There is a Bicester Village desk inside London Marylebone station and most people walk past it.
Hosts staff a kiosk in the station from 8.45am to 4.30pm, seven days a week, to help people travelling out. If you have never done the trip, that is where to start rather than the platform board.
The other thing worth knowing before you go: the village is open 9am to 8pm, an eleven hour day, which is longer than any department store in London and long enough that the train home is the thing to plan, not the shopping.
Getting there
Bicester Village, 50 Pingle Drive, Bicester, Oxfordshire OX26 6WD.
Trains run from London Marylebone, and also from Oxford and Birmingham. The village sits beside its own station, so this is not a park-and-ride situation.
Parking is complimentary if you drive, with a reserved parking service if you would rather not look for a space.
Coaches and chauffeur services run too, and there are buses from Oxford and local taxis.
The service that changes the day
Hands-free shopping costs 35 pounds. They collect and carry your purchases as you go, pack them, and have everything waiting at the end of the day.
On a site with 11 hours of opening and a train journey at the end of it, that is the difference between a day out and an endurance event. Whether 35 pounds is worth it depends entirely on how much you plan to buy, which is a question worth answering honestly before you set off rather than at four in the afternoon with both hands full.
Personal shopping is also bookable.
What is actually there
An outlet village of designer and premium brands, which is the whole proposition: last season at a discount, in an open-air street layout rather than a mall.
Worth knowing for anyone making a day of it: Fortnum & Mason has a unit at Bicester, which is the easiest way to eat well there. Our Fortnum’s page covers the Piccadilly original.
The honest assessment
Bicester is roughly an hour from London each way, so a visit costs you the better part of a day plus the fare before you buy anything.
That maths works if you are buying something substantial and badly want it discounted. It works less well as a browse, because the same hour on a train gets you to Oxford, Brighton or Cambridge, none of which require you to want a handbag.
Go with a list, or do not go. Our day trips page covers the alternatives for the same journey time.
How to plan it
First time: find the host kiosk at Marylebone before 4.30pm, any day of the week.
Driving: parking is free, and reserved parking is available if you want certainty.
Buying a lot: the 35 pound hands-free service.
Timing: the village runs 9am to 8pm, so the constraint is the last useful train rather than the closing time.
Shopping in London covers what you can buy without leaving the city, and Selfridges stays open until 10pm on a weekday, which is four hours later than anything in Oxfordshire.
Bicester Village
- Address
- 50 Pingle Drive, Bicester, Oxfordshire OX26 6WD
- Nearest
- Bicester Village, with trains from London Marylebone, Oxford and Birmingham
- Hours
- 9am to 8pm
- Booking
- None to visit. Personal shopping, reserved parking and hands-free shopping are booked
- Price
- Free to enter. Hands-free shopping is 35 pounds. Parking is complimentary
- Standing
- An open-air designer outlet village about an hour from London
How to get in
Hosts staff a Bicester Village kiosk inside London Marylebone station from 8.45am to 4.30pm, seven days a week. Fortnum & Mason has a unit on site.
Where to go next
Day trips from London cover the alternatives for the same journey time, and shopping in London covers what you can buy without leaving town.
Fortnum & Mason has a unit at Bicester and its original on Piccadilly, and Selfridges is open four hours later on a weekday.
Questions we get asked
What time does Bicester Village open?
9am to 8pm, an eleven hour day. The practical limit on a visit from London is usually the last useful train rather than the closing time.
How do you get to Bicester Village from London?
By train from London Marylebone, with the village beside its own station. Hosts staff a Bicester Village kiosk inside Marylebone station from 8.45am to 4.30pm, seven days a week, to help with the journey. Coaches, chauffeur services and local buses from Oxford also run, and parking is complimentary if you drive.
Is parking free at Bicester Village?
Yes, parking is complimentary. A reserved parking service is also available to book if you want a guaranteed space.
What is hands-free shopping at Bicester Village?
A 35 pound service where your purchases are collected and packed as you shop and held for collection at the end of the day, so you are not carrying bags around an eleven hour site.
Is Bicester Village worth the trip from London?
It depends on whether you are buying something specific. The round trip takes the better part of a day plus the fare, which makes sense for a planned purchase at a discount and less sense as a browse, since the same journey time reaches Oxford, Brighton or Cambridge.
Written by Robert J Wills, no. 238 in the guide.
Last checked 5 October 2026 against the venues' own published information. Nobody pays to appear here and we take no bookings.
