Headington offers a number of shops, pubs, cafés, restaurants, and other services. The area also includes the main campus of Oxford Brookes University, Ruskin College (which moved in its entirety from central Oxford to its Headington site in 2012), and the city’s main hospitals, including The John Radcliffe, Nuffield and Churchill.
Schooling
Headington is extremely well placed for schooling. Of note are the Headington School, an independent day and boarding school for girls, Magdalen College School, Cowley Place (for boys aged 7–18), Rye St Antony School (RC), Pullen’s Lane (for girls 3–18, boys 3–8), Bayard’s Hill Primary School and the Beckley Primary School (5-11). The Aunties’ Old School Nursery is located in nearby Stanton St John, and The Oxford Music Centre is based at Bayard’s School.
Commuter Links
Headington is superbly placed for a number of road networks, including the A34, A40 and M40. The Oxford train station and Parkway station provide a fluent link to London and cities to the north. Thornhill Park and Ride Coach services offer perfect commuter links to London (Oxford Tube and X90) and Heathrow/Gatwick Airports.
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