Things to See and Do in Oxford

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  • Photo of Pitt Rivers Museum Oxford

    Pitt Rivers Museum Oxford

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    95 reviews 6 travel blogs 5 photos
    Distance: 0.9 miles from city center
    Category: Museums
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    • Jan 21, 2012 ... list of alumni. We spent some time in the Pitt Rivers Museum of anthropology and archaeology and checked out the Magdalen ...
    • Jun 10, 2006 ... tower and see the Museum of Natural History and the Pitt Rivers Museum. Bevis is such a nice fellow and soooo generous with ...
    • Aug 20, 2011 ... alcohol?!   Rachel then suggested we visit the Pitt Rivers Museum which is located within the Museum of Natural ...
    • Feb 5, 2007 ... shape of a Gothic church with a glass ceiling.  The Pitt Rivers Museum is entered from the Natural History.  It's ...

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    Oxford River Cruises

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    28 reviews
    Distance: 1.3 miles from city center
    Category: Tours

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  • Photo of Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology Oxford

    Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology Oxford

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    134 reviews
    Distance: 0.8 miles from city center
    Category: Museums

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  • Photo of Christ Church College Oxford

    Christ Church College Oxford

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    75 reviews 40 travel blogs 96 photos
    Distance: 0.7 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
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    • May 30, 2006 ... buildings of various colleges such as Queens, Trinity and Christ Church College, where they filmed parts of the Harry Potter ...
    • Mar 3, 2005 ... were used for Harry Potter movies. One of these included Christ Church College's dining hall, which is used as the main ...
    • May 17, 2007 ... are coming soon).  The most famed school is Christ Church College, which has a very dramatic front gate and huge ...
    • Mar 31, 2007 ... it was used as a location in the Harry Potter films. Christ Church College, Oxford University Christ Church ...

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    University of Oxford

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    39 reviews 18 travel blogs 2 photos
    Distance: 0.9 miles from city center
    Category: Education Sites and Libraries
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    • Sep 19, 2010 A short drive from Woodstock is the city of Oxford. Famous for its university, Oxford is actually a major commercial center ...
    • Jul 23, 2011 ... Stadt aber noch überschaubar. Ich habe mir die "University of Oxford" immer als ein riesengrosses Gebäude vorgestellt, ...
    • Oct 30, 2005 ... touristy thing imaginable in Oxford. He is a mechanical engineering student studying abroad at University of London, Queen ...
    • Jan 22, 2007 ... to sometime in mid April, thanks mostly to Phillipe from the University of Zurich who kindly