Oxford is the headquarters of Reeds Solicitors and offers the full range of our services.
The city is home to the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world, and has buildings in every style of English architecture from late Anglo-Saxon.
Oxford was first settled by the Anglo-Saxons and was initially known in Old English as Oxnaford. The name is a portmanteau of “oxen’s ford”, which literally meant oxen’s shallow river crossing. At Oxford, the Thames splits into many channels, offering a relatively shallow and hence crossable location for people, goods and animals. Oxford thus became a heavily trafficked crossing point and the early Anglo-Saxon settlement developed around the location.
It was at Oxford that in 1139 Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote his History of the Kings of Britain, a compilation of Arthurian legends.
The University of Oxford is first mentioned in 12th-century records. Of the hundreds of aularian houses that sprang up across the city, only St Edmund Hall (c. 1225) remains. What put an end to the halls was the emergence of colleges. Oxford’s earliest colleges were University College (1249), Balliol (1263) and Merton (1264).
The University of Oxford maintains the largest university library system in the United Kingdom, and, with over 11 million volumes housed on 120 miles (190 km) of shelving, the Bodleian group is the second-largest library in the United Kingdom, after the British Library.
Oxford is home to many museums, galleries and collections including the Ashmolean Museum, the University Museum of Natural History, the Pitt Rivers Museum, and the History of Science Museum.
Oxford’s industries include motor manufacturing, education, publishing, information technology and science. It is home to the city’s leading football club, Oxford United FC, who are currently in League One.
HOW TO FIND US
BY CAR
From the A40, at Headington Roundabout exit onto London Road (A420) towards Oxford city centre.
Follow this road straight, and continue on when the London Road (A420) becomes Headington Road (A420).
Reeds Solicitors LLP Oxford Office will be on your left side, opposite a blue Georgian B&B called The Coach and Horses. The office building is next door to The Port Mahon pub.
Reeds Solicitors LLP Oxford Office is situated in this front building of Angel Court.
There is no parking available at the office but there is a pay & display carpark a few 100m further down the road towards the city centre called St Clements car park Car Parks in Oxford – St Clement’s car park | Oxford City Council.
BY TRAIN
There are two railway stations serving Oxford; Oxford Train Station and Oxford Parkway.
Oxford Train Station is the closest to Reeds Solicitors LLP Oxford office. Oxford train station is mainly served by GWR, Chiltern Railways and CrossCountry trains. Oxford station is well-connected to London – frequent GWR services cover the route from London Paddington to Oxford every day, while Chiltern Railway services connect London Marylebone to Oxford. CrossCountry trains operate from Bournemouth and Manchester to Oxford.
To find the office from Oxford Train Station, please follow the directions below.
BY FOOT
Upon exiting the station, cross over the bus bays to stand opposite the big Ox statue.
Turn right, and walk to the main road – turn left and continue straight towards town. Where the road splits at the Sainsburys Local cross the road and walk down the road to the right-hand side (Park End Street) – it is now a straight route direct to the office. Follow the road over the river, up the hill past the Castle complex (on your right), past the Westgate Shopping centre and along one of Oxford’s main shopping Streets (Queen Street), continue past Carfax tower onto the High Street.
Follow the High Street straight, eventually crossing the bridge over the River Cherwell.
Follow the left-hand side path at the roundabout, taking the first exit as you do so.
Follow St Clements Street, passing the Angel and Greyhound pub on your left.
On your right-hand side, just after the Port Mahon pub you will see an old building called ‘Angel Court’.
Reeds Solicitors LLP Oxford Office is situated in this front building of Angel Court.
BY BUS
Upon exiting the station you could jump on one of the buses that travel through the city and out past the office – services that run down St Clements Street include the U1, 280, 400, 13 & 5.
