Useful Numbers
| City Council | tel 249811 (now 24 hours); | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| County Council | tel 792422; | ||
| County Councillors: Sushila Devi Dhall | tel 553415; | ||
| County Councillors: Alan Armitage | tel 516115 | ||
| City Councillors: Colin Cook | tel 272548 (day) 721844 (evening) | cllrcook@oxford.gov.uk | |
| City Councillor: Susanna Pressel | tel 554001 | cllrspressel@oxford.gov.uk | 7 Rawlinson Rd Oxford OX2 6UE |
| Community Beat Officer PC Jan Warner | tel: 08458 505505 | ||
| refuse, recycling, free collections, bulky items, street cleaning, drains and flooding | 252900 | ||
| free advice on energy and home insulation | tel 252197 | ||
| noise complaints | daytime 252553, out of hours tel: 742138 | ||
| Community Centre | tel: 245761 | ||
| on-street fines | 247090 | ||
| car park fines | tel: 252489 | ||
| furniture recycling | 763698 | ||
| residents parking permits | 0845 634 4466 | ||
| bike theft and abandoned bikes | 0845 8505 505 | ||
| abandoned and unlicensed vehicles | tel 252900 |
About Osney Island
Osney Island is one of Oxford’s best-kept secrets. Located to the west of the city only minutes from the railway station and just off the busy Botley Road, it’s a small ‘village’ of some 300 households surrounded on all sides by the Thames and the Osney Stream.
Walk over the footbridge and drop down to the Island you are immediately in another world with boats, wildlife and the tranquillity of the river. It really is an island in the centre of Oxford.
Shaped like an old-fashioned belt buckle, streets named after the points of the compass provide its frame with Bridge St the prong in the middle. Most of the houses are small terraced homes – but you’d be amazed how inventive people have been in making the most of small spaces.
The population of Osney Island is an eclectic mix of people. Some have been born and bred here, others are commuters, academics, artists. We all enjoy the very special community spirit.