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General
Information about Thame's
Services and Facilities
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Car
Parks
| Chemists | Cinemas
| Citizens Advice | Dentists
| Doctors | Library
| Markets | Newspapers
| Police | Post Offices
| Public Transport | Recreation
| Swimming Pools | Taxi
Hire | Theatres | Toilets
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Activities for young people
Shopping
RECYCLING facilities
in and around Thame
Recycling your Christmas
tree: LINK
HERE
Audio and books Audio bank at Waitrose
car park entrance
Brita water filters Cargo Homeshop, Robert Dyas
Household batteries Thame Town Hall, Robert Dyas, Co-op,
Sainsbury, Boots
Electrical items, Cattlemarket, Thame
Light bulbs, Robert Dyas
Mobile phones & Printer cartridges Glynswood, mobile
phones Helen Douglas House
Mixed recycling, Cattle Market, Thame
Old medicine Chemists (Boots)
Old glasses Opticians
Shoes Cattlemarket; Shoecare, Topsport
Stamps and coins Oxfam
Textiles Cattlemarket, Waitrose car park entrance
Videos Helen House Charity Shop
Green waste SODC Brown bin scheme, see:
http://www.southoxon.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/environment/recycling--rubbish-and-waste/garden-waste-and-composting/
Bledlow Ridge Recycling Centre, see
www.buckscc.gov.uk
Electrical and electronic items: ditto
Old bicycles: Oxford Cycle Workshop
at 01865204799 or see www.oxfordcycleworkshop.org.uk
Any good items including furniture etc: www.freecycle.org.uk
CAR PARKS
High Street (outside Town Hall) free parking, 1 hour
limit
Upper High Street Market Place free parking, 3 hour
limit (except Tuesday, Market day, 1 hour)
Road side (Swan Hotel side) Free 2 hours
Southern
Road short stay, pay and display (1st hour free) Short-term
parking on Saturday afternoons FREE
Cattle
Market, North Street long stay and short, pay and display
coach park, for all classes of vehicles (lst hour free)
- short-term parking on Saturday afternoons FREE
CHEMISTS
Boots Health Centre, East Street (01844) 218248
Boots 4-5 High Street (01844) 213882
CINEMAS
Odeon,The Exchange, Aylesbury 08705050007
High Wycombe, UCI, Crest Road (01494) 463333
Oxford ABC Cinemas, George Street (01865) 251998
Oxford ABC Cinemas, Magdalen Street (01865) 251998
Oxford, Phoenix, Walton Street 0871 902 5736
Thame
Cinema Club Thame Cinema 4 All
THAME
CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
Market
House, Upper High Street
- Tel
08444 111 444
Mobile 03 00 33 00650
Website: www.caox.org.uk
Monday,
Tuesday and Friday 09.30am -4 pm
Telephone enquiries: Mondays,Wednesday and Thursdays 1.00
pm - 3.00 pm
DENTISTS
Mr J A Bell, The Hollies, 37 Upper High Street (01844)
212204
Mr & Mrs Dewar, Trafalgar House, 1 Nelson Street (01844)
212320
Liam Fitzgerald, 10A Cornmarket (01844) 260766
Keene and Large, 34 Park Street (01844) 215404
DOCTORS
Drs Chubb, Faller, Harrington, Keeley, Lister, Makris
and Vaughan
www.therycotepractice.co.uk
The Health Centre, East Street (01844) 261066
Drs Logan, Turner, Mitchell, Whittington Scott and Vogelzang
The Health Centre, East Street (01844) 212553
For
more Practitioners in the Thame area click LINK
LIBRARY
Thame Library, 3 North Street, Thame OX9 3BH - Tel:
01844 212288
24-hours renewal hotline: 0845 1202811 - PIN required
Email: thame.library@oxfordshire.gov.uk http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/content/thame-library
for opening hours etc
MARKETS
Farmers Market - 2nd Tuesday of each month
Street Market - Every Tuesday
Cattle - Wednesday and Friday
LOCAL NEWS
Thame
News.Net: www.thamenews.net
(Daily up-dated local news and informtion)
Bucks Free Press, Gomm Road, High Wycombe (01494) 755000
Bucks Herald and Advertiser, Aylesbury (01296) 318300
Oxford Mail, 45 Wykeham Park,Thame (01844) 212911
Thame
Gazette, The Gatehouse, Ground Floor, Gatehouse Road,
Aylesbury, HP19 8DB Editorial and sport: email
thamegazette@jpress.co.uk
