Templars Square Shopping Centre

Templars Square in Cowley is my local shopping centre and I visit it 2 or 3 times a week. The main shop I use is the Co-​op, but Wilkinsons, W H Smiths, Superdrug (with a pharmacy) and Boots are useful to have too. There’s also, at present, a Woolworths. There are several banks, opticians, and charity shops. It’s all under cover, which makes for a nice shopping experience, and there is a café in the middle where it’s nice to sit with a coffee and watch the world go by. It looks very festive at Christmas, with a carol service in the centre, and occasional events through the year. OK, the Nelson pub on the corner of the centre isn’t the most upmarket of places, but people generally are friendly and the only unsafe thing I’ve experienced there is the cycling on the pavements around it. The retail park across the road with T K Maxx, Matalan, Halfords, B & Q, and Comet, has some good shopping.

Templars Square is quite a nice shopping centre, and never seems to get too busy like some other shopping centres do. Maybe this is because it is quite a large, light indoor shopping mall and the shops are well spaced out.
Wilkinson’s have a big store here, with lots of bargains.
Iceland is reasonable but a bit of a pain to carry heavy shopping through the mall to the car.
The jewellery shop, I think it is called Hinds is very good and quite reasonably priced.
Lots of other smaller shops, and like everywhere else in the UK a fair smattering of charity shops!
It is 2 minutes walk to Matalan, TK Maxx etc across the road.
The parking in the multi storey which backs onto templars square costs about 70p for a couple of hours and always seems to have plenty of spaces.

This is not one of my favourite places in Oxford but if you want to go bargain shopping it’s a good place to start.
Templars Square in Cowley is great for charity shops, cheap frozen food and bargain homewares in Wilkinsons.
The best shop in Templars Square is the Helen & Douglas House charity shop. The staff are friendly and you can get some lovely bargains too. The Christmas cards here are great this year and its nice to be able to support a local charity as their hospice is just down the road.
My biggest gripe about this shopping centre is that I feel particularly unsafe in this area, its quite a rough place and there are some menacing figures hanging around.
The retail part across the road is better and the cark parking is not great in either place. But you wouldn’t want to spend too long here anyway

Definitely the budget shopping centre of Oxford, the Templars Square carries a number of bargain shops. The Wilkinsons is especially useful and there is parking available behind the center at reasonable cost. There is a constant turnover of some of the shops. Of note, the only Woolworths in Oxford is located here.
As mentioned above, the atmosphere is slightly darker than the rest of Oxford and it is situated in the more impoverished part of the city. Nevertheless, if there’s shopping to be done, it’s up to the job! Of note, there is a retail park across the road with a B&Q, Halfords and TK Maxx as well as a furniture store.

This place is depressing.

This shopping centre is full of cheap shops and quite roomy and it comfortable to walk around inside. The fact that it is indoors (aside from a few outdoor shops) makes it convenient in winter. Many national chain stores are here, but many of these are low-​end stores of retail brands normally associated with low-​budget shoppers. Parking costs, but is inexpensive and plentiful in the multi-​story car park — but be sure to lock your car and keep valuables out of the way. There are foodstores and snack shops here, too. It loses a star in this review because the atmosphere is slightly depressing and has the feel of a somewhat impoverished area. Additionally, there is no toilet in the baby changing room and you need to get a key for that room from the centre office which is inconvenient.
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