Tattoo shops in Oxford
Thinking about ink in Oxford, Oxfordshire? Start with the studios: 41 are mapped here. All 41 are mapped as tattoo studios proper, and each one is worth a portfolio browse before you commit — style varies more between shops than towns. A consultation costs nothing and tells you everything about how a shop runs.
This guide covers every tattoo shop we could verify in and around Oxford (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Tattoo Club of Great Britain / Lionel's Tattoo Studio and Evolution Tattoo Studio, plus Vampires Den. If a studio's missing from Oxford's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.
The Oxford tattoo lineup
41 mapped within about 40 km:
Tattoo Club of Great Britain / Lionel's Tattoo Studio
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Tattoo Club of Great Britain / Lionel's Tattoo Studio — Tattoo studio on 389 Cowley Road.
389 Cowley Road, OX4 2BS
Evolution Tattoo Studio
Tattoo studioRun by Evolution Tattoo Studio
Run by Evolution Tattoo Studio, Evolution Tattoo Studio is Tattoo studio, found on 12 Banbury Road in Kidlington. Also worth knowing about Evolution Tattoo Studio: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su open; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
12 Banbury Road, Kidlington, OX5 2BT
Hours: Mo-Su open
Phone: +44 1865 375085
Vampires Den
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Vampires Den — Tattoo studio on 357 Oxford Road.
357 Oxford Road
No Limits Tattooing
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No Limits Tattooing is Tattoo studio.
Woody's Tattoo Studio
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Woody's Tattoo Studio — Tattoo studio, found on 28 High Street in High Wycombe. Also worth knowing about Woody's Tattoo Studio: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-17:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
28 High Street, High Wycombe, HP11 2AG
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-17:30
Phone: +44 1494 464023
Aurora
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Aurora — Tattoo studio.
Urban Piercings
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Urban Piercings is Tattoo studio.
Ian of Reading
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Ian of Reading — Tattoo studio.
Basement 13
Tattoo studio
Basement 13 — Tattoo studio.
Marks and Punctures
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Marks and Punctures — Tattoo studio. Also worth knowing about Marks and Punctures: it has a website with more detail.
Shades of Ink
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Shades of Ink is Tattoo studio.
Paradise Tattoo
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Paradise Tattoo is Tattoo studio.
Gilded Dagger Tattoo
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Gilded Dagger Tattoo — Tattoo studio, found on 25 Crendon Street in High Wycombe. Also worth knowing about Gilded Dagger Tattoo: it has a website with more detail.
25 Crendon Street, High Wycombe, HP13 6LJ
Absolute Ink
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Absolute Ink is Tattoo studio.
Electric Lady
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Electric Lady — Tattoo studio. Also worth knowing about Electric Lady: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-17:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-17:00
TigerLily
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TigerLily is Tattoo studio on 3-7 New Inn Hall Street, Oxford. TigerLily also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
3-7 New Inn Hall Street, Oxford, OX1 2DH
Pogo Tattoo
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Pogo Tattoo — Tattoo studio, found on 8 Cornmarket in Faringdon. Also worth knowing about Pogo Tattoo: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; it has a website with more detail.
8 Cornmarket, Faringdon, SN7 7HH
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00
Pulse Tattoo & Piercing
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Pulse Tattoo & Piercing — Tattoo studio, found on 8 Church Lane in Banbury. Also worth knowing about Pulse Tattoo & Piercing: it has a website with more detail.
8 Church Lane, Banbury, OX16 5LR
Colour Me Custom
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Colour Me Custom is Tattoo studio.
Township Tattoo
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Township Tattoo is Tattoo studio on Standbridge Road, Aylesbury. Township Tattoo also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Standbridge Road, Aylesbury, HP17 8JX
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-17:00
Phone: +44 1296 926184
Acreedo Tattoos
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Acreedo Tattoos — Tattoo studio, found on High Street in Abingdon.
High Street, Abingdon
Get Ur Ink On
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Get Ur Ink On is Tattoo studio on 2 Savile Way, Wantage.
2 Savile Way, Wantage, OX12 0PT
Holly Jung Tattoo Studio
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Holly Jung Tattoo Studio — Tattoo studio, found on 68 High Street in Wheatley.
68 High Street, Wheatley, OX33 1XP
Soma Tattoo Studios
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Soma Tattoo Studios — Tattoo studio, found on 174b Cowley Road in Oxford. Also worth knowing about Soma Tattoo Studios: it has a website with more detail.
