Rent a car in Oxford

One of the most famous university cities all over the world, Oxford is a beautiful and privileged city. Impregnated in history and splashed by its prestigious building, although still maintaining this atmosphere of a juvenile city, especially, thanks to its huge student population. The marvelous and elegant honey-color buildings of the colleges of the University, dispersed all over the city, surrounded by calm patios next to the narrowest and tightest streets, where one can breathe absolute tranquility. Oxford is a wonderful place to enjoy. Even being a juvenile and modern city, it seems that time does not stand still here. That being said, and as well as in Cambridge, in Oxford, you can enjoy so much more than libraries and books.

Anything, absolutely anything, is better than traveling all over the world. And, what if we told you that there is nothing better than travel to the most famous cities from the United Kingdom. Oxford is an incomparable city, and, next to its rival Cambridge, it is the best place to study. In fact, as we have seen, the city is so much more than studying a lot. Therefore, we would like to recommend you to utilize our rental car comparator to get the vehicle that best meets your budget and needs.

CAR RENTAL ROUTE ALL OVER OXFORD

Precisely, thanks to this reserved car, you will have the privilege to enjoy some of the most beautiful places as Carfax Tower, Saint Mary Virgin University, North Gate of Saint Michael, Bodleian Library, Radcliffe Chamber, Sheldonian Theater, Ashmolean Museum, Bicester Village, Crocodiles Zoo, Oxford University, Blenheim Palace, Christ Church, Cotswold Wildlife Park, Oxford Castle, or Cogges Manor Farm. Moreover, you will be able to access some of the best restaurants in the city as Gee’s or Atomic Burger.

DISTANCE TO GET TO OXFORD

As important as knowing what to do in the city is the need of knowing how to get to it. For this reason, in Pepecar, we recommend landing at the airports of Heathrow, Luton, and Birmingham. And, even though you can go to Gatwick or Stansted airports, the three aforementioned airports are the most common options travelers choose to access Oxford. In all of these access points, you will be able to pick up the vehicle you have reserved in pepecar.com in the car hire area.

Heathrow Airport

Probably, it is the most transited access point to get to the historic and incomparable city of Oxford. With your car, take the road M40 and the 77 kilometers you have to cover won’t take you more than 1 hour.

Luton Airport

Another good option is landing at this airport, as it is considered to be one of the best connected places in the country. Drive for 102 kilometers along the road M1, and in approximately 1 hour and 25 minutes, you will have arrived.

Birmingham Airport

Finally, even though it is not so good an option as compared to the other two, from this airport the 104 kilometers separating it to your destination won’t take you more than 1 hour and 10 minutes. It is, really, a good option, always taking into account that bigger airports have more options to rent a car with Pepecar.

WHERE TO GO FROM OXFORD WITH A RENTAL CAR

We would like to make your travel a completely incomparable experience. That is why we recommend visiting two relatively close cities to Oxford. To access Reading and Swindon, our suggestion is to take advantage of the rental car deals we have in our comparator and get the car you have always dreamed of.

READING

Our first destination is a beautiful city from the south of England a little bit unknown in other areas of Europe, though it is a really important place for the economy and culture of the country. Reading is accessible taking the road A4074 in a trip of 42 kilometers and duration of 50 minutes. Once you arrive in Reading, we recommend paying a visit to places as Reading Museum, Ure Greek Archaeology Museum, Caversham Gardens, Reading Prison, Mapledurham House, English Rural Life Museum, and Beale or Basildon Parks.

SWINDON

The other destination to make a short trip is the impressive city of Swindon. To get to it, take the road A420 for about 48 kilometers and approximately 55 minutes. Oasis Center, Link Center, Health Hydro, Lydiard Park, Lydiard House, Swindon Museum and Art Gallery, STEAM Museum, Train Village Museum, Science Museum, Lawns Park or Roves Farm are, only, some of the most interesting locations you can explore and discover in this incredible city.