Travel Advice and Information

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Travel Advice provide information and advice for staff and visitors. We provide information and advice on travelling to University premises by different types of transport and University initiatives for example, greener travel. 

The Open University promotes principles of sustainability, environmental and social justice in their broadest sense. We define sustainability as meeting our needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. The UN Sustainable Development Goals express sustainability in the context of social, environmental, economic, global and future wellbeing.

We acknowledge the impact of greenhouse gas emissions from our own operations, including the goods and services we procure, our travel, our estate and our finance policies. We are committed to achieving ‘net zero’ greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, through a programme of investment and measures to reduce and mitigate the adverse environmental impact of our activities.

To find out more about sustainability please look to our Sustainability at the OU page Sustainability at The Open University

For staff: These pages are for local travel information, if you are travelling internationally please go to International Travel (sharepoint.com)

 

Travel Plan

Please note the Travel Plan is currently being reviewed under the Sustainability Groups and Estates.

Our policy is contained in the University Travel Plan which is central to the role of an institution in reducing traffic congestion, accidents and the environmental impacts of the transport activities of their staff, customers and visitors.

Travel Advice News

Walton Hal Campus Bus Services update

If you travel around Milton Keynes using the Arriva LOOP or Route 8 services, please be aware that a number of temporary diversions are currently in place due to roadworks and other local issues.

Key impacts include:

 Changes to sections of the LOOP route, including anti-clockwise services today and ongoing diversions affecting Bow Brickhill Station.

 Route 8 diversions between 20-24 July affecting journeys via Tongwell Street.

Before you travel, it’s worth checking the latest service information and diversion details directly with Arriva:

21st July 2026

Road Closure Alert: V10 Brickhill Street

Please be aware that V10 Brickhill Street (H8 to Hammerwood Roundabout - Security Lodge entrance& exit to campus) will be closed from 08:00 on 3 August until 18:00 on 11 August for carriageway resurfacing works.

If you travel through this area, please plan your journeys accordingly and allow extra time where needed.

21st July 2026