Banbury roads and travel news
Banbury roads and travel news, newest first: closures, roadworks, rail changes, buses and parking, from the authorities' own notices.
Top story
Bicester Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Bicester
Bicester roadworks: Bicester Footpath No.6, No.6a, and No.10 (from 5 Nov) and every other traffic order within 3 km, checked each morning with the...
More stories
Kidlington
Kidlington Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Kidlington
Kidlington roadworks: Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxfordshire (Service Road) (notice of 8 Oct) and every other traffic order within 3 km, checked each...
Transport
Banbury Cherwell Street Collapse: Two Workers in Hospital
Two of nine workers went to hospital, one severely hurt, after part of a Cherwell Street flats site collapsed. The HSE is now investigating it.
Bicester
Bicester London Road Underpass: County Commits £10m
Oxfordshire's cabinet backed £10m so East West Rail can build an underpass, not a footbridge, when Bicester's London Road level crossing closes.
Bicester
Bicester Buses: New 25 Route Brings Back Chesterton Service
Chesterton has daytime buses again. New routes 25 and 25A replaced the H5 and 29 on 20 September, with up to two buses an hour from Bicester to Upper Heyford.
Parking
Parking in Banbury: £1.60 an Hour, Free After 6pm
Council car parks in Banbury cost £1.60 an hour and stay free after 6pm: the overnight charge was dropped. Sundays are charged. Every tariff, plus the station.
Banbury
Banbury Michaelmas Fair: 2026 Was 14-17 October, Now Passed
Bob Wilson's funfair filled Banbury town centre from Wednesday 14 to Saturday 17 October 2026, with roads shut under a county order. 2027 dates are not out.
Banbury
Banbury 10K: Six Roads Shut 09:45 to 13:00 on Sunday
Bath Road, Broughton Road, Banbury Road, Sandfine Road and Main Road all close from 09:45 on Sunday 6 September for the town's first 10K. About 800 runners.
Banbury
Banbury parking permits: 71 objected, scheme starts anyway
Permit parking starts on nine Banbury streets, £80 a year. In the Hightown Road area 71 of 115 residents who replied objected, and it went ahead.