What you need to know

If you are filming on a pavement or near a highway anywhere in the city or county you will need to get permission from Oxfordshire County Council. Information on charges, procedures and a copy of their filming policy are all available on the county council website. Oxfordshire County Council filming guidlines

Steve Phillips, Network Co-ordinator and Filming Liaison Officer (Rest of the County)
stevej.phillips@oxfordshire.gov.uk   Tel: 01865 810421 mobile 07786027244

For filming in the university a good starting point is Charlie Beesley - Filming at Oxford - who has over 20 years' experience of dealing with industry enquiries

Charlie Beesley, Film and Television Coordinator. email: oxford-filming@ox.ac.uk Tel: 01865 289982 mobile 07764 606675

Alternatively you can go directly to the individual colleges who all have nominated film contacts

For all off street  parking in Oxford you need to contact Andrew Bradfield-Barnes, the Parking Manager at Oxford City Council. The Coach and Lorry Park at Oxpens in the centre of town offers excellent facilities for trailers, catering facilities and wardrobe etc with the Multi-storey car park nearby for crew cars

Andrew Bradfield-Barnes Parking Manger (Oxford City Council)  abradfield-barnes@oxford.gov.uk Tel 01865 252489

For all on street  parking enquiries in the city you need to go to the County Parking Enforcement Team in the first instance. Tel: 01865 815071 or email parking@oxfordshire.gov.uk. You will then need to contact NSL who deal with all parking suspensions in the city. NSL HELP LINE 0845 337 1138 select option 6 (suspensions). oxfordpcnenquiry@nslservices.co.uk

If you are filming in provincial towns like Abingdon or Henley it is best to go directly to the relevant District Councils for both on street and off street parking enquiries - see below  'Filming on Council property' for links. It is also important to realise that all ‘no waiting’ yellow lines outside the City of Oxford are the responsibility of Thames Valley Police.

For filming or using property owned by the city, county or district councils eg car parks, parks, public areas, schools, town halls, municipal buildings etc get in touch with the relevant councils.

Oxford City Council. 01865 252407. www.oxford.gov.uk

Cherwell District Council. (Banbury, Bicester) Tel 01295 227001. www.cherwell.gov.uk

West Oxfordshire District Council. (Witney, Chipping Norton, Cotswolds) Tel 01993 861000. www.westoxon.gov.uk

Vale of White Horse District Council.(Abingdon, Faringdon, Wantage) Tel. 01235 520202. www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk

South Oxfordshire District Council. (Thame, Didcot, Henley, Wallingford) Tel 01491 823000. www.southoxon.gov.uk