The shoppers guide to Oxford
- Department Stores/Housewares
- Boswells (Broad Street) Oxford's original 'everything but the kitchen sink' store: bedding, towels, desk lights, pot and pans, suitcases...
Debenhams (George Street) Men's and Women's clothing, sheets, pillows, duvet covers (a bit pricier)
Argos (New Inn Hall Street) A catalogue store, where you can buy pretty much anything
Robert Dyas (Shoe Street) Affordable household supplies: irons, kettles, toasters, cooking gear
- Pharmacies
- Boots (Cornmarket)
SuperDrug (Market Street)
- Markets
- Sainsbury's (Westgate Center and Magdalen Street branches) open till 11pm.
Marks and Spencer Food (Queen Street and Summertown branches).
Tesco (Cowley Road) open till midnight Monday-Friday.
Co-op (Summertown and Iffley Road just past Exeter House).
Covered Market (a hop, skip, and jump from our lovely college!)
Outdoor farmers' market every Wednesday in Gloucester Green 10am-3pm.
Holland and Barretts natural food store (Golden Cross entrance to Covered Market).
- Office Supplies
- WH Smith (Cornmarket)
Ryman's (High Street)
Office Superstore (Park End Street)
Honest Stationery (Cowley Road near Tesco)
Benny's (St Aldates) Discount international phone cards.
- Mobile Phone Dealers (all on Cornmarket)
- Vodaphone, Carphone Warehouse, Orange, Nokia, Phones 4 U
- Computer / Camera Stores
- Dixon's (Clarendon Centre) all things technological
Jessops (High Street and George Street branches) camera shop/digital picture developing
Snappy Snaps (Cornmarket) passport photos
PC World (Botley Road) all things computer-related
Curry's (Botley Road) the world of household appliances (Botley Road)
- Bookstores
- Blackwells (Broad Street) The best bookstore in Britain for the last three years running. You haven't fully experienced Oxford until you visit the Norrington Room.
Waterstones (corner of Broad and Cornmarket)
Borders (Magdalen Street) One of the only places in Oxford that's open late (till 11 on Saturday). (The other is G and D's ice cream shop, with locations on Little Clarendon Street and St. Aldate's).
- Gyms
- Bourton Mill Health and Fitness (High Street) Formerly Peak Fitness, this popular gym offers good student deals at the start of term.
L.A. Fitness A bit more expensive but has swimming facilities.
- Charity Shops
- There are quite a few charity shops in town, but the two most well known are Oxfam (Broad Street) and Cancer Research (High Street).
- Post Office
- On St Aldate's across from Christ Church.
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