Betfred Opening Times Oxford
Opening times for all seven Betfred betting shops in Oxford: Cornmarket Street in the city centre, Cowley Road, Templars Square and Courtland Road to the east and south-east, and London Road, Cinnaminta Road and Cherwell Drive in Headington and Marston. Every shop shows whether it is open right now and how long you have before it closes today.
Checking times…
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Time now in Oxford
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Betfred Oxford opening times at a glance
- Betfred shops in Oxford
- 7 branches
- Closing at 22:00 every day
- 5 of the 7
- Earliest weekday opening
- 08:00 — Cornmarket, Cowley Rd, Templars Sq
- Latest closing
- 22:00 — 5 shops, every day
- Christmas Day
- Every shop closed — required by law
Oxford’s seven Betfred shops split cleanly in two. Five — Cornmarket Street, Cowley Road, Templars Square, London Road and Courtland Road — trade until 22:00 every day of the week, Sunday included. The other two, Cinnaminta Road in Headington and Cherwell Drive in Marston, keep identical hours every day, 09:00 to 20:30. Full published weekly times are available for all seven. Some directories list only six Oxford Betfreds, because they file Cinnaminta Road under a misspelled town called “Headlington”.
The 2 Betfred shops in Oxford city centre
The city-centre branch at 3 Cornmarket Street, a few doors from Carfax.
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Betfred, Cornmarket Street (city centre)3 Cornmarket Street, Oxford OX1 3EX
Cornmarket Street runs 08:00 to 22:00 Monday to Saturday and 09:00 to 22:00 on a Sunday. The city centre has plenty of competition within a few minutes’ walk: a Ladbrokes at 107 St Aldate’s and another on Gloucester Street, and a William Hill and a Paddy Power side by side on New Inn Hall Street, all open until 22:00. Distances are straight-line estimates from Carfax. Street View opens at the shop’s position, so you may need to turn the view to face the shopfront.
Oxford Betfred opening times compared
The full weekly pattern for all seven branches in one table, nearest the city centre first. Today’s column is highlighted.
Every Oxford branch keeps the same hours Monday to Saturday, and the only thing that changes on a Sunday is the opening time. Cornmarket Street, Cowley Road and Templars Square open at 08:00; London Road and Courtland Road at 08:30; Cinnaminta Road and Cherwell Drive at 09:00. The closing time splits the city: 22:00 at five shops, 20:30 at two, every day.
| Shop | Mon – Fri | Saturday | Sunday | Find the shop |
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| Cornmarket Street (city centre)3 Cornmarket Street, OX1 3EX | 08:00–22:00 | 08:00–22:00 | 09:00–22:00 | |
| Cowley Road121–123 Cowley Road, OX4 1HU | 08:00–22:00 | 08:00–22:00 | 09:00–22:00 | |
| Marston (Cherwell Drive)4 Cherwell Drive, OX3 0LY | 09:00–20:30 | 09:00–20:30 | 09:00–20:30 | |
| Rose Hill (Courtland Road)Ground Floor, 4 Courtland Road, OX4 4JA | 08:30–22:00 | 08:30–22:00 | 09:00–22:00 | |
| Headington (London Road)126 London Road, OX3 9ED | 08:30–22:00 | 08:30–22:00 | 09:00–22:00 | |
| Templars Square (Cowley)2 Barns Road, Templars Square, OX4 3UZ | 08:00–22:00 | 08:00–22:00 | 09:00–22:00 | |
| Headington (Cinnaminta Road)1 Cinnaminta Road, OX3 7JB | 09:00–20:30 | 09:00–20:30 | 09:00–20:30 |
Earliest and latest Betfred shops in Oxford
Full weekly times are published for all seven branches, so this section covers every shop on the page.
Open earliest
Cornmarket Street, Cowley Road and Templars Square open at 08:00 Monday to Saturday, London Road and Courtland Road at 08:30, and Cinnaminta Road and Cherwell Drive at 09:00. On a Sunday every branch opens at 09:00.
Open latest
Five branches close at 22:00 every day: Cornmarket Street, Cowley Road, Templars Square, London Road and Courtland Road. Cinnaminta Road and Cherwell Drive close at 20:30 every day. In Headington, London Road stays open an hour and a half later than Cinnaminta Road, less than a mile away.
The steadiest shops in Oxford: 1 Cinnaminta Road and 4 Cherwell Drive keep exactly the same hours every day of the week, 09:00 to 20:30, Sunday included.
Betfred Oxford Sunday opening times
Sunday in Oxford is long: five of the seven shops are open until 22:00.
| Shop | Opens | Closes | Find the shop |
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| Cornmarket Street (city centre)3 Cornmarket Street, OX1 3EX | 09:00 | 22:00 | |
| Cowley Road121–123 Cowley Road, OX4 1HU | 09:00 | 22:00 | |
| Rose Hill (Courtland Road)Ground Floor, 4 Courtland Road, OX4 4JA | 09:00 | 22:00 | |
| Headington (London Road)126 London Road, OX3 9ED | 09:00 | 22:00 | |
| Templars Square (Cowley)2 Barns Road, Templars Square, OX4 3UZ | 09:00 | 22:00 | |
| Marston (Cherwell Drive)4 Cherwell Drive, OX3 0LY | 09:00 | 20:30 | |
| Headington (Cinnaminta Road)1 Cinnaminta Road, OX3 7JB | 09:00 | 20:30 |
Every Oxford branch opens at 09:00 on a Sunday. Five close at 22:00 — the same as the rest of the week — and Cinnaminta Road and Cherwell Drive close at 20:30. For a Sunday evening kick-off, Cornmarket Street in the centre or Cowley Road are the obvious choices.
