Visit Oxford Botanic Garden

Book tickets

Unless you are a pass holder, you will need to book a time slot to visit.

Shop

Home to a range of carefully curated, bespoke, botanically-inspired products.

Directions

Only 20 mins walk from central Oxford. There is no parking on site.

Opening hours

Open every day

10am – 5pm

(last entry 4pm)

Day tickets

Adult: £5.45, or £6.00 with Gift Aid

Children under 16: Free with accompanying paying adult

Pre-booking strongly recommended, especially for weekends.

Registered disabled and carers

Free.

You are no longer required to pre book, excluding events.

Click here to read accessibility information.

Annual Pass

£25.00, or £20.50 for concessions.

Valid for 1 year from date of purchase.

Click here to find out more and buy online.

Friends

Free with valid membership pass.

You are no longer required to pre book, excluding events.

Concessionary day ticket

£4.00, or £4.50 with Gift Aid.

Includes students, senior citizens, University of Oxford Alumni. Proof of status is required.

Pre-booking is strongly recommended, especially for weekends.

Oxford and Oxford Brookes

Staff and students: Free with valid ID.

You are no longer required to pre book, excluding events.

Shop

The Botanic Garden Boutique is open. Our best-sellers are still available for you to click and collect from the Botanic Garden.

Toilets

The toilets, accessible toilets, and changing facilities are open at the Botanic Garden. There are additional cleaning and social distancing measures in place to ensure our staff’s and our visitors’ safety. This is subject to change.

Access

We welcome all visitors, including those with disabilities, their carers, family members and friends to enjoy the Garden.

The Botanic Garden is fully wheelchair accessible. We have a wheelchair available for public use: please note this must be booked in advance at our Ticket Office (telephone 01865 610 300).

Detailed access information is available here. A parking map for people with disabilities can be found here.

Dogs are not permitted at the Botanic Garden, with the exception of registered assistance dogs (these may be required to wear an identification coat or marker on their lead or harness).

Food and Drink

Visitors are very welcome to bring picnics with them; there are plenty of benches. Oxford city centre also has a wide range of cafés and restaurants less than a ten minutes' walk from the Garden.

Jericho Coffee Traders

During the summer months, a pop-up café is available for visitors to purchase hot and cold drinks, as well as a selection of cakes and ice cream. Jericho Coffee Traders serve delicious coffees, teas, cakes and ice cream. Hot drinks include a full range of coffee and teas as well as hot chocolate and chai lattes. Ice creams on offer include strawberry, chocolate, Daim bar crunch, and mango sorbet, and they sell cakes ranging from frangipane, brownie and flapjack. You can find them at the Botanic Garden, near the River Cherwell. Click here to visit their home page.