Bus Services

Didcot   Tescos   Wallingford  Oxford

The main bus services for Blewbury were reassigned to Thames Travel on 12th December 2011. They are routes 94 and 95 which run between Didcot Parkway and Blewbury approximately hourly through much of the day. No buses run on Sundays or Bank Holidays. All buses stop at the Load of Mischief, and on demand elsewhere on their route.
Please inform Thames Travel of any problems, or suggestions, at Thames Travel (Wallingford) Ltd, Wyndham House, Lester Way,Hithercroft Industrial Estate, Wallingford, OXON, OX10 9TD. (01491 837988 web site www.thames-travel.co.uk).
The full timetable for routes 94 and 95 can be found here.

Whites Coaches (01865-340516) run a bus link from the Load of Mischief to Wallingford on Fridays
Tescos is served by a free direct service every Tuesday.

The main connection to other bus and train services is at Didcot Parkway station.

Most services are operated with financial support from Oxfordshire County Council and the Rural Bus Subsidy Grant. If they are not used we will lose them.

To Tescos in Didcot

A free bus leaves the lay-by on the London Road opposite the Barley Mow near the public telephone at 9.38am on Tuesday, calling at the former Blewbury Inn (now King William House, London Road) at 9:40am and arrives at Tesco at 10:10am. The return service leaves Tesco at 12 noon. The service is run by Tappins (01235-819393).

To Wallingford Direct on Fridays
Market Day

To Oxford by Bus

The X32 express service from Didcot to Oxford runs approximately every hour and can take passengers from Didcot Parkway to Castle Street Oxford in under 30 minutes. The route uses the A34. An alternative X2 service goes via Abingdon every half hour and takes about 65 minutes to reach Oxford.

These buses may be particularly attractive to senior citizens with bus passes as after 9:30 it provides them with a free and convenient route to the centre of Oxford. X32 buses leave Didcot Parkway at 06:25 07:20 08:20 09:18 10:10 and then at 10 minutes past the hour until 16:09 17:05 18:05 and 19:05
Unfortunately most of these services leave Didcot just before the Blewbury bus is due to arrive, and so if you use the bus from Blewbury it may be worth catching the half hourly service X2 via Abingdon, or taking a train. Taking an X2 bus does not get you to Oxford earlier than the next X32 but some may prefer sitting in a moving bus rather than waiting for 50 minutes in Didcot.

The X32 return to Didcot also takes under 30 minutes. It leaves from St Aldates stop H5 at 07:05 08:00 08:50 then at 50 minutes past the hour until the last bus at 20:50.
Up to the 15:50 bus this schedule fits well with the Blewbury buses with a wait in Didcot of about 15 minutes. This length of wait means that the journey time from Oxford to Blewbury is about an hour.

Roads

For directions by road see How to Find Blewbury To report Public Highway Defects ring Oxfordshire Highways (0845-310-1111 Answer phone outside office hours)

Train Services

The On-line rail travel planner allows planning of rail journeys and provides live departure boards for many stations including Didcot. The National Rail Enquiry Office (08457 48 49 50) can give train times, prices and train running information.

The nearest Railway Station is Didcot Parkway, about 4 miles from Blewbury. Taxis are usually available on the Taxi Rank outside the station. Buses run about hourly during the day.

Didcot Parkway is on the main line between London Paddington, Bristol and South Wales, and is served by fast trains about every hour. The journey time about 40 minutes from Paddington. Didcot Parkway is a junction with the line to Oxford and Birmingham.

Travellers from the South typically change at Reading.

Travellers from the North may need to change at Oxford.

Village Transport Representative

See the Parish Council information.