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Altitude (feet above sea level)
At Banbury Cross: 331.4 feet
Banbury Cakes These
oval shaped cakes are made of flaky pastry and contain a mixture
of dried fruit and spices containing special currants and have been
famous for hundreds of years. The cakes are still sold  in
the town.
Banbury Town Council Town
Hall, Bridge Street, Banbury
Tel: 01295 250340 Email: info@banbury.gov.uk Web: www.banbury.gov.uk
Banks All the major
banks have branches around the town centre.
Building Societies
Most major building societies have branches around the town centre.
Chamber of Commerce
Colin Sanders Innovation Centre, Mewburn Road, Banbury
Tel: 01295 817642
Cherwell District Council
Bodicote House, Whitepost Road, Bodicote, Banbury
Tel: 01295 252535
Citizens’ Advice Bureau
Cornhill House, 26 Cornhill, Banbury
Tel: 0844 848 7922
Hospitals Horton General
Hospital, Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust Tel: 01295 275500
BMI Foscote Private Hospital, Hightown Road, Banbury Tel: 01295
252281
Hotels
Accommodation Guide available from the Tourist Information Office,
Castle Quay Shopping centre
Tel: 01295 753752 or visit  www.visitnorthoxfordshire.com
Libraries Marlborough
Road, Banbury Tel: 01295 262282
Neithrop, Banbury Tel: 01295 264815
Local Organisations
A list of local organisations is held at Banbury Town Council,
Town Hall, Bridge Street, Banbury
Tel: 01295 250340
Market Days Thursday
and Saturday
1st Friday of each month (Farmers Market)
Member of Parliament Banbury
- MP Mr Tony Baldry
(Agent - Barbara Cordingley) Tel: 01295 673873
Newspapers
Banbury Guardian (weekly on Thursdays), Oxford Mail (evenings)
Banbury Review and Banbury Cake (free newspapers)
Radio Banbury Sound
- 107.6FM
Police Station Warwick Road, Banbury
Tel: 0845 8505 505 (Dial 999 or 112 for all emergencies)
Post Office
High Street, Banbury
Tel: 0845 722 3344
Public Transport
Railway Station, Bridge Street, Banbury
Chiltern Railways Tel: 0845 600 5165
Train time and fares Tel: 08457 48 49 50 or visit  www.nationalrail.co.uk
Bus Station, Bridge Street Banbury
Traveline Tel: 0871 200 22 33 or visit www.traveline.org.uk
Registrar of Births, Deaths &
Marriages Tel: 0845 129 5900
Schools Oxfordshire
County Council Tel: 01865 815449
Social Services Oxfordshire
County Council Tel: 0845 050 7666
Thames Water Emergency
Tel: 0845 920 0800
General Enquiries Tel: 0845 920 0888
Tourist information & Banbury
Museum Castle Quay
Tel: 01295 753752 or visit www.visitnorthoxfordhire.com
Trading Standards Service
Oxfordshire County Council Tel: 0845 051 0845
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