POLICE
Greyhound Lane 0845 8505505 (Open during the day until
6pm - telephone outside door for when station closed
POST OFFICES
Martins, 3 High Street, Thame (01844) 215405
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Buses
Arriva Shires & Essex Services 231, 232, 261
and 280(Oxford & Aylesbury via Haddenham
station, www.arrivabus.co.uk
for tickets and timetables 0870 608 2 608
For Princes Risborough & Chinnor see Link
Heyfordian Travel Service 14 to Oxford via
Brill and Beckley www.heyfordian.co.uk
01869 241500
Motts Coaches Yellow Bus www.mottstravel.com
01296 398300
National Express Coaches Nationwide Coach Travel
www.nationalexpress.com
08705 808080
Oxford Tube -Express Coach service between Oxford
and London www.oxfordtube.com
01865 772250
Park and Ride Redbridge, Seacourt and Peartree
(Oxford City Council), Thornhill and Water Eaton (Oxfordshire
County Council) www.parkandride.net
01865 785400
Red
Rose Travel-
Henley/Watlington/Thame/Oxford/Stokenchurch/High Wycombe/Chalgrove/Thame
www.redrosetravel.com
01296 399500
Stagecoach Buses- National coach travel www.stagecoachbus.com
01604 676060
Thames Travel- South Oxfordshire & Reading,
Chalgrove/Watlington/Wheatley & Wallingford/Abingdon/Witney
www.busbook.co.uk
01491 837988
Traveline -Public Transport Information www.travelinesoutheast.org.uk
0871 200 22 33
Trains
Chiltern Railways: www.chilternrailways.co.uk
Haddenham
and Thame Parkway 2 miles away for London
(Marylebone), High
Wycombe, Wembley Stadium and
Birmingham (Snow Hill) via Warwick, Leamington Spa,
Bicester,
National Rail Enquries: www.nationalrail.co.uk
* * The Thame Community Car
A specially adapted vehicle to
transport those who are unable to travel by public transport
to hospital, doctors and other essential medical
appointments. The vehicle is manned by local volunteers
and can accommodate one wheelchair passenger. It has
easy access for up to three other people.
The Community Car is sometimes available for approved
drivers to borrow privately, especially Saturdays and
Sundays. Telephone 01844 281030 for more details. (New
volunteer drivers are always welcome)
TAXIS
AND PRIVATE HIRE
Want
to advertise your taxi company here? Call: 07792487030
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Transport & Travel News
RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
Thame Leisure Centre, Oxford Road, Thame (01844) 215607
Racquets
Fitness Centre
Other Commercial Facilities are Available
Thame
Tennis Club
SWIMMING POOLS
The Jubilee Pool, Thame Leisure Centre, Oxford
Road, Thame (01844) 215607
Bicester and Ploughley Sports Cenlre Queens Avenue,
Bicester (01869) 253914
Didcot, The Wave, Newlands Avenue (01235) 819888
High Wycombe, Wycombe Sports Centre, Marlow Hill (01494)
446324
Oxford, Temple Cowley Pools, Temple Road, Cowley (01865)
716667
Oxford, Ferry Sports Centre, Marston Ferry Road (01865)
510330
CINEMAS
Thame
Cinema Club Thame
Cinema 4 All
Odeon,The Exchange, Aylesbury 08705050007
High Wycombe, UCI, Crest Road (01494) 463333
Oxford ABC Cinemas, George Street (01865) 251998
Oxford ABC Cinemas, Magdalen Street (01865) 251998
Oxford, Phoenix, Walton Street (01865) 512526
THEATRES
The PlayersTheatre,
Nelson Street -http://thameplayers.co.uk/
Call: 07938 857291
JAZZ at Thame Snooker Club, St Andrews Court, Thame;
www.jazzeddie.f2s.com
ACTIVITIES
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Oxfordshire County Council, along with the district
councils, has a web site www.activitiesoxfordshire.info
giving details of many activities available in the county
ranging from sports to arts and volunteering to youth
clubs. The site allows people to use various filters
to find what would suit them and how they can get there
by public transport.
TOILETS
Market House, Upper High Street
Entrance to The Cattle Market, North Street
RADAR keys for disabled toilets are available from the
Town Hall.
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