Living in Woodcote
Bins, buses, the library and other everyday information for the village.
Bins
South Oxfordshire District CouncilFood waste is collected every week. Recycling (green bin) and rubbish (grey bin) are collected on alternate weeks, and garden waste (brown bin) with recycling if you subscribe. Small electrical items can go out with rubbish, and textiles and batteries with recycling. Put bins out by 6am.
Buses
Timetable · live where available- Loading times…
X40 Oxford · Reading · Wallingford
Thames Travel
- Mon–Fri
- Every 20 min · first 04:57, last 00:22 from Woodcote
- Sat
- Every 30 min · first 05:42, last 00:22 from Woodcote
- Sun
- Every 30 min · first 05:38, last 23:37 from Woodcote
NX40 Oxford
Thames Travel – Late-night journeys on the X40 route
- Mon–Thu
- 1 journey · 00:27 from Woodcote
- Fri, Sat
- 6 journeys · first 00:27, last 03:27 from Woodcote
145C Henley-on-Thames
Whites Coaches – School service – check with Whites Coaches
- Mon–Fri
- 1 journey · 07:15 from Woodcote
626 Chalgrove · Henley-on-Thames
Thames Travel – Henley College service, college days
- Mon–Fri
- 2 journeys · first 07:53, last 16:57 from Woodcote
113 Reading · Watlington
Carousel Buses
- Mon, Wed, Fri
- 2 journeys · first 10:24, last 14:00 from Woodcote
93 Reading
Reading Buses – School-day journeys
- Mon–Fri
- 2 journeys · first 08:18, last 15:07 from Woodcote
DS1 Compton (Downs School) · Wallingford
Thames Travel – Downs School service, school days
- Mon–Fri
- 2 journeys · first 07:44, last 16:07 from Woodcote
Times are from the operators' published timetables via the Bus Open Data Service and may not reflect delays or diversions.
Power cuts
SSEN · within 6 kmNo power cuts reported nearby
SSEN, which runs the local electricity network, isn't reporting any faults or planned work within 6 km of Woodcote.
Checked with SSEN when you open this page.
Power off? Call 105 (free) or check SSEN PowerTrack for the latest. If you rely on electricity for medical equipment, you can join SSEN's free Priority Services Register.
Roads
Oxfordshire County CouncilNo closures announced for the villages
The county council hasn't published any news or planned maintenance naming Woodcote, Checkendon, Crays Pond, Ipsden, Goring Heath or the A4074 in the last two months. Utility works and short closures may not show here – check the live map before you travel.
For every current and planned roadwork, closure and diversion – including utility works – see the one.network live map for Oxfordshire. Report a pothole or road problem on FixMyStreet Oxfordshire.
Doctors
Goring & Woodcote Medical PracticeWoodcote Surgery
One of the two surgeries of Goring & Woodcote Medical Practice (the other is on Red Cross Road, Goring). An NHS training practice with its own dispensary, which can supply medicines to patients who live more than a mile from a pharmacy. Currently accepting new patients.
- Where
- Wayside Green, Woodcote RG8 0QL
- Phone
- 01491 872372
- Hours
- Mon–Fri 8am–6.30pm
Sat, Sun closed - Online
- Repeat prescriptions, appointments and your record through the NHS App
- Register
- Register online with the NHS – no proof of address or ID needed
- Access
- Step-free and wheelchair access, disabled parking and toilet, hearing loop, car and cycle parking
- Inspection
- Rated Good by the CQC in every area (last inspected July 2016; reviewed without re-inspection in July 2023)
How quickly appointments happen
NHS England · September 2026Urgent appointments seen on the day they were booked
Routine appointments within a week of booking
Routine appointments within two weeks of booking
All appointments on the day they were booked
From NHS England's Appointments in General Practice data for the whole practice (Goring and Woodcote surgeries): 6,608 appointments in September 2026. "Urgent" and "routine" are how the practice categorised each appointment. Times count from when an appointment was booked, not how long it took to get through, and some longer waits are follow-ups booked ahead on purpose. Updated monthly.
What patients say
GP Patient Survey 2026Rated their overall experience of the practice as good
Found it easy to contact the practice by phone
Found it easy to contact the practice online
Knew what would happen next after contacting the practice
The GP Patient Survey is run every year by Ipsos for NHS England. 117 of 319 patients at this practice replied in 2026, so results are estimates and can move a few points either way. Dark bar: this practice. Light bar: England.
When the surgery is closed, call 111 or use NHS 111 online. In an emergency, call 999.
Library
Oxfordshire County CouncilWoodcote Library, Reading Road, Woodcote RG8 0QY. Mon, Tue 2pm–5.30pm; Thu–Sat 9.30am–1pm; Wed, Sun closed. Now: Check
Post Office
Mobile serviceThe village post office closed in 2017. A mobile Post Office van parks in the layby on Whitehouse Road, beside Chana Stores: Mon 8am–10am; Tue 11am–1pm; Thu 11.45am–12.45pm; Wed, Fri–Sun closed. Now: Check
Emergencies and useful numbers
NationalEmergency services
Police, fire, ambulance or coastguard.
NHS 111
Urgent medical help that isn't an emergency.
Police non-emergency
Thames Valley Police.
Power cut
Any network operator.
Floodline
Environment Agency flood warnings.