Betfred Oxford bank holiday opening times
Betting shops in England can trade on every bank holiday bar one. Premises licences issued under the Gambling Act 2005 carry a condition that gambling facilities cannot be provided on Christmas Day, so all seven Oxford branches close on 25 December by law rather than by choice.
On the other bank holidays, Oxford branches usually run either their normal times for that day of the week or a slightly shorter day. Betfred has in past years announced a chain-wide 20:00 close on bank holiday Mondays, which would take two hours off the five 22:00 shops and half an hour off Cinnaminta Road and Cherwell Drive. Dates in the tables below update automatically.
Easter opening times
Betting shops have been allowed to open on Good Friday since the Gambling Act 2005 came into force, and there is no Easter Sunday restriction in Great Britain. Across the Easter weekend, expect each Oxford branch to follow its usual pattern for that day.
| Day | Falls on | Next date | What to expect |
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| Good Friday | Friday before Easter Sunday | — | Normal weekday times |
| Easter Saturday | Saturday before Easter Sunday | — | Normal Saturday times |
| Easter Sunday | First Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March | — | Normal Sunday times |
| Easter Monday | Day after Easter Sunday | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
May and August bank holidays
The early May, spring and summer bank holidays all fall on a Monday. Check the window card or the Betfred shop finder the week before; a 20:00 bank holiday close would take up to two hours off the Oxford branches.
| Bank holiday | Falls on | Next date | What to expect |
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| Early May bank holiday | First Monday in May | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
| Spring bank holiday | Last Monday in May | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
| Summer bank holiday | Last Monday in August | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
Christmas and New Year opening times
The festive fortnight is the only stretch of the year when Oxford times move far from the weekly pattern. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve normally finish early, Boxing Day — the biggest racing day of the winter — runs close to normal, and New Year’s Day starts later.
| Day | Date | Next date | Usual pattern in Oxford |
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| Christmas Eve | 24 December | — | Normal opening, early close around 18:00 |
| Christmas Day | 25 December | — | Closed all day, every shop |
| Boxing Day | 26 December | — | Normal opening, close around 20:00 |
| Substitute bank holiday | When 25 or 26 December falls on a weekend | — | Normal times for that day |
| New Year’s Eve | 31 December | — | Normal opening, early close around 18:00 |
| New Year’s Day | 1 January | — | Later start around 10:00, close around 20:00 |
Each Oxford branch sets its own festive times and usually posts them in the window from mid-December. The live countdowns on this page follow the standard weekly times and the Christmas Day closure only, so check the window card before travelling on 24, 26 or 31 December or 1 January.
How the live opening times work
Everything live on this page reads the clock in Oxford (UK time), not the clock on your device, and compares it against each shop’s published times. That keeps the status right even if you are checking from abroad.
The panel at the top
The top panel covers the city-centre branch at 3 Cornmarket Street. It tells you whether it is open right now and how long until it closes. The other six branches have their own live rows in the section below.
The shop rows
Open now means the shop is inside its published times and the countdown shows how long is left. Closed shows when it opens next. Counters stop taking cash bets a few minutes before closing so staff can settle slips, so if you are collecting winnings, aim to arrive ten minutes before the time shown.
Map, directions and Street View
Each row has three buttons. Map drops a pin on the shop, Directions plans a route from wherever you are, and Street View shows the street around the shop so you can spot the frontage before you set off. Tap “Use my current location” and the lists re-order themselves so the closest shop is always at the top, and the directions button points to the nearest of all seven Oxford branches.
Betfred across the rest of Oxford
Six more branches serve the rest of the city: Cowley Road, Templars Square and Courtland Road in east and south-east Oxford, and London Road, Cinnaminta Road and Cherwell Drive in Headington and Marston.
Betfred in Cowley and east Oxford 3 shops
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Betfred, Cowley Road121–123 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1HU
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Betfred, Rose Hill (Courtland Road)Ground Floor, 4 Courtland Road, Rose Hill, Oxford OX4 4JA
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Betfred, Templars Square (Cowley)2 Barns Road, Templars Square, Cowley, Oxford OX4 3UZ
Betfred in Headington and Marston 3 shops
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Betfred, Marston (Cherwell Drive)4 Cherwell Drive, Marston, Oxford OX3 0LY
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Betfred, Headington (London Road)126 London Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 9ED
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Betfred, Headington (Cinnaminta Road)1 Cinnaminta Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 7JB
Cowley Road, a mile east of Carfax, is the nearest of these to the centre and trades until 22:00 every day, with a Ladbrokes and a Coral further along the road. Templars Square in Cowley and Courtland Road in Rose Hill are the nearest Betfreds to the Kassam Stadium. In Headington, London Road on the main shopping street keeps 22:00 hours, while Cinnaminta Road, on the Barton side, closes at 20:30. Cherwell Drive in Marston also closes at 20:30.