174b Cowley Road, Oxford, OX4 1UE
Tattooing by Pete
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Tattooing by Pete — Tattoo studio. Also worth knowing about Tattooing by Pete: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +441635868440
Alice in Wonderland Tattoo Studio
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Alice in Wonderland Tattoo Studio is Tattoo studio on 13 Crown Walk, Bicester.
13 Crown Walk, Bicester, OX26 6HY
Bicester Tattoo Studio
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Bicester Tattoo Studio — Tattoo studio, found on 10 Crown Walk in Bicester.
10 Crown Walk, Bicester, OX26 6HY
Cunning Fox
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Cunning Fox is Tattoo studio on 252 King's Road, Reading. Cunning Fox also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as "by appointment"; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
252 King's Road, Reading
Hours: "by appointment"
Phone: +44 118 996 1473
Ancient Arts Tattoo
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Ancient Arts Tattoo is Tattoo studio. Ancient Arts Tattoo also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +44 1280 701999
Heaven and Hell Tattoo Studio
Tattoo studio
Heaven and Hell Tattoo Studio — Tattoo studio. Also worth knowing about Heaven and Hell Tattoo Studio: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Phone: +44 1865 682 884
Infected Monk
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Infected Monk — Tattoo studio on 4 Southam Road.
4 Southam Road, OX16 2ED
Oxford Tatoo Makers
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Oxford Tatoo Makers is Tattoo studio on 7 The Roundway, Oxford. Oxford Tatoo Makers also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
7 The Roundway, Oxford, OX3 8DH
Phone: +44 1865 750784
Classic Markings
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Classic Markings — Tattoo studio. Also worth knowing about Classic Markings: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-17:00.
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-17:00
Nudge Nudge Ink Ink
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Nudge Nudge Ink Ink is Tattoo studio.
Two Kings
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Two Kings is Tattoo studio on 16 Corn Street.
16 Corn Street
The Avalon Room
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The Avalon Room — Tattoo studio.
Raindance & Runestones
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Raindance & Runestones — Tattoo studio.
Skeleton Man
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Skeleton Man is Tattoo studio.
Lillyink Tattoos
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Lillyink Tattoos is Tattoo studio on 43 Prospect Street, Reading. Lillyink Tattoos also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
43 Prospect Street, Reading, RG4 8JB
Empire
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Empire — Tattoo studio, found on 36 Church Lane in Banbury. Also worth knowing about Empire: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
36 Church Lane, Banbury, OX16 5LR
Phone: +44 1295 252455
Zoddy Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Zoddy Tattoo — Tattoo studio, found on 46 Wantage Road in Didcot.
46 Wantage Road, Didcot, OX11 0BT
What the map tells us about tattoo shops in Oxford
7 of the 41 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — tattoo studios often work by appointment, so posted hours can be more of a guideline than a promise.
11 have websites listed. Studios with websites usually show portfolios there — the fastest way to tell if a shop's style matches yours.
The Oxford tattoo shop tour
Making a day of it in Oxford? Work this order: Tattoo Club of Great Britain / Lionel's Tattoo Studio on 389 Cowley Road, Evolution Tattoo Studio on 12 Banbury Road, Vampires Den on 357 Oxford Road, No Limits Tattooing, Woody's Tattoo Studio on 28 High Street, Aurora, Urban Piercings, and Ian of Reading. That's the tattoo shop tour in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 33 more are listed below.
Tattoo tips for Oxford
First tattoo or fiftieth — the rules don't change in Oxford:
- No swimming while it heals at Tattoo Club of Great Britain / Lionel's Tattoo Studio. Pools, lakes, hot tubs — all off limits for two to three weeks. Fresh tattoos and bacteria don't mix.
- Check healed photos at Evolution Tattoo Studio. Fresh tattoos always look good. Ask to see healed work — that's the real quality test.
- Moisturise, don't drown it. Thin layers of the recommended ointment. Too much suffocates the skin and slows healing.
- Don't pick the scabs. Healing tattoos itch and flake. Picking pulls ink out with the scab and leaves patchy spots.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Oxford — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new tattoo shop in Oxford can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 41 that's closed, or a great tattoo shop we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.
We don't rate studios or artists, and we never list prices — those are between you and the shop. What we list is the where and the how-to-find, from places real mappers have verified.
If you run one of the 41 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Tattoo shop listings for Oxford: 41 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.