Dan Q
This review of Gosford Hill originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Shelter, but no seating. No digital display board, and it could really benefit from one. Bus stopping area is a layby in order to reduce impact on traffic. Rubbish bin, but no recycling facilities.
This review of Osborne Close originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Convenient dropping-off point for buses from Oxford. No shelter or seating, but for most people this is a disembarking point anyway. Recycling and waste bins nearby.
This review of Broad Close originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Somewhat awkwardly-placed bus stop: already-narrow footpath on this side of the road ends just a little to the South-West of this bus stop, and there are few convenient crossing points.
This review of Broad Close originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Shelter, but no seating. Digital display board showing next up-to-three buses due, with reasonable accuracy. Recycling bins adjacent, but you’ll need to cross the road for a non-recyclable waste bin.
This review of Osborne Close originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Shelter, but no seating. No digital display board (go around the corner to Yarnton Road if you want to know how soon your bus is coming). Note that coming from Oxford the 2A takes a circuitous route to get to this end of Grovelands: you’re usually faster to catch a 2, 2B or 2C even if you have to wait longer for it.
This review of Oxford University Security Services, OUSS originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Ever wonder what happens to those bikes which get abandoned locked to University bike racks? These guys happen to them. I’m sure they do other useful things, too, but clearing up precious bike storage space is what wins my love.
This review of Sheldonian Theatre originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Check carefully before you travel: the 11 (formerly T1) doesn’t usually turn around on Broad Street at all but instead terminates on St. Aldates! This bus stop is not clearly marked, when it’s in use at all.
This review of Three originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
This review of The Rusty Bicycle originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Visited today for the first time. Discovered when I came to order that special offers (e.g. £5 lunchtime pizzas) on the menu aren’t actually honoured when you come to order unless you agree to install their “app”. Their app is appalling: currently averaging 1.7/5 on the app store, and I can see why!
By the time I’d looked at the app’s privacy policy, I decided it was better to pay full price rather than use it: the app requests permissions to access virtually all of your phone’s data and the privacy policy states that your use of it grants them the right to track your GPS location from then on (seriously!). No thank you!
Cocktails were okay. Food was pretty good, but not quite good enough to take away the sour taste left by the “app” experience. I’d visit again… but only if they moved towards honouring the special offers they advertise… WITHOUT the precondition that you agree to give all of your personal data to them first.
This review of Exeter Gardens originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Moderately well-tended but short walk between Oxford Road and Exeter Park, squeezed between Exeter Hall and The Key doctors practice. Nice decking and benches, but otherwise nothing to recommend it except as a route to the park itself.
This review of Grovelands Play Area originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Small play area with the bare essentials for keeping a small child distracted: swingset, roundabout, small climbing frame with slide. All metal equipment, so gets cold in the winter! Might as well make the extra walk to nearby Exeter Park!
This review of Bowls Club Pavilion originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Just another bowls club; nicely placed with convenient access to the rest of Kidlington. If bowls is your thing, you could do worse.
This review of Exeter Park Play Area originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Since the 2018 renovation of the play area and the surrounding park, this has gone from being a good to a great place to take small children. Play equipment includes a well-equipped sandpit, multiple climbing frames with monkey bars, firemans poles, and slides, “little ones” area with miniscule frames, musical instruments, see-saw, swings of various kinds including a large tyre swing, rope climbing frames, and a “racing” pair of ziplines. Exercise equipment is also available nearby, as are plenty of benches including picnic benches and a reasonable-sized (free) car park.
This review of Exeter Recreational Ground originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Excellent, conveniently central play area for Kidlington. Renovated in 2018 with new play and exercise equipment including trampolines, not one but two ziplines, and a wonderfully imaginatively-imagined sandpit, it’s equipped to keep little ones entertained for hours. There’s also a large field for sports/dog-walking, a community space, and an adequate amount of (free) car parking.
This review of Grovelands Superstore Handy Stores originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
A surprisingly wide selection of goods available at just about any time you might need it, served by friendly staff. Plenty of parking if coming by car, conveniently just off the main road through Grovelands estate.