Lonely PlanetSep 27
The 20 Best Things to Do in Oxford, England
It may be true that Oxford’s prestigious university is the city’s defining feature, but there
book a guided tour of its medieval rooms
25 things in this story
- Radcliffe CameraSightOxford's most photographed landmark
- Christ Church CollegeSightdoubled as Hogwarts in Harry Potter films
- Blackwell'sMarketbrowse 3.5km of shelves
- Bodleian LibraryMuseumbook a guided tour of its medieval rooms
- Magdalen BridgeSightpunt from here
- The PerchPubthatched beer garden
- Merton CollegeSightJRR Tolkien worked here as professor
- Trinity CollegeSightboasts a beautifully restored Baroque chapel
- Lincoln CollegeSightalumni include Dr Seuss
- Magdalen CollegeSightknown for its 15th-century tower and cloisters
- All Souls CollegeSightfounded in 1438 for its eye-catching Gothic towers
- Balliol CollegeSightoldest college building with stunning medieval architecture
- Sheldonian TheatreTheatrebuilt between 1664 and 1669
- Bridge of SighsSightskyway joining two parts of Hertford College
- Weston LibraryMuseumdisplays revolving selection of Bodleian Treasures
- Divinity SchoolAttractionuniversity's earliest teaching room
- Convocation HouseSighthosted the English Parliament three times
- Chancellor’s CourtSightOscar Wilde and Percy Bysshe Shelley went on trial
- WaterstonesMarketbookshop along Broad St
- Daunt BooksMarketfootprint in Oxford up in Summertown
- Oxfam bookshopMarketsecondhand books in St John
- Last BookshopMarketdiscounted stock in Jericho
- Ashmolean MuseumMuseumBritain’s oldest public museum
- Pitt Rivers MuseumMuseumanthropological collection amassed by a Victorian general
- Christ Church CathedralPlace of worshipdoubles as college chapel and city cathedral