The Council sets fares for Hackney Carriages 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 City of Oxford boundary if the destination is also within the City of Oxford 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 City of Oxford 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.

A table of fees is shown below.

Maximum fares set by Oxford City Council for licensed taxi-cabs. Operative from 10 January 2011.

Fares for Distance Travelled and time
Tariff 1	For the first 80 metres or part thereof		£2.45
06.00 - 22.00	Each subsequent 80 metres or part thereof until 1600 metres		£0.10
Monday to Saturday	each subsequent 125 metres or part thereof		£0.10
Waiting Time: For each period of 20.3 seconds or part thereof	£0.10	For each trunk carried	£1.00
Tariff 2	For the first 53 metres or part thereof		£2.50
22.00 - 06.00 Monday  to Saturday all day Sunday	each subsequent 53 metres or part thereof until 2120 metres		£0.10
All Public Holidays (except Tariff 3) from 00.01 until 06.00 the following day	each subsequent 130 metres or part thereof		£0.10
WAITING TIME For each period of 18.9 seconds or part thereof	£0.10	For each trunk carried	£1.00
Tariff 3	For the first 80 metres or part thereof		£2.65
Christmas  From 20.00 24th Dec                  Until  06.00 27th Dec	each subsequent 80 metres or part thereof until 1600 metres		£0.15
New Year   From 20.00 31st Dec                  Until  06.00  2nd Jan	each subsequent 125metres or part thereof		£0.15
WAITING TIME For each period of 20.3 seconds or part thereof	£0.15	For each trunk carried	£1.50
For each passenger in excess of one			£0.20
For each article of baggage carried outside the passenger compartment of the cab			£0.10
For each adult pedal cycle carried (except folding)			£1.00
For each wheeled vehicle carried (except mobility impaired persons vehicle)			£0.10
PAYMENT by cheque credit card or debit card			£0.50
SOILAGE CHARGE * To cover cleaning and loss of income, where the interior of the vehicle is soiled due to the excessive consumption of alcohol etc. or  by the carriage of an animal, excluding guide dogs.			£30.00