Useful Information

Below are some of the things you might need during your first few days in Aynho; important ‘stuff’ like the local doctor, where’s the ‘tip’ and where to get a ‘take-away’. Also, don’t forget to check out the pages on this web site for St Michael (the church) and village events where you can start to meet your neighbours! If you’d prefer to download this list, click here (PDF format).

And being new to the village, tell us what we’ve missed that would have been useful to know.

Supermarkets

Aynho is well served with several excellent supermarkets all within a few miles of the village, including Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Morrisons in Banbury and Waitrose in Brackley. Click each name to link to the local store’s details.

Convenience Shopping

The closest stores to Aynho are all Co-Operatives, located at Croughton, Kings Sutton and Deddington. each of them open early and close at 9.00pm. Further afield there’s a M&S Simply Food at Bicester (M40) services, which can be accessed without going onto the motorway and basic groceries at the 24-hour Esso petrol station at Baynards Green. Click each link to open a Google map.

Post Office

The two closest Post Offices are located in Kings Sutton and as part of the Co-Op in Deddington. Each Tuesday Easington PO runs a ‘pop-up’ Post Office at Aynho’s Village Hall between 1.30pm and 3.30pm.

Pharmacy

The closest pharmacy is at Deddington. Otherwise it’s Banbury with national brands (e.g. Boots and Lloyds) and independents and Boots, Brackley.

Retail Parks

The closest retail park is Banbury Cross retail park, click here for map. Currently Banbury Cross has Argos, Next Home, PC World & Currys, Pets at Home, several discount stores and a large Tesco supermarket. Close-by are most of the major DIY sheds (Wickes, B&Q and Homebase). If your shopping is more fashion and clothing don’t forget the brands outlet village at Bicester.

Garden Centres

There are two excellent garden centres within a few miles of Aynho; Buckingham Garden Centre (11-miles) and Cotefield Nurseries at Bodicote (5-miles).

Petrol Station

Baynards Green: The closest forecourt is at Baynards Green which is c5-miles from Aynho towards Bicester on the B4100. It’s an ESSO forecourt with basic groceries, alcohol and, usefully, a Costa Coffee franchise. Alternatively, there’s ESSO at Oxford Road, Banbury (c5.5 miles) although this doesn’t stock groceries or alcohol.  (click links to forecourt page).

Sainsburys: The closest supermarket forecourt is at Sainsbury, Banbury circa 6.5 miles on Oxford Road, Banbury.

Take-Aways

If you’re planning an evening at home with a take-away Just Eat suggests there’s four companies that will deliver. Alternatively, there’s Chinese and Indian take-aways in Deddington which you’ll need to collect – or try Lucky House Chinese take-away in Kings Sutton who will deliver to Aynho (01295 810898) usually for free.

Pubs

There’s two pubs in Aynho; Cartwright Hotel (in the village) and Great Western Arms at Aynho Wharf. Both have good beer and wines. The Cartwright has a restaurant and GWA provides gastro-pub food.

Newspapers

Newsagents deliveries are available from Smiths on 01295 268499 or email info@smithsnewsagents.co.uk

Milkman

Milk deliveries are available from ‘Milk and More’ – click here.

Logs and Coal

Contact numbers for local companies providing logs and coal can often be found in the Aynho newsletter and notice board in Deddington’s Post Office (at Co-op).

Broadband

Aynho is lucky to be one of a few villages in the Cotswolds area that has ‘Fibre To The Property’ (FTTP) from Gigaclear. This gives Aynho fabulous connectivity from 50mb up to 1 gigabyte (Yes, that’s right – one gig!) that’s synchronous (same speed up and downloads!). With Gigaclear telephone connectivity can use VOIP. The other provider is BT which requires an installed telephone line and provides average speeds of 5-6mb download.

Bins & Waste

‘Bin’ day for Aynho is Thursday with alternating fortnightly collection of blue (recycled) and green (garden bins and black (landfill) bins collected the following week. Food waste ‘caddies’ are collected every week. If you’ve any questions regarding bins and collections, click here (WNC – West Northants Council). And for a copy of the latest collection calendar (bins by week), click here. Although times differ, collections are usually early morning on Thursday. The general contact number for WNC is 03001267000.

Local ‘Tip’

Inevitably after moving in you’ll have lots of packaging and other ‘stuff’ to dispose which is best taken to the ‘tip’. The closest centre to Aynho is at Ardley – c4-miles away. Open seven days-a-week from 8.00am to 5.00pm (click link above).

Rail Travel

Aynho is fortunate in having several rail stations in close proximity on lines that cover most of the country. For travellers to London and Birmingham both Bicester North or Bicester Village and Banbury are mainline stations with on-site parking and regular timetable (especially am and pm commuter times). To London it’s about one-hour to Marylebone from Bicester North. From Milton Keynes there’s easy access to Birmingham, east Midlands and west coast. If convenience is more important, Kings Sutton’s rail station has regular services, albeit not as frequent as local mainline stations. Click on links for station details. Train times are available at National Rail Enquiries.

Bus Service

Ability Bus, Northants, click here for their website.