Parking in Bicester

For more than three hours in the centre of Bicester, use the council's Cattle Market car park, the only long-stay one of its five in the town and the only one with a day rate. For the shops at Bicester Village, park there for free. For a day in Oxford, Kingsmere Park and Ride is free for up to 24 hours, and the S5 bus runs from it.

Council car parks

Cattle Market is the long-stay car park: 270 spaces, pay on exit, with 12 charge points and 8 Blue Badge bays. From 1 July 2026 it costs £1.60 for an hour, £2.80 for two, £3.90 for three, £5 for four and £7.50 for the day up to 6pm, from Monday to Saturday.

The three short-stay car parks have tariffs for up to three hours, at the same prices (£1.60, £2.80, £3.90), and you may not come back within an hour on the same day. Claremont is the big one, with 159 bays, 16 charge points, 12 Blue Badge bays and free parking for motorcycles in a marked area. Chapel Brook has 38 spaces and Victoria Road 28. Market Square, the ultra-short-stay car park, has 30 spaces at £1.60 for 30 minutes or £2.30 for an hour, also with no return within the hour.

On Sundays and bank holidays every council car park charges £1.60 for up to an hour and a flat £2.20 for anything longer. The daytime charges run from 8am to 6pm on all seven days. The council's car park pages still say parking is free after 6pm, but its public notice of 3 September 2026 adds an overnight charge of £1.60 for up to 14 hours, 6pm to 8am, in all five Bicester car parks from 28 September 2026. The same notice makes parking free on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Read the board at the machine before you leave the car for the evening.

Cherwell approved a £5.1 million redesign of the Market Square in September 2025, with work hoped to start in summer 2026. We could not confirm whether it has begun, so do not count on the Market Square car park without checking the council's notices.

Free parking: Bicester Village and the Park and Ride

Bicester Village (OX26 6WD, 50 Pingle Drive) calls its parking ample and free, with spaces near the shops that you can book. At busier times it runs a Park and Ride from three sites signposted from the M40. Its charging points are for a top-up only, and there are none at the Park and Ride sites. The Village is about 10 to 15 minutes on foot from the Market Square, so the town is within reach if you park there to shop. Bicester Village from Banbury covers the drive.

Kingsmere Park and Ride, on Vendee Drive (OX26 1BT) off the A41, is Oxfordshire County Council's. It has 580 bays, 14 of them for disabled drivers, and is open 24 hours. Parking is free for up to 24 hours, with no return within four hours, and a penalty after that. The S5 runs from it to Bicester town and to Oxford, and bus fares are separate. The council says Bicester Village may run a shuttle from it at peak times.

Pioneer Square and the stations

Pioneer Square, the shopping centre off Manorsfield Road, has a 526-space car park on two levels beside Sainsbury's, by the council's count. It is not one of the council's listed car parks, and we found no tariff from its operator, so read the signs on the way in.

Both stations have Chiltern car parks. Bicester North has 498 spaces, open 24 hours, at £9.60 a weekday and £6.20 on Saturdays, Sundays and weekdays after midday. Bicester Village station has 223 spaces at £10.20 a weekday and £7.10 at the same off-peak times. Both charge more than a day in Cattle Market, so they are for rail travellers. Getting to Bicester has the trains.

Blue Badge and charging

Blue Badge holders park free in the council's marked bays, up to the maximum stay. Claremont has 12, Cattle Market 8, Market Square 4, Chapel Brook 2 and Victoria Road 1. At the stations, Blue Badge holders park free in the accessible bays (18 at Bicester North, 17 at Bicester Village), and at both you register your car at the ticket office. Charge points are at Claremont (16) and Cattle Market (12) among the council's car parks; the records do not give the cost of the electricity.