We set fares for Hackney Carriage taxis within Oxford. Fares are charged by meter. Outside Oxford you should negotiate a fare or agree a tariff for the meter.
The driver must, unless he has reasonable excuse, accept any hiring within the Oxford city boundary if the destination is also within the Oxford city boundary. The fare for such a journey, shown below, will be calculated by the taxi meter.
The driver does not have to accept journeys that end outside the Oxford city boundary; the fare or rate of fare must be by agreement between the hirer and driver before the journey commences. The fare is likely to be higher than within the City as drivers cannot accept a return hiring. Where no such agreement exists then the scale of charges applicable to journeys within the City shown below will apply.
Maximum fares set by us for licensed Hackney Carriage Vehicles operative from 22 February 2024 can be found below:
General tariffs
- £0.20 for each passenger above one
- £0.10 for each item of baggage carried outside the passenger compartment
- £1.00 for each adult bicycle
- £50.00 charge for cleaning the inside of a vehicle when soiled
Tariff 1 - Day rates
Tariff 1 applies 6am to 10pm from Monday to Friday and 6am to 6pm on Saturday
- £2.80 for the first 53.6 metres (or part thereof)
- £0.10 for each subsequent 47.3 metres or part thereof until 1609 metres
- £0.10 for each subsequent 80.4 metres or part thereof until 6432 metres
- £0.10 or each subsequent 48.7 metres or part thereof
- £0.10 for every 18 seconds of waiting time or part thereof £20 per hour
- £1.00 for each trunk carried
Tariff 2 - Night and bank holiday rates
Tariff 2 applies 10pm to 2am from Monday to Friday and Sunday, 6pm to 2am on Saturday, all public holidays (except Tariff 3).
- £3.00 for the first 46 metres (or part thereof)
- £0.10 for each subsequent 46 metres or part thereof until 2208 metres
- £0.10 for each subsequent 80.5 metres or part thereof until 6432 metres
- £0.10 for each subsequent 48.7 metres of part thereof
- £0.10 for every 18 seconds of waiting time or part thereof £20 per hour
- £1.00 for each trunk carried
Tariff 3
Tarrif 3 applies 2am to 6am daily, from 8pm on 24 December to 6am on 27 December and from 8pm on 31 December to 6am on 2 January
- £3.00 for the first 64.3 metres or part thereof
- £0.15 for each subsequent 64.3 metres or part thereof until 1608 metres
- £0.15 for each subsequent 80.4 metres or part thereof until 6432 metres
- £0.15 for each subsequent 73.1 metres or part thereof
- £0.10 for every 12 seconds of waiting time or part thereof £20 per hour
- £1.50 for each trunk carried
Additional Charges
- £0.30 for each passenger in excess of one
- £0.10 for each article of baggage carried outside the passenger compartment of the cab
- £2.00 for each pedal cycle carried
- £0.10 for each wheeled vehicle carried (except mobility impaired persons vehicle)
- £2.00 for each uncaged animal (excluding guide/assistance dogs)
- Soilage charge: £70.00 - to cover cleaning and loss of income, where the interior of the vehicle is soiled due to excessive consumption of alcohol etc., or by the carriage of an animal excluding guide dogs