Betfred near Oxford
Oxford is the county city of Oxfordshire, and the licensing register and directory listings each need a little untangling.
The licensing register records 122–138 London Road in Headington three times, under three postcodes; they are one shop, listed here as 126 London Road. The register also lists 17 Between Towns Road in Cowley, which does not appear in current listings, and 2/4 High Street in Kidlington, five miles north — a separate village licensed by Cherwell District Council, which is also not currently listed. We have counted neither. The nearest Betfred towns beyond Oxford are Banbury and Aylesbury, each about twenty miles away.
All seven branches are licensed by Oxford City Council. If you are heading for Abingdon, Kidlington or Bicester rather than Oxford itself, use the location button above: the directions button always routes to the nearest of the seven Oxford branches.
Other bookmakers in Oxford
Betfred and Ladbrokes are level as Oxford’s biggest bookmakers, with seven shops each.
Ladbrokes has seven shops in Oxford, including 107 St Aldate’s and Gloucester Street in the centre, Cowley Road, Barns Road, London Road in Headington, Blackbird Leys Road and Rose Hill. William Hill has two, on New Inn Hall Street and Barns Road; and Coral, Jennings and Paddy Power one each, on Cowley Road, The Roundway in Headington and New Inn Hall Street.
We are still confirming full weekly times branch by branch for the non-Betfred shops in Oxford, so they are not listed with live status on this page yet. Barns Road in Cowley has the tightest cluster: the Templars Square Betfred, a Ladbrokes and a William Hill all within a couple of minutes’ walk, all trading until 22:00. Every bookmaker in the city is closed on Christmas Day by law.
About Betfred in Oxford
| Trading name | Betfred |
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| Licensee | Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Limited |
| Head office | Birchwood, Warrington |
| Licensing authority | Oxford City Council |
| Branches in Oxford | 7 betting shops |
| In the city centre | 1 of the 7 |
Betfred began in Salford in 1967, when brothers Fred and Peter Done opened their first betting shop, and it runs its estate from Birchwood in Warrington, about 130 miles north-west. Oxford has seven branches, level with Ladbrokes as the largest bookmaker in the city, and five of them trade until 22:00 every day of the week.
For visitors, 3 Cornmarket Street is the one to know: a few doors from Carfax, a short walk from the colleges, the Covered Market and Oxford railway station, and open until 22:00 every day. For an Oxford United match at the Kassam Stadium, Templars Square and Courtland Road are the nearest Betfreds.
Frequently asked questions
- How many Betfred shops are there in Oxford?
- Seven, all licensed by Oxford City Council: 3 Cornmarket Street in the city centre; Cowley Road, Templars Square in Cowley and Courtland Road in Rose Hill to the east and south-east; and London Road and Cinnaminta Road in Headington and Cherwell Drive in Marston to the east and north-east. Some directories show only six, because they file the Cinnaminta Road shop under a misspelled town, “Headlington”.
- What time does Betfred open in Oxford?
- Cornmarket Street, Cowley Road and Templars Square open at 08:00 Monday to Saturday; London Road and Courtland Road at 08:30; Cinnaminta Road and Cherwell Drive at 09:00. Every branch opens at 09:00 on a Sunday.
- What time does Betfred close in Oxford?
- Five of the seven close at 22:00 every day of the week, Sunday included. Cinnaminta Road and Cherwell Drive close at 20:30 every day.
- Which Betfred in Oxford is open latest on a Sunday?
- Five branches trade until 22:00 on a Sunday: Cornmarket Street, Cowley Road, Templars Square, London Road and Courtland Road. Cinnaminta Road and Cherwell Drive close at 20:30.
- Is Betfred open on Christmas Day?
- No. Every betting shop in Great Britain is closed on Christmas Day. It is a condition attached to premises licences under the Gambling Act 2005, not a company decision.
- Are Betfred shops in Oxford open on bank holidays?
- Yes. Good Friday, Easter Monday and the May and August bank holidays are all trading days, usually on normal or slightly shortened hours. Betfred has in past years announced a chain-wide 20:00 close on bank holiday Mondays, which would take up to two hours off the Oxford branches. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve normally close early, and New Year’s Day opens later.
- Which Betfred is nearest to the Kassam Stadium and Oxford station?
- For Oxford United at the Kassam Stadium, Courtland Road in Rose Hill and Templars Square in Cowley are the nearest Betfreds, each about a mile and a half from the ground. For Oxford railway station, Cornmarket Street is about half a mile east, in the heart of the city centre.
- How do I find the nearest Betfred to me in Oxford?
- Tap “Use my current location”. Every list on this page then re-orders nearest-first, and the directions button at the top routes you to the closest of the seven Oxford Betfred shops.