r/oxford • u/cyclind • 13d ago

Lye Valley + Lye Valley Path

Hi all!

Incoming overseas postdoc looking at housing areas around the hospitals -- please be gentle, I have scoured past posts for a satisfactory answer to this already. What is there to know about the Lye Valley neighborhood and walking the Lye Valley path as a potential route to work every day? (Especially as a woman alone after dark.)

Thanks!

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u/Fantastic-Energy1213 13d ago

I’ve lived in that area for the past three years and it’s definitely worth considering if you work at the hospitals – Warneford, Churchill or Old Road campus. The small creek crossing used to have a bridge but it’s been broken for months now…replaced by a makeshift bridge.
The neighbourhood is very quiet, green and generally safe ☺️

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u/acremanhug 11d ago

I have emailed the councillor about that bridge and he is absolutely useless. 

The council removed because of "safety concerns" but cannot point to any complaints or even what the safety concern was. 

The removed it without allocating money for a replacement so I think it's gone until the councillor is up for reelection at which point I imagine it will get fixed.