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Altitude (feet above sea level)
At Banbury Cross: 331.4 feet

Ambulance Service
Cope Road, Banbury
Tel: 01865 740100

Banbury Cakes
These are made of flaky pastry 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

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
Mercia House, 51 The Green, South Bar,
Banbury
Tel: 01295 201140

Cherwell District Council
Bodicote House, Whitepost Road, Bodicote
Banbury
Tel: Tel: 01295 252535

Citizens’ Advice Bureau
Cornhill House, 26 Cornhill, Banbury
Tel: 0844 848 7922

Fire Station
Cope Road, Banbury
Tel: 01295 277142
(Dial 999 or 112 for all emergencies)

Hospitals
Horton General Hospital
Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust
Tel: 01295 225500
BMI Foscote Private Hospital, Hightown Road, Banbury
Tel: 01295 252281

Hotels
List available from the Tourist Information Office, Castle Quay Shopping centre
Tel: 01295 672623

Inland Revenue
Crown Buildings, Southam Road, Banbury
Tel: 0845 3021434

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

Magistrates Court
Court House, Warwick Road, Banbury
Tel: 01295 452000

Market Days
Thursday and Saturday
1st Friday of each month (Farmers Market)

Member of Parliament
Banbury - MP Mr Tony Baldry
(Agent - K Thorpe)
T: 01491 612852

Newspapers
Banbury Guardian (weekly on Thursdays), Oxford Mail (evenings)
Banbury Review and Banbury Cake (free newspapers)

Places of Worship
St Mary’s Church of England
Tel: 01295 262370
St John’s Church, Catholic
Tel: 01295 262073
Marlborough Road, Methodist
Tel: 01295 262602
The Peoples Church
Tel: 01295 268351

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

Probation Service
15 Canada Close, Marley Way, Banbury
Tel: 01295 268436

Railway Station
Bridge Street, Banbury
Train time and fares information see under entry ‘Train Information’ in the local telephone directory together with details of the National Rail Enquiry Bureau

Schools
Contact Director for Learning & Culture
Macclesfield House, New Road, Oxford
Tel: 01865 815122

Social Services
Calthorpe House, Calthorpe Street, Banbury
Tel: 01295 252421

Thames Water
Water and Sewage Services
Tel: 0845 920 0800
Accounts
Tel: 0845 920 0888
Leaks
Tel: 0800 714614

Trading Standards Service
County Hall, Oxford
Tel: 0845 051 0845

Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages
Cherwell District Council, Bodicote House, Whitepost Road, Bodicote, Banbury
Tel: 0845 1295900

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