; Friday 9.30am-4.30pm; Saturday 10.30am-1.30pm
- R Newman Dental Practice
- 54A-55A Between Towns Road, Oxford OX4 3LR
- Tel: 01865 777363
Community/social centres
- Cowley Workers' Social Club and Snooker
- address
- Tel:
- Conservative Club, Corner of St Lukes
- Tel:
- Holds line dancing sessions - all welcome.
- Cowley Community Centre
- Barns Road, Cowley OX4 3RQ
- Oxford Credit Union is also based here
- Tel: 01865 777757
Council/government/housing services
- Oxford Citizens Housing Association (OCHA)
- 244 Barns Road, Oxford OX4 3RW
- Tel: 0800 980 9272 (freephone)
- Email: info@ocha.org.uk
- Stonham Housing Association
- 213 Barns Road, Oxford OX4 3UT
- Tel: 01865 335320
Support services
- Oxford Women's Aid
- 213 Between Towns Road, Oxford OX4 3RW
- Tel: 01865 778400
Shopping/living
You can charge electric/gas keys at the Post Office/Co-op, open 8.30am-6pm Monday to Saturday
Templar Square shopping area includes Boots, Iceland, Woolworth's, Superdrug etc, plus fresh fruit and veg, butcher, Specsavers Local charity shops - British Heart Foundation, Shaw Trust and Age Concern Lloyds Bank, Barclays Bank, Cheltenham & Gloucester Building Society
The retail park has various big-name stores, including TK Maxx, Matalan, Halfords, Comet and JJB Sports
The Nelson serves cheap food - £6 for two meals, Monday to Saturday
Also try Cagney's Café for good cheap meals
The William Morris (a Weatherspoons pub) serves reasonably priced pub food
Zeera Tandoori Indian takeaway and home delivery - 01865 777216
Domino's Pizza 01865 777137
Sport
- Temple Cowley Pools
- Temple Road OX4 2EZ
- Tel: 01865 467110/467124
Places of worship
- New Testament Church of God
- address
- Tel: 01865 749774