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Conversion: kilometres to miles, kilos to pounds etc
 

Free on-line Directory Enquiries

Includes numbers that are NOT BT numbers.
(Click on 'Advanced Search' to enter initial of person you are searching for)

For Virgin Media customers:

10 directory enquiries per day to 118 180 can now be made free from a Virgin Media home phone and from a mobile phone on the VM network.

Thomson Local.com  find local businesses, doctors etc

Yell  - Yellow Pages online for businesses throughout the UK

Warning!   First Class mail cannot be relied on for next day delivery to a UK destination - or even the day after. For guaranteed next-day delivery use Royal Mail's 'Special Delivery Next Day' - prices for this start at £5.90

For letters weighing up to 100 g (Standard & Large format) Since 30 April 2012: 1st-class for Standard letter format   60p 2nd-class for Standard letter format  50p 1st-class for Large letter format   90p 2nd-class for Large letter format  69p Click here for other Royal Mail prices from 30 April 2012 Royal Mail postcode finder Also works if you know the post code and want to find the full address - click on the 'Find an address' tab. For all other Royal Mail information click here

Late night opening times & last postal collections

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Post Offices in Oxford including their telephone numbers

OXFORD BROOKES Community Communications Officer

Andrea Siret can be contacted on (01865) 484 451 or
by e-mail at community@brookes.ac.uk 

Travel  including local buses      Maps

Petrol price comparison  Enter town to search for map of relevant area.

News & TV

Cambridge English dictionary
 

Encyclopaedia - Wikipedia

Enter search term in 'Search' box on left-hand side, then click 'Go' to search encylopaedia. (Click on 'Search' button to search internet.)

Local supermarket opening times

Coop (all stores in Oxford area)

Marks & Spencer  (scroll down for list of shops in Oxford area)

Sainsbury's  - enter 'Oxford' in the Search box under 'Find a Sainsbury's Store' and press 'Go'

Tesco's - enter 'Oxford' in the search box and press 'Enter'
 

Waitrose (Headington)

Rats  For help with getting rid of rats phone the Environmental Health Department at Oxford City Council on (01865) 252 887
 

Rats carry many forms of disease including Salmonella and Weil’s Disease through their droppings and urine - click here

If they get into your house they can gnaw through cables, waterpipes and woodwork.

Rats can be a big problem, if not dealt with promptly - see BBC News article 11 July 2011

For information on how to make your compost heap rat-proof, click here