WHERE ARE WE?
We meet Fridays 7.30-9.30pm at St. Gregory the Great School on Cricket Road, Oxford.
Please note: From time to time there are rare occasions when Friday night practices are cancelled. If you're planning to join us, please contact us first as we wouldn't want you to make an unnecessary trip if we're not there.
Getting Here
Walking or cycling from the centre of Oxford
Walking or cycling from Templars Square (Cowley Centre)
When you arrive
The school is situated behind the Cricket Centre on Cricket Road. It is signposted on the road to both the school and the centre. Go through both sets of metal gates, then follow the road round past the sports hall and round to the right. If you've come by car, park there. Take the path on the left down towards the builiding with the big St. Gregory's sign. At the bottom, go left by the building, then right through the arch. Go down the colonade. You will reach a large round area. Our rehearsal space is in the music room through the double doors on the opposite left hand side.
(Although if you're new, why not e-mail us before you come. One of us will be happy to meet you at the entrance or give you a mobile number)
St. Gregory the Great school is situated on Cricket Road, just off Cowley Road in Oxford, about one and a half miles outside the city centre (near Templar's Square). It is within cycling and walking distance from the centre of town, and plenty of buses pass close by.
Walking or cycling from the centre of Oxford
Starting from Carfax, head down High Street, going over Magdalene Bridge on to The Plain. Take the middle exit on the roundabout to take you up Cowley Road. Continue along Cowley Road until you reach Howard Road. Turn right on to Howard Street (by the corner shop), then take a left into Cricket Street. Keep going down here. St Gregory the Great School is on the right (it's signposted along with the Cricket Road Centre). This should take about 30 mins at normal ambling speed.
Walking or cycling from Templars Square (Cowley Centre)
Come out of Templars Square on to Between Towns Road (the side where the Whetherspoons pub and B + Q is). Turn left so you're heading towards Iffley. Turn right on to Rymers Lane (next road after B+Q). Continue down here on to Cricket Road. St Gregory the Great school is on the left, just past the park. This should take about 10-15 minutes at normal ambling speed
These buses run stop on Cowley Road:
Oxford Bus Company: 5
Stagecoach: 1, 10, U10, 12, 12A, 12B, 12C
Both run between the Railway Station via Queen St and Templars Square to Blackbird Leys.
Get off the bus at the Shelley Road stop (if you're not sure, ask the driver for "Shelley Road"). Walk down Shelley Road. At the bottom of the road, turn left on to Cricket Road. St Gregory the Great school is 5 minutes walk on the right.
You can also take the bus to Templar Square (Cowley Centre) and walk from there. Buses that go to Templars Square are:
Oxford Bus Company: 5
Stagecoach: 1, 10, U10, 12, 12A, 12B, 12C, 16, 16A, 16B
From Summertown
Head towards the city centre. Turn left into Parks Road. Turn left on to South Parks road. Keep follow this road round (as it becomes St. Cross Road and Longwall Street). Turn left on to the High Street. At the plain, take the middle exit on to Cowley Road. Turn right down Howard Street (by the grocery shop). Take the second exit left on to Cricket Road. St Gregory the Great school is on the right.
From Botley
Get on to the A34 and go south. Come off at the Hinksey Hill interchange. Follow the directions below.
From the A34, north or south (e.g. from Didcot, Bicester/ Abingdon, Newbury)
Leave the A34 at the Hinksey Hill interchange. This is the first main Oxford turn-off if you are coming from the south (signposted Ring Road, Oxford A4144), and the third if you are coming from the north (signposted Ring Road, Reading A4074).
At the roundabout at the top of the slip-road, turn on to the A423 (signposted Ring Road, Reading). This is the first exit if you're coming from the north, or the third exit if you're coming from the south.
At the next roundabout, continue on the ring road (second exit - signposted Ring Road, London, Reading). Carry on the ring road, across the next roundabout (1st exit - signposted London, Wycombe).
At the next roundabout, take the first exit (signposted Iffley) on to Rose Hill. Turn right on to Church Cowley Road - this is at the traffic lights just after the speed camera. There's a war memorial on the corner. Take the second left on to Rymers Lane (you should come to it just before the blocks of flats). Continue on down here. St Gregory the Great school is on the left, just past the park (signposted along with the Cricket Road Centre). If you reach the Shelley Arms pub, you've come too far.
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