Last updated on 3 August, 2020 9:25 PM
Please email any changes or additional information you notice: it is difficult keeping up!
Note that Coronavirus testing is no longer available at the Thornhill Park & Ride
Changes since 4 July 2020
FACE COVERINGS HAVE BEEN COMPULSORY IN SHOPS IN ENGLAND FROM FRIDAY 24 JULY 2020
Beware of revised opening hours of supermarkets (see under Food Shops below). The Black Boy has also revised its opening hours (details here).
The following were allowed to open from 4 July
- Restaurants, Pubs, and Hotels
- Libraries (Headington Library in Bury Knowle Park opened on 27 July)
- Community centres
- Places of worship
- Outdoor playgrounds
- Social clubs
- Hairdressers
The following were allowed to open from 13 July:
- Beauty salons, nail bars, massage parlours, tattoo parlours
The following were allowed to open from 25 July:
- Indoor gyms, swimming pools, and sports facilities.
Anytime Fitness gym opened on Monday 27 July
Rubbish collection and waste/recycling centres
Collection of brown garden waste bins has resumed (but brown bins now go out with rubbish (green-coloured) bins
Waste/recycling centres reopened on Monday 18 May 2020 with reduced hours,
but only for waste that cannot be stored safely at home:
details
Bulky waste collection resumed on Tuesday 26 May 2020
For numerous kind offers from all over the Headington area,
it is well worth joining NextDoor
Consider joining Facebook, as local businesses
that are unable to get their websites
updated (or don't have them) are putting plenty of useful information there
Beware of scammers who offer to do your shopping: see this Thames Valley Police Alert
Headington shops and businesses
This information may not remain correct: changes are still taking place
Food shops
Some of the supermarkets in central Headington have different hours:
- Co-op: Open as usual. Special hour for elderly 9.30–10.30, Mon–Fri
- Iceland has reduced its Monday to Saturday opening hours to 9am–6pm, while Sundays remains 10am–2pm. Note that the first hour each day is dedicated to older/vulnerable people, and the last to NHS workers
- Waitrose has reduced its hours to 8am to 7pm, Mon–Sat (10am to 4pm as before on Sunday). It only admits people via the entrance by the door near the car park now, and is only letting a limited number of people in at a time, so there are queues.
From 24 July it has reduced its shopping hours for the elderly and vulnerable to Monday, Wednesday and Friday only (8am to 9am)
Blanchford's
Blanchford's is now accepting phone & collect orders for retail as well as trade customers: payment by card only. Closed Saturdays. Up-to-date information on their Facebook page
Headington Heating & Plumbing Supplies, 57 Lime Walk
Reopened on Monday 20 April 2020 and hours now increased to Mon–Fri 8am to 5pm and Saturday 8.30am to 12.30pm
Shops and businesses that will not be reopening
- Oxford Vapours, London Road
- Oxford Wills and Probate, Windmill Road
Headington takeaways (some now preorder and collect; some delivery only)
When restaurants and cafés were forced to close, they were allowed to continue as takeaways (with no need to apply for planning permission for takeaway status if they didn't have it: they only had to tell the city council what they were doing). The following takeaway/delivery options are currently available from Headington businesses.
Please check links to see which days they are open, and the hours
All are in the Headington District Shopping Centre unless otherwise indicated
Open for takeaway:
- Caffè Nero
- Starbucks
- The Oxford Guest House at 228 London Road is now offering takeaways
Order directly:
- ABC Restaurant: Delivery only: see its Facebook page for information. Also via JustEat
- Asian Mama: order here for delivery only
- Black Boy (Old Headington): Takeaways 5–9pm (with pre-orders taken from 3pm). Details on this menu
- Café Bonjour: operating as takeaway only at the shop: some information on their Facebook page
- Coco Noir: Coffee. cakes, & gelato takeaway: see website
- Domino's Pizza: delivery only, order online, no collection
- Jacobs & Field: preorder and collect: details here
- Mojo's: open for takeaways
- Monsoon Oxford (Quarry): Order here
- New Ground Coffee: open weekdays, 8am to 2pm, card payment only. Updates on their Facebook page
- Posh Fish: click & collect best, but possible to order at shop
- Reina Grill: open for takeaway or home delivery: details
Order via Deliveroo:
- Adria Pizza & Pasta (also via JustEat)
- Kazan Japanese restaurant
- Rio's Piri Piri
Order via JustEat:
- Acropolis
- Caprino's Pizza (The Roundway)
- Craft Burger
- Heavenly Desserts
- Il Botanico
- Nawabi India takeaway (Girdlestone Road)
- Tim's Kitchen, (Cinnaminta Road)
Order via Food Hub:
- Shanghai House Chinese takeaway (collection or delivery)
Headington doctors' surgeries
- The Manor Surgery is now offering video consultations. Medical and administrative queries can be sent to them via their online consulting room.
- Hedena Health (Bury Knowle Health Centre, Barton Surgery, Wood Farm Health Centre, and at the JR): information here
Buses
Face coverings are compulsory. Both local bus companies have reduced their services: see the new timetables:
The Oxford Tube service to London resumed on 6 July 2020: new timetable
Help at the Oxford level
- The Oxford Hub aims “to support vulnerable people by co-ordinating community champions to support vulnerable members of society with small acts of kindness as the public health situation develops”: follow @OxfordTogether on Twitter for updates
- On Facebook, there is an Oxford Covid 19 Mutual Aid group
- Bonners in the Covered Market will deliver fruit & veg: details on their website
- OXFORD CITY COUNCIL'S LIST OF SHOPS OFFERING DELIVERY SERVICES
Help from Headington residents' associations, churches, and businesses
- Headington Action: advice on their website
- The Kennett Road dental practice will help out with food shopping, collecting prescriptions, and picking up essentials for those in self-isolation: tel. 01865 761965 Poster
- The Oxford Artisan Distillery in Cheney Lane has waived its delivery charge on gin, and is producing hand sanitiser (with 500 bottles donated to Oxford Social Services for locals at risk)
- Highfield Residents' Association has set up a support group: details here (PDF)
- Holy Trinity Church has set up up a befriending scheme for those who are isolated, and a team of volunteers for those who need essential items delivered to doorsteps: details at www.hthq.uk.
- The Barton Community is offering help via its Facebook page
- St Andrew's Church is recruiting “parish angels”: see its Facebook page
Individual street help
Headington Action has a comprehensive list of street groups in Headington here
Oxford University Hospitals
NHS Foundation Trust
See their notice on Coronavirus on their main page.
Do NOT go to their hospitals.
The coronavirus pod at the John Radcliffe Hospital (right) is just to isolate people who may mistakenly turn up at the hospital with suspected Covid-19
Sign up here for Phase 2 of the trial of the Covid-19 vaccine developed in Headington – all ages this time:
Participate in the Oxford Vaccine Trial
