Best Burgers in Oxford: Cowley Road to Jericho

The best burgers in Oxford are found on Cowley Road in East Oxford, in Jericho just north of the centre, in Summertown, and in the city centre around Cornmarket, the High Street and the Westgate. Cowley Road has the widest mix of independent restaurants, while the centre serves students and the steady flow of visitors.

Oxford has a late-night food institution of its own: the vans that park in the centre in the evening and have fed students after nights out for decades, with burgers on the menu next to kebabs. Meat has also been sold at the heart of the city for 250 years. The Covered Market, opened on 1 November 1774 to move butchers’ stalls off the streets, still trades between the High Street and Market Street. Like Cambridge, Oxford is a bike town: 17% of its commuters cycled to work in the 2021 census, second only to Cambridge in England.

Burgers in Oxford: key facts

• Neighbourhoods to explore: Cowley Road, Jericho, Summertown and the centre around Cornmarket, the High and the Westgate.
• Historic market: the Covered Market, open since 1774, with food traders and cafés.
• Late food: vans in the city centre serve burgers into the night.
• Getting around: Park & Ride buses from the edge of the city, or a bike once you are in.
• Pricing: Oxford menus are priced in sterling (GBP).

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