Travel

Wadham College is located in the centre of Oxford, on Parks Road opposite the Bodleian’s modern Weston Library. The college is within 15 minutes walk of the train station, the central bus station and the main shopping areas.

The Mathematical Institute is also located in central Oxford, within 15 minutes walk of Wadham College and with good access to the museums and central shopping areas.

Oxford is well served by local and national bus and rail links, details of which can all be found on the University of Oxford’s How to get to Oxford web page.

Arrival by rail

Oxford Station is to the west of the city centre at the end of Park End Street. It is about 15 minutes walk from Wadham. A number of buses run regularly between the rail station and the city centre (see How to get to Oxford). There is also a taxi stand at the station.

There are frequent trains to Oxford from London Paddington and London Marylebone.  The journey time for fast trains is about an hour. There are also frequent trains from Birmingham. See National Rail website for details.

Arrival by air

All four major London airports (Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton, & Stansted ) are accessible from Oxford, with Heathrow and Gatwick proving to be the most popular and convenient ones. The journey time from Heathrow is about 90 minutes.  It is somewhat longer for Gatwick, Luton and Stansted. Birmingham International Airport provides an alternative; from there it is possible to travel to Oxford by bus or train.

There are onward public transport links from each airport. The Oxford Airline and National Express coaches run regular bus services between central Oxford each airport. For more information, please see How to get to Oxford.