Local guide
Around the club in Bicester
Bicester Nutrition is on the first floor of 106 Churchill Road, 0.4 miles from Bicester North station. This guide gathers good places nearby to buy fresh food, train, walk and eat out, from Sheep Street to the Cherwell Valley. Every distance is measured in a straight line from the club.
How to reach us
Bicester North station is 0.4 miles from the club, with Chiltern Railways trains to London Marylebone.
Bicester has no bus station. Buses stop along Manorsfield Road at Pioneer Square, in the town centre, about 0.6 miles from the club.
The Bicester North station car park, with 498 spaces, is 0.4 miles away.
106 Churchill Road, First Floor, Bicester OX26 4XD
Opening hours
Monday, from 6:30am to 11am
Wednesday to Friday, from 6:30am to 11am
Saturday, from 7:30am to 11am
Closed on Tuesday and Sunday
Fresh food and farm produce
A weekly street market, a family bakery and farms that sell what they rear or grow.
Nash’s Bakery
Breads, cakes and savouries from the third generation of the Nash family, baking in Bicester since April 1929.
North Aston Organics
Soil Association registered growers in the Cherwell Valley. Seasonal organic veg boxes for Oxford and North Oxfordshire since 1998.
Bicester Friday Market
Around 20 stalls line Sheep Street every Friday from 9am to 4:30pm, selling fruit and vegetables, hot food, cakes and cards. Run by the Bicester Market Association.
Brown’s at Park Farm
Meat reared on the farm, ordered online and butchered to order for collection. Eggs from hens that roam the paddocks all day are sold at the farm gate.
Boarstall Meats
Set up in 2000 to sell the livestock raised on the farm, with its own on-farm butchery. Beef, lamb, pork and poultry to order online.
Places to train
Regular movement goes hand in hand with your eating plan. Pools, an athletics club, gyms and a weekly 5k, all within 2 miles.
Bicester Leisure Centre
Gym, swimming pool and studio classes under one roof, with swimming lessons for children and adults run in partnership with Swim England.
David Lloyd Bicester
Health club with a 20m indoor pool, a 25m heated outdoor pool, covered tennis courts and 3 padel courts.
Bicester parkrun
A weekly timed 5k run in Langford Village. Start time and course map are on the event page.
Bicester Athletic Club
Founded in 1982, mainly a junior track and field and cross country club, open to all abilities from 8 years old. Join to compete or simply to stay fit.
Green spaces and walks
From the town park to an old royal hunting forest, places to stretch your legs after a busy week.
Garth Park
The town’s main park, 9 acres of lawns, flower beds and specimen trees such as a giant redwood and a cedar of Lebanon. Outdoor gym, bandstand and cafe, open in daylight hours.
Bernwood Forest
Shabbington and Waterperry Woods, once part of the Royal Hunting Forest of Bernwood. About 40 species of butterfly live here, best spotted along the waymarked butterfly trail.
Langford Community Orchard
Bicester’s first community orchard, open to everyone. Fruit trees, flowers and birdsong, a calm spot for a picnic.
Bure Park Nature Reserve
A narrow, winding green strip between the houses and the London to Birmingham railway line, protected as a nature reserve since 2005.
Where to eat out
A park kitchen, a Japanese izakaya and country pubs, for a meal out that stays in step with your goals.
Garth Park Kitchen
Independent restaurant and daytime cafe inside Garth Park, cooking with the seasons and with produce from Oxfordshire farms. Park terrace, Sunday roasts and pop-up dinners.
Mizu Japanese Izakaya
Japanese izakaya in the town centre. Traditional dishes given a contemporary twist by the chef, in a dining room with modern wooden touches.
The Lion
Village inn with boutique rooms. Fresh, seasonal British dishes made with locally sourced ingredients.
Horse and Groom
A tiny family-run free house in the countryside. Chef Jerome has over 30 years of experience, including fine dining in France, the USA and the UK, and the menu changes constantly.
Useful local addresses
The town council, the library and a historic airfield worth a visit, all within a mile of the club.
Bicester Library
Open Monday to Saturday, until 7pm on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Free wifi and regular events such as Saturday morning storytime.
Bicester Motion
The UK’s best-preserved Second World War bomber base, now home to automotive and aviation businesses. Its Scramble days make a family-friendly day out.