| Bicester Village Shopping Complex | |
| Address: | 50 Pingle Drive, Bicester England |
Bicester Village is a designer outlet shopping centre on the outskirts of Bicester, a town in Oxfordshire, England. It is owned by Value Retail plc.[1] The centre opened in 1995.
The centre is the second most visited location in the United Kingdom by Chinese tourists, after Buckingham Palace.[2]
On 17 April 2015 Cherwell District Council approved plans to demolish the nearby Tesco store and to construct a further 28 retail units and an extra 519 parking spaces. A new Park & Ride and major road improvements, funded by the centre's owners, were also announced.[3] It was hoped that this expansion would create around 3,500 new jobs in Bicester Village.[4] The new stores opened on 19 October 2017. [5]
The centre is served by Bicester Village railway station (formerly known as Bicester Town), which has a regular direct connection to London Marylebone and, provided by Chiltern Railways. The station is scheduled to be connected to and by 2025, using a new railway line currently (2022) under construction.[6]
The centre is also served by the X5 express coach service between Oxford and Cambridge via Milton Keynes and Bedford. It is also served by the BV1 local bus service that takes a circular route calling at Bicester Village station, Bicester bus station (for central Bicester) and Bicester North railway station as well as this shopping centre.