Bicester Blog

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Meet portrait artist Georgina at Bicester Market every Friday

Every week we are going to write about one of the stalls that will be at Bicester Market every Friday.

Visit Bicester Market to purchase amazing olives from Raza Olives

Every week we aim to bring you another reason to visit Bicester primarily through Bicester Market.

We returned to Café 103

We returned to Café 103

We would like to shout out that Café 103 is back up and running again after Christmas. Here is a photo of a fair crowd enjoying a cup of tea and cake at Cafe 103.

More festive fun activities this Christmas in Bicester

The popular Christmas lights trail will be back at Garth House in Garth Park this year. The park will be transformed into a sea of colourful lights bringing out everyone’s Christmas spirit. Here is a photo.

experienced Chef

The Littlebury Hotel are looking for an experienced chef

We noticed a post on the Littlebury Hotel social media so thought we would give them a helping hand. Firstly, the Littlebury Hotel, lets learn a little more about them.

January Events

Events coming up in January 2025 Bicester

If you’re looking for a few things to do this January, then here are three events. First up we have the Bicester Scramble taking place at Bicester Heritage.

 Bicester Art Club exhibition at Bicester Library.

Bicester Art Club Exhibition at Bicester Library

On Saturday we visited the Bicester Art Club exhibition at Bicester Library. We saw lots of beautifully created artworks from landscapes and other varieties of art.

Superstars of Wrestling make a welcome return to Bicester Leisure centre

If you are a keen wrestling fan, then Bicester Leisure Centre is the place to be this Saturday from 7.30pm to 9.30pm ran by Superstars of Wrestling.

More reasons to visit Bicester on a Friday

We have been writing about Bicester Market pretty much every week and why you should visit the market held every Friday from 9am to 4pm.

 Race for Life

Get 50% discount for Race for Life entries before 31st January

We are fans of running here at Beautiful Bicester, so we are going to keep plugging running events in 2025.

We attended the Wednesday Business Club Expo

Last week we joined up with the Wednesday Business Club attending their annual expo.

Cafe 103 the warm space for the cold and winter months

We recently visited Café 103 at Bicester Methodist Church pictured below. We spoke with Cafe 103 manager Cathy Bishop who showed us around and explained what Cafe 103 is all about.

Bicester Concert Band

Stay in touch with Bicester Concert Band in 2025

In 2024 we went along to one of Bicester Concert Bands performances at St Edburg’s Church. Here are a few photos.

What we’ve been up to so far!

We have been really busy covering events in Bicester for the past 3 months since pushing our Facebook page.

Another coffee morning has launched at Littlebury Hotel

We have been informed that Oxfordshire Age UK have launched a coffee morning.

A quick reminder of two community projects that help people in the local area

When we first started our Beautiful Bicester Facebook page, we were kindly welcomed in to cover two community groups.

Go to the awesome repair café on Sheep Street at Bicester Green

A few weeks back we went to Bicester Green on Sheep Street to check out the repair café.

Bicester Christmas light switch 2024 at Market Square

Christmas is fast approaching. We are getting excited to see the Christmas lights being switched on in Bicester at Market Square on Saturday the 30th of November.

Photos of Bicester before and after: The Causeway and Church Street

We have been writing about all kinds of events happening in Bicester this last month. From the Christmas lights switch on, parkrun, Cafe 103 and all kinds of community groups. We thought next up we'll look at few photos from Bicester's past and present starting at the Causeway of the town and up Church Street. 

Join the Knit and Natter group every Monday at Bicester Library

We went along to Knit and Natter today at Bicester Library. This is a community group that takes place every Monday at the library from 2.30pm to 4pm. Here is their poster.