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Bicester Village Opening Hours, Shops List & Late Night Shopping Guide

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By Linda Garrould · Updated June 2026

Bicester Village is the UK’s best-known designer outlet destination, hosting more than 150 luxury and premium brands at up to 60% off recommended retail. The open-air, high-street layout sits in Oxfordshire about 50 minutes by train from London Marylebone, and is the only UK outlet served by its own dedicated railway station. This page covers Bicester Village opening times for every day of the week, the Saturday and Sunday hours, Bicester Village Christmas opening times and the bank holiday schedule, a categorised list of shops in Bicester Village covering all 150+ Bicester Village brands, plus practical advice on getting there and what late-night shopping looks like across the year.

Bicester Village Opening Hours

Bicester Village trades long days all week — until 9.00pm Monday to Saturday, which is genuinely later than most UK high streets manage. The standard hours below apply outside the festive period and bank holidays, with seasonal variations covered further down the page.

Day	Bicester Village hours
Monday	9.00am – 9.00pm
Tuesday	9.00am – 9.00pm
Wednesday	9.00am – 9.00pm
Thursday	9.00am – 9.00pm
Friday	9.00am – 9.00pm
Saturday	9.00am – 9.00pm
Sunday	10.00am – 7.00pm

A handful of premium brands keep different Sunday hours. Burberry, BOSS, Coach, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, Michael Kors, Moncler, Polo Ralph Lauren, Prada and Tod’s open at 12.00pm for shopping (with browsing from 11.30am) and close at 6.00pm. The rest of the village trades to the standard Sunday hours above.

Correct as of June 2026. Hours are set by the operator and do change for seasonal and brand-specific reasons — please check the official Bicester Village opening hours page before you travel.

Saturday hours

Bicester Village opens at 9.00am on Saturdays and trades through to 9.00pm — the same long day as the rest of Monday to Saturday. Saturday is consistently the busiest day for visitors, particularly during sale periods, and the morning push between 10.00am and noon is where parking and the train from Marylebone fill fastest. If you’re driving, arriving for the 9.00am door-open is the calm window; an early-evening arrival after about 5.00pm gives you a quieter few hours before the 9.00pm close. The on-site Farmshop and other cafés open from 9.00am for breakfast, so an early-Saturday breakfast in the village before the shops fill up is a genuine option. The Boxing Day Saturday in 2026 opens earlier still, at 8.00am, and trades to 9.00pm.

Sunday hours

Sunday opening is 10.00am to 7.00pm — a nine-hour trading day, longer than most UK shopping centres manage on a Sunday. The exception is the cluster of premium brands (Burberry, BOSS, Coach, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, Michael Kors, Moncler, Polo Ralph Lauren, Prada and Tod’s) which open later — browsing from 11.30am, full shopping from 12.00pm — and close earlier at 6.00pm. The rest of the village trades the full 10.00am–7.00pm window. Sunday tends to be the second-busiest day after Saturday; the calmer hour is the 10.00am to 11.00am window before the premium boutiques open and crowds peak.

Today and tomorrow

The standard hours above apply on any normal trading day. The exceptions are the December festive period, Christmas Day (closed), Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve, Easter Sunday and Monday, and the spring and summer bank holiday Mondays — see the festive and bank-holiday sections below for those specific dates. If today or tomorrow falls outside any of those listed exceptions, the village trades 9.00am–9.00pm Monday to Saturday or 10.00am–7.00pm Sunday.

Bicester Village Christmas Opening Times: Boxing Day and New Year

The festive schedule mostly keeps the usual 9.00pm close, with the notable changes being the early 8.00am Boxing Day start, the Sunday after Christmas trading from 9.00am rather than the usual 10.00am, and the shorter days on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. The exact dates change year to year, but the published 2026 festive schedule looks like this:

Date	Hours
Thursday 24 December (Christmas Eve)	9.00am – 5.00pm
Friday 25 December (Christmas Day)	Closed
Saturday 26 December (Boxing Day)	8.00am – 9.00pm
Sunday 27 December	9.00am – 7.00pm
Monday 28 December	9.00am – 9.00pm
Tuesday 29 December	9.00am – 9.00pm
Wednesday 30 December	9.00am – 9.00pm
Thursday 31 December (New Year’s Eve)	9.00am – 5.00pm

Boxing Day in particular operates on an early-start, late-close schedule with brand-led promotions opening as the doors do — so for serious bargain-hunters it is worth being on site close to 8.00am.

Correct as of June 2026. Hours are set by the operator and do change for seasonal and brand-specific reasons — please check the official Bicester Village opening hours page before you travel.

