Banbury Car Hire and Van Rental

You can make the most of this wonderful English town using your Xtrawheels car hire vehicle. We have made it really easy for you to pick up and drop off your vehicle, as one of our car hire centres is located in the town.

A nursery rhyme, 'Ride a Cock Horse', has made Banbury one of the best-known towns in the country. It has been suggested that the 'Fine Lady' of the nursery rhyme may have been Lady Godiva or Elizabeth I. More likely it was a local girl who rode in a May Day procession. The original cross was pulled down at the end of the 16th century. The present cross was erected in 1859 to celebrate the wedding of the then Princess Royal to Prince Frederick of Prussia.

'Banesberie' was mentioned in the Domesday book and in the 13th century it had grown to become an important wool trading centre bringing wealth to the local population. In 1628 the town was ravaged by fire which destroyed many buildings, though some have survived to the present day. The opening of the Oxford Canal in 1790 connecting Banbury with the Midlands bought new industries and growth which continued with the arrival of the railways.

Today Banbury is an expanding market and industrial town experiencing growth as a direct benefit of its proximity to the completed M40 motorway linking London to Birmingham via Oxford. When you have sampled all that Banbury has to offer, use your Xtrawheels rental vehicle to discover more of the beautiful Cotswolds, the world famous university town of Oxford, or head West into the Gloucestershire countryside, or North to Stratford upon Avon and Shakespeare Country.