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1 Nightingale Place, Bicester, Oxfordshire OX26 6XX
johndglynn
last updated on 01-12-2008:
Tesco Bicester is handy for one thing - fuel at 6am when the light starts flashing and you don’t want to spend motorway money filling up. I have stopped here on a few occasions at that time of the morning, and then it’s a breeze. Any other time it is a headache - this is one busy site!
Access is slow thanks to the traffic. Tesco shares its way in with Bicester Village outlet park, so the number of cars coming down this way is phenomenal.
The store itself is laid out quite well, but it’s not exactly easy to pop in, thanks again to the access and the sheer volume of cars that want to get in and out. Better to skip Tescos and just use the Esso(?) station on the roundabout if you are looking for a quick bite alongside your fuel - saving points of a penny a litre is not worth the queuing up during the daytime!
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32 Pingle Drive, Bicester, Oxfordshire OX26 6WD
johndglynn
last updated on 01-12-2008:
Right in the heart of Bicester Village, this is a very busy shop, but charming nonetheless. Whoever thought Starbucks could be charming?! The counter is tiny compared to the other coffee shop on the complex, but then the counter and the coffee are both a little better suited to my tastes.
The sweet stuff is nothing to write home about; you’d be better off going to Carluccio’s if you fancy tea and cake. But, if the weather is good, then it’s worth foregoing cake to sit outside and watch the seriously OTT fashion victims pass anyway. Where better to do that than outside Starbucks, with a decent vanilla latte and a copy of The Times to leaf through in the sunshine. Just do it!
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77 Pingle Drive, Bicester, Oxfordshire OX26 6WN
johndglynn
last updated on 01-12-2008:
I’m no fashionista: flash jeans and silly shoes mean nothing to me. I prefer a decent cut and a bit of nice material - grandad was a tailor you see - so no wonder I like Gieves at Bicester.
Factory outlets are just that: outlets for end of line and range sell offs after the start of the new season. You’re never going to buy the creme de la creme cutting edge at Bicester, unless you come to somewhere that fashions don’t really change. Sure Gieves will change colours and some styles year on year, but the cuts are the same and the fit is reliable.
Suits, trousers, ties, shirts? This is THE place to come within a 30-mile radius. The staff are excellent. The in-house alterations are perfect and only take a few days. The clothes are all top class and the relaxed confidence that comes from wearing decent tailoring, even in jeans, is unbeatable.
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Launton Road, Bicester, Oxfordshire OX26 6DJ
johndglynn
last updated on 01-12-2008:
The Courtyard is a super youth arts facility in Bicester - the sort of thing you really want to see more of as your kids get older. At the back of your mind, there is always a real suspicion that the local council or Government will pull the plug on it given the slightest excuse.
This is an old stables that has been converted into a series of workshops arranged around a central courtyard. I tripped over it while looking for a location for a magazine shoot. It was perfect for our purposes and the pic I have uploaded is from that day, I took it off the bridge overhead the courtyard. I love the simple design at work here.
What impressed me the most about this place was the positivity; you could feel it bursting out of the walls and windows, I loved it. If you are young and arty, and you ever get the chance to spend any time here, then go for it. It is not possible that it wouldn’t be in some small way rewarding, and it may just change your life.
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Pingle Drive, Bicester, Oxfordshire OX26 6WD
johndglynn
last updated on 01-12-2008:
Service here is very impersonal, which is the only real downside, apart from feeling like you are eating in a bit of a barn. We all know that the food is very good - sandwiches are top notch, and the coffee is good if not stunning. You have to go to Spain to get really stunning coffee (why is that!).
If at Bicester, I prefer to take away when eating at Pret. I like the products, but am not convinced by the unfriendly service over all the years I have been going there, or the arctic atmosphere inside the place. If I ever become oblivious to the fact that those feeding me (at a fair whack of a price) don’t care how I feel about the experience, I’ll start sitting down here.
And what Bicester bright spark put a coffee shop next to the toilets?!
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