1.7 miles, 10-15 minutes. Easy, cycle tracks, quiet roads and flat.

Notes: Thornhill is the Park & Ride to East of Oxford.

* Start in front of P&R on cycle path and head west towards city.

* This merges on to a quiet 'service road' (London Road).

* At the ring road, after a sharp left bend, go into a subway under the ring road. There is ramp down, a half-barrier with a gap of 1.16m and an incline up the other side. If you are unable to dismount, then I think you will be ok, but be ready for the short climb. The subway has a 'Cyclists Dismount' sign, but if you are unable to dismount, and you are ready for the ramp down and up, you should be ok. If you experience problems here, please let us know and we will see what can be done. (See also comments by Sharon Curtis).

* Emerging from the subway, turn right. Then take surface crossings over A420 London Road so you are heading north to the left of the ring road on North Way service road.

* Follow this until you bend left on Barton Lane, which later becomes St Andrews Rd. This climbs at up to 3.5%.

* Go past the Old High Street turn. Turn left on Osler Rd. 

* Don't take the Ivy Lane turn into the campus, unless you wish to explore your way through a maze.

* Instead continue to a main entrance, with a big 'The John Radcliffe Hospital' sign, 20 Zone and cycle track and helipad visible just inside. Head on to the cycle track and follow it in to the hospital campus.

* A JR site map showing cycle parking is available in JPG or PDF here (although parking by the heart centre is not currently in use). Cyclists are asked to dismount in some places, which may be difficult for disabled cyclists.