Life around Summertown

We live two miles north of the Oxford city centre in a community called Summertown. It is actually a nice area with a number of little shops and restaurants. We know pictures are worth a thousand words, so rather than try to describe it all, just see these pictures below:

 

Here's our main bus stop at Squitchey Lane (we love the name!) above and below going each direction.

 

We usually walk the 7-8 minutes to get to Summertown, but take the bus if we're going into the Oxford city centre.

Here's a shot of some of the shops and stores on one side of the main road (Banbury Road) going through Summertown. There's two grocery stores, a few bank branches, two coffee shops - Starbucks and Costa, several second-hand stores, and then a number of other local businesses.

This is Barefoot Books above, which is a great bookstore for kids in Summertown. They have lots of activities and storytime for the little ones. We go with Emily and read books there regularly.

 

 

Here's Amy and Emily in front of Taylor's which has great soups and sandwiches.

We love their soups and curry!

 

Here's a look inside Taylor's. Emily likes to get a ham sandwich and some juice!

 

There's a Boots pharmacy where we can get our toiletries and any medicines we might need.

 

Oxfam is one of several second-hand stores in Summertown where we have found some discounted items to help furnish our home i.e. mugs and cups for tea!

Here's our favorite restaurant - Mamma Mia's - an Italian place off the main road in Summertown. It is always nice and warm inside and the food is delicious!

 

 

Sainsbury's is our main grocery store in Summertown. It carries the basics so you can stop in each day if you want to get what you need for that evening and the next day.

Here's the view from the entrance down the refrigerated aisle.

 

And then here's the view across the back of the store. It has most of the basics, but it might not have many options of any particular item. for instance, I think it carries only two kinds of salad dressing and two kinds of peanut butter. (Larger grocery stores in the city do carry more.)

 

We usually stop in here and limit what we get to what we can carry as we walk home - one or two bags most often.