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Market town in Oxfordshire, England
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Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,
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A memorial erected in 1859 at the centre of the town of Banbury, Oxfordshire, to commemorate the marriage of Victoria, Princess Royal (eldest child of Queen Victoria) to Prince Frederick of Prussia.
Apparently the oldest dry dock in Britain.
Tooley's Boatyard does a variety of narrowboat services and also offers boat trips down the canal.
formerly Lakeside Bowling
Has a restaurant and an amusement arcade.
Renovations left the club half its former size. Still relatively busy on weekends.
Often quiet, past its glory days.
Wine bar with friendly staff, relaxed atmosphere, great prices.
AKA
A "trendy" bar, live music on a Friday.
Pub that was an auction house. Apparently the town's third oldest building.
Wetherspoons pub.
This bed and breakfast is a modern three-storey home, boasting character and charm, quietly situated on the Hanwell Fields estate just off the Southam Road. Offering en-suite accommodation in a luxurious and comfortable environment. Hanwell House bed & breakfast is privately-owned and operated with a beautiful landscaped garden, a fishpond and private parking for guests. All rooms have private facilities with tea, coffee and hot chocolate facilities, bottled water, flat screen televisions with Freeview and DVD player, clock radios, hairdryers and quality toiletries. A small library of DVDs is also available for guests.
Has 30 different stalls selling fruit and vegetables, clothing and shoes, tools, greeting cards and garden plants. Available every Thursday and Saturday.
A large shopping centre with most of your big name shops somewhere. Has a large Debenham's and M&S, along with a GAME, Waterstone's, H&M, Accessorize, etc.
A retail park with an Argos, Currys/PC World, Pets at Home, DFS, Costa Coffee and Tesco's.
Newer retail park with a large M&S, a 24-hour McDonald's, Poundland, Primark, Fat Face, New Look, Costa Coffee, Starbucks and other chain stores.
Banbury's largest Tesco branch is part of the Banbury Cross Retail Park. It has a cafe, clothing section and a petrol station nearby.
Large branch with a cafe, petrol station, pharmacy and clothing.
Large branch with a cafe, petrol station and a garden centre.
By bus
Banbury has an inter-urban bus service provided by Stagecoach Group which feeds the outlying villages and provides transport to places such as Oxford, Chipping Norton and Brackley.
By train
Banbury station has rail services run by Chiltern Railways to London Marylebone, Warwick, Kidderminster and Birmingham Moor Street / Snow Hill via the non-electrified Chiltern Main Line.
In addition to longer distance services, Stagecoach also operate local bus services within the town, whose route numbers begin with the letter "B".
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