ShoppingEasy30 minutes to 1.5 hours
The Covered Market
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About
Oxford's Covered Market has traded under one roof off Market Street since the 1770s, and today holds more than fifty independent businesses: butchers and a fishmonger, the Oxford Cheese Company, florists, barbers, bakers, coffee roasters and a run of small food counters covering everything from pizza to Thai and Ethiopian cooking. It is where the city centre actually shops, which makes it the best cheap lunch in central Oxford and the best place to assemble a Port Meadow picnic. Open Monday to Wednesday 8am to 5:30pm, Thursday to Saturday to 10pm with the evening food and drink venues carrying it late, and Sunday 10am to 5pm.
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Highlights
- ✓Trading on this site since the 1770s
- ✓The Oxford Cheese Company and Ben's Cookies' original stall
- ✓Small food counters from pizza to Ethiopian
- ✓Late opening Thursday to Saturday
Tips
- →Go hungry: the food counters beat most sit-down lunches in the centre for value.
- →Thursday to Saturday evenings the market stays open to 10pm with its bars and food venues.
- →Entrances from Market Street, High Street and Cornmarket; easy to miss if you do not know it is there.
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