Bicester Village

Coordinates : 51°53′30″N 1°9′21″W  /  51.89167°N 1.15583°W  / 51.89167; -1.15583
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Bicester Village Shopping Complex
Bicester Village in 2010
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Coordinates 51°53′30″N 1°9′21″W  /  51.89167°N 1.15583°W  / 51.89167; -1.15583
Address 50 Pingle Drive, Bicester OX26 6WD, England
Website www .tbvsc .com /bicester-village /en Edit this at Wikidata

Bicester Village is a designer outlet shopping centre on the outskirts of Bicester , a town in Oxfordshire , England. It is owned by Value Retail plc. [1] The centre opened in 1995.

The centre is the second most visited location in the United Kingdom by Chinese tourists, after Buckingham Palace . [2]

Expansion [ edit ]

On 17 April 2015 Cherwell District Council approved plans to demolish the nearby Tesco store and to construct a further 28 retail units and an extra 519 parking spaces. A new Park & Ride and major road improvements, funded by the centre's owners, were also announced. [3] It was hoped that this expansion would create around 3,500 new jobs in Bicester Village. [4] The new stores opened on 19 October 2017. [5]

Public transport links [ edit ]

The centre is served by Bicester Village railway station (formerly known as Bicester Town), which has a regular direct connection to London Marylebone and Oxford , provided by Chiltern Railways . The station is scheduled to be connected to Milton Keynes Central and Bedford by 2025, using a new railway line currently (2022) under construction. [6]

The centre is also served by the X5 express coach service between Oxford and Cambridge via Milton Keynes and Bedford . It is also served by the BV1 local bus service that takes a circular route calling at Bicester Village station, Bicester bus station (for central Bicester) and Bicester North railway station as well as this shopping centre.

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "160 Designer Fashion Brands ? Bicester Village" . www.tbvsc.com .
  2. ^ "What Chinese tourists really like about Britain" . telegraph.co.uk . 20 October 2015 . Retrieved 9 July 2020 .
  3. ^ "Green light for Bicester Village's revised expansion plans" . Cherwell Valley Council. 17 April 2015 . Retrieved 18 May 2015 . [ permanent dead link ]
  4. ^ "Expansion of Bicester Village and Tesco could create 3500 jobs" . Bicester Advertiser . 9 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Bicester Village unveils new shops as part of expansion" . Oxford Mail . 19 October 2017.
  6. ^ "How we're delivering EWR" . East West Rail Ltd . Retrieved 23 May 2022 . The first EWR trains will start running from 2025 [ permanent dead link ]

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