Enjoy an Oxford city centre circular walk with a transport theme

Start your walk at Oxford railway station, and then turn left alongside the Said Business School into Frideswide Square.

Once known as station junction, the square has had a fascinating history.

It’s now a popular shared space where drivers usually give way to allow pedestrians to cross.

There was a £6.7m revamp in 2015, which radically changed how the square was laid out and improvements in recent years have included the arrival of the Sainsbury’s Local store at the Royal Oxford Hotel, the Platform 5 cafe and wine bar next door, and Makespace community hub.

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The hub occupies the former Oriental Condor Chinese restaurant, which has been empty for about a decade.

The unit is owned by Nuffield College and features a cafe and restaurant, a community lounge, and separate rehearsal, event and studio spaces.

The Community Works is the latest location in the city centre run by local community interest company, Makespace Oxford, which is based in Aristotle Lane.

Among the resident businesses coming into the space are Lula’s Ethiopian & Eritrean Cuisine, who have run a stall at Oxford’s regular food markets.

Once you have visited one of the square’s cafes head towards the city centre via Hythe Bridge Street and George Street.

Then cross into Broad Street, where a giant reindeer and Christmas tree are an indication that next month the street will welcome the Broad Street Christmas Market, running from December 9 to December 19.

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Organiser are promising choirs singing Christmas carols, market traders offering handmade gifts, colourful decorations brightening wooden stalls and the aroma of mulled wine and cinnamon drifting in the air.

Walk past The History of Science Museum on your right and then turn right into Catte Street, where you will see the Bridge of Sighs on your left and the Bodleian Library on your right.

Walk further along Catte Street and you will be able to spot all the bikes parked up against the railings outside the Radcliffe Camera.

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Continue to the end of Catte Street and you will arrive in the High Street, where strict traffic restrictions - a bus gate - ensure the free flow of buses all day long.

While Low Traffic Neighbourhoods are a recent introduction the camera-enforced bus gate has now been operating in High Street since 1999, banning ordinary traffic each day from 7.30am to 6.30pm.

Drivers who flout the ban have to pay a fine. Once you have seen the bus gate, turn right along the High Street towards Carfax, and walk back to station either via Cornmarket and George Street, or via Queen Street and New Road. The walk will take over an hour.