Bicester Village Opening Times Bank Holiday and Easter

Bicester Village stays open across all UK bank holidays except Christmas Day, when it closes. The spring and summer bank holiday Mondays keep to the usual 9.00am–9.00pm pattern, as does Easter Monday; Easter Sunday follows the standard 10.00am–7.00pm Sunday hours. The exact bank holiday figures are confirmed each season on the operator’s site about three to four weeks in advance — please check the official opening hours page within that window if you are travelling on a bank holiday.

Easter 2027 hours

Bicester Village is open across the whole Easter weekend, on its usual long-day hours. The table below sets out the expected 2027 Easter pattern; the operator confirms the exact times about three to four weeks ahead, so check the official page before travelling.

Date	Typical hours
Friday 26 March 2027 (Good Friday)	9.00am – 9.00pm
Saturday 27 March 2027	9.00am – 9.00pm
Sunday 28 March 2027 (Easter Sunday)	10.00am – 7.00pm
Monday 29 March 2027 (Easter Monday)	9.00am – 9.00pm

Typical Easter pattern — confirm exact 2027 hours on the official Bicester Village opening hours page nearer the time.

Bicester Village Shops: The Full List of Brands

Bicester Village shops number more than 150 boutiques. A complete list of shops in Bicester Village covers premium and luxury fashion alongside heritage British brands, performance and outdoor labels, jewellery, beauty, homeware and a small but high-quality cluster of cafés and restaurants. The mix is unmistakably premium — there is essentially no value-end retail on site. A categorised guide follows; for the up-to-the-minute boutique-by-boutique status (including which units are temporarily closed for refit) the operator’s directory is the canonical source.

Bicester Village brands by category

The line-up breaks down naturally into four bands:

Designer fashion

Burberry, Prada, Gucci, Saint Laurent, Loewe, Celine, Fendi, Versace, Valentino Garavani, Dolce & Gabbana, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood, Stella McCartney, Bottega Veneta, Moncler, Loro Piana, Brunello Cucinelli, Max Mara, Givenchy, Miu Miu, Chloé and Polo Ralph Lauren. This is where the deepest discounts most often surface, particularly on previous-season pieces.

Premium high street and contemporary

BOSS, Coach, Michael Kors, Reiss, AllSaints, Diesel, Levi’s, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Sandro, Maje, ba&sh, GANNI, Paul Smith, Kurt Geiger, Lacoste and Mulberry. A natural shopping band for most family visitors.

Sportswear, outdoor and shoes

Under Armour, The North Face, On, New Balance, Arc’teryx, Canada Goose, Belstaff, Barbour, Timberland, UGG, Birkenstock, Golden Goose, lululemon and Sweaty Betty, plus designer footwear from Jimmy Choo, Christian Louboutin, Manolo Blahnik and Tod’s.

Beauty, homeware and lifestyle

Charlotte Tilbury, Jo Malone London, L’Occitane, Molton Brown, Aesop, Penhaligon’s, The Cosmetics Company Store, Le Creuset, Villeroy & Boch, ZWILLING, Emma Bridgewater, The White Company, Pandora, Swarovski, Lindt and Fortnum & Mason.

The full and current shop directory — including which brands are temporarily closed for refit — is maintained on the operator’s site. The Plan your visit page is the canonical source for the up-to-date list of shops in Bicester Village.

List of Shops in Bicester Village: A–Z

For shoppers who want the brands at a glance, here is an A–Z of the boutiques currently trading at Bicester Village (more than 150 in all). The full, up-to-the-minute store list — including new arrivals and any boutiques temporarily closed for refit — is maintained on the operator’s directory, but this covers the brands most visitors come for:

Acne Studios
Acqua di Parma
Aesop
AllSaints
Ami Paris
Annoushka
Aquazzura
Arc’teryx
Armani
Astrid & Miyu
Axel Arigato
ba&sh
Balenciaga
Balmain
Bamford
Bang & Olufsen
Barbour
Belstaff
Benefit Cosmetics
Birkenstock
Bonpoint
BOSS
Bottega Veneta
Breitling
Bremont
Brioni
Brunello Cucinelli
Burberry
Byredo
Calvin Klein
Canada Goose
Celine
CH Carolina Herrera
Charles Tyrwhitt
Charlotte Tilbury
Chloé
Christian Louboutin
Clarins
Coach
Creed
Diesel
Dior
Diptyque
Dolce & Gabbana
dunhill
Dyson
Elemis
Eleventy
Emma Bridgewater
Etro
Fendi
Ferragamo
Fortnum & Mason
GANNI
Givenchy
Golden Goose
Gucci
Guerlain
Hackett London
Herno
Hogan
Holland Cooper
Isabel Marant
Jacob Cohën
Jil Sander
Jimmy Choo
Jo Malone London
kate spade new york
KENZO
Kiton
Kurt Geiger
L’Occitane
Lacoste
Lalique
Le Creuset
Levi’s
Lindt
Loewe
Longchamp
Loro Piana
lululemon
Maison Margiela
Maje
Manolo Blahnik
Marc Jacobs
Max Mara
Alexander McQueen
Michael Kors
Missoni
Miu Miu
Molton Brown
Moncler
Monica Vinader
Montblanc
Moose Knuckles
Mulberry
N.Peal
NEOM
New Balance
On
Orlebar Brown
Ottolenghi
Paige
Pandora
Paul Smith
Penhaligon’s
Prada
Ralph Lauren
Reiss
Rituals
RIXO
Roger Vivier
Saint Laurent
Samsonite
Sandro
Self-Portrait
Stella McCartney
Stone Island
Sunglass Hut
Swarovski
Swatch
Sweaty Betty
TAG Heuer
The Cosmetics Company Store
The North Face
The White Company
Thom Browne
Timberland
Tod’s
Tommy Hilfiger
Tory Burch
TUMI
UGG
Under Armour
Valentino Garavani
Versace
Vilebrequin
Villeroy & Boch
Vivienne Westwood
Watchfinder & Co.
Zegna
Zimmermann
ZWILLING

Brands rotate from time to time; for the definitive, always-current directory of every boutique, the official Plan your visit page is the canonical source.

Bicester Village vs Bicester Shopping Park: Which Is Which?

Worth flagging because the two are routinely confused: Bicester Shopping Park is a different venue, located about 1.5 miles south-east of Bicester Village on Pingle Drive. Bicester Shopping Park is a conventional out-of-town retail park anchored by Marks & Spencer, Next, Boots and TK Maxx — high-street rather than designer, with free parking and a different opening-hours pattern. Bicester Village is the designer-outlet destination this page covers; if you arrive at Bicester Shopping Park expecting Burberry or Gucci you’ll be in the wrong place. They are well signposted as separate destinations on local roads.

Best Time to Visit Bicester Village

The best time to visit Bicester Village for a calm, unhurried shop is a weekday — Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday — arriving either at the 9.00am door-open or from about 5.00pm onwards. With a 9.00pm close Monday to Saturday, an early-evening arrival still leaves a comfortable few hours of browsing with far smaller crowds, shorter changing-room queues and easier parking than the middle of the day.

The days to avoid if you want space to shop are Saturdays and Sundays, which are consistently the busiest, along with the major sale periods — the January sales, mid-season clearances and the run-up to Christmas — when coach-tour traffic peaks. If a weekend is your only option, the first hour after opening (9.00am Saturday, 10.00am Sunday) is the quietest window before the crowds and the coaches arrive. For the best of both worlds, a weekday evening combines the long trading hours to 9.00pm with lighter coach traffic than the weekends.

Which day is best overall? For most visitors, a midweek morning out of sale season is the sweet spot: full brand availability, the quietest aisles, and the easiest journey whether you come by car off the M40 or on the direct train from London Marylebone to the village’s own station.

Late Night Shopping at Bicester Village

Bicester Village is a genuine late-night shopping option: it stays open until 9.00pm Monday to Saturday all year round, which is later than almost any UK high street and on a par with the big city-centre malls. Sundays are the shorter day, closing at 7.00pm, but the six-day 9.00pm close means an after-work or after-dinner shop is entirely realistic — and the festive season simply holds that 9.00pm rhythm while adding the early Boxing Day start.

For evening visits the practical advice is simple: weekdays after 5.00pm are noticeably calmer than weekends, with shorter changing-room queues and easier parking. The 6.00pm to 9.00pm window is the sweet spot for browsing in peace without the all-day-at-the-village crowds. December weekday evenings stay busy in the run-up to Christmas, but tend to be lighter on coach-tour traffic than the weekends.

The lighting and landscaped open-air layout work particularly well after dark. Bicester Village invests heavily in seasonal Christmas illuminations through November and December, with the full lighting scheme typically switched on from mid-November.

Getting to Bicester Village

By train

Bicester Village station sits at the south-east entrance of the village itself — about a two-minute walk from the first boutique. Direct services run from London Marylebone (around 50 minutes, and as little as 46 on the fastest train) and from Oxford (about 14 minutes). Chiltern Railways runs the route. Stansted Airport is reachable via Marylebone with a single change. Tickets are valid throughout the day, including on the late-evening trains back into London during the December extended hours.

By car and parking

Bicester Village is just off the A41, a short drive from the M40 (Junction 9). Parking is on-site, with around 1,800 spaces across surface car parks. Charges apply at standard public-car-park rates and are paid by app or at the pay-on-foot machines as you leave. During December weekends the main car parks fill from late morning — arriving before 10.00am or after 4.00pm avoids most of the queue.

Shopping Express coach

The Bicester Village Shopping Express runs a same-day return coach from central London (typically Park Lane), with a journey time of about 90 minutes each way. Tickets are sold on the operator’s site and the service runs daily, with extended departure slots in the run-up to Christmas.

Where to Eat at Bicester Village

The on-site cafés and restaurants tend to operate on slightly different opening hours from the boutiques themselves — most open at 9.00am for breakfast and stay open into the early evening, with extended hours during the festive period. Notable options include:

Farmshop — café-deli concept with breakfast through to supper
Pret A Manger — convenient mid-shop coffee and lunch
Côte Brasserie — sit-down French-style restaurant
Granger & Co — bigger plates, table service
The Champagne Bar — drinks and small plates

If you arrive early or on a quieter weekday morning, breakfast at Farmshop before the boutiques are at full pace makes for a more relaxed visit.

Bicester Village Opening Hours: Frequently Asked Questions

What time does Bicester Village open?

Bicester Village opens at 9.00am Monday to Saturday and 10.00am on Sunday. A small group of premium brands open later on Sundays — at 12.00pm for shopping, with browsing from 11.30am.

What time does Bicester Village close?

The standard close is 9.00pm Monday to Saturday and 7.00pm on Sunday. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve close earlier at 5.00pm. The premium-brand cluster keeps to a 6.00pm Sunday close.

Is Bicester Village open on Sundays?

Yes — every Sunday, 10.00am to 7.00pm, a nine-hour day that is among the longest standard Sunday openings of any UK shopping destination. England’s Sunday trading rules cap large shops over 280 square metres at six hours, but Bicester Village’s individual boutiques are mostly small units, so the village as a whole can trade the full window.

Is Bicester Village open on bank holidays?

Yes, with the single exception of Christmas Day (closed). Easter Monday, the spring and summer bank holiday Mondays and the August bank holiday all keep to the usual 9.00am–9.00pm hours; Easter Sunday follows standard Sunday hours of 10.00am–7.00pm. The exact published times for each bank holiday usually appear on the operator’s site three to four weeks in advance.

What are Bicester Village’s Christmas opening hours?

Christmas Eve trades 9.00am to 5.00pm. Christmas Day is closed. Boxing Day opens early at 8.00am and trades to 9.00pm, and the days that follow keep the usual 9.00am–9.00pm hours through to New Year’s Eve, which closes early at 5.00pm. The full festive table is in the section above.

Does Bicester Village do late night shopping?

Yes. Bicester Village stays open until 9.00pm Monday to Saturday throughout the year, which makes an after-work or after-dinner shop genuinely workable — later than most UK high streets. Sundays are the shorter day, closing at 7.00pm. For the calmest late shop, weekday evenings between 6.00pm and 9.00pm bring much smaller crowds and easier parking than the daytime.

Are all the shops open at the same hours?

Almost. The village core trades on a single set of hours, but a small group of premium boutiques — Burberry, BOSS, Coach, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, Michael Kors, Moncler, Polo Ralph Lauren, Prada and Tod’s — keep slightly different Sunday hours, opening at 12.00pm for shopping (browsing from 11.30am) and closing at 6.00pm rather than 7.00pm.

What time is Bicester Village open on Saturday?

Bicester Village is open on Saturday from 9.00am to 9.00pm — a twelve-hour trading day. Boxing Day (a Saturday in 2026) opens an hour earlier at 8.00am and still trades to 9.00pm.

What are Bicester Village’s Easter opening times?

Bicester Village is open across the entire Easter weekend. Good Friday, Easter Saturday and Easter Monday all run the usual 9.00am–9.00pm hours, while Easter Sunday follows standard Sunday hours of 10.00am–7.00pm. The exact published Easter times are confirmed on the operator’s site three to four weeks in advance — check the official opening hours page if your visit falls within that window.

What time does Bicester Village open on Boxing Day?

Boxing Day opens at 8.00am at Bicester Village — one hour earlier than the standard 9.00am Saturday start — and closes at 9.00pm. The early start is to handle the Boxing Day sales rush. Brand promotional pricing tends to drop simultaneously at door-open rather than building through the day, so serious bargain-hunters tend to arrive in time for the 8.00am opening.

What are Bicester Village’s bank holiday Monday hours?

Bicester Village’s bank holiday Mondays typically keep to the usual 9.00am–9.00pm hours — including Easter Monday and the spring (early May), late May and August bank holiday Mondays. The exact times are confirmed about three to four weeks before each bank holiday on the operator’s official opening hours page.

Is Bicester Shopping Park the same as Bicester Village?

No — Bicester Shopping Park is a separate venue 1.5 miles away on Pingle Drive, with high-street retailers (M&S, Next, Boots, TK Maxx) rather than the designer brands on offer at Bicester Village. Different opening hours, different parking arrangements, different shopping experience. This page covers Bicester Village specifically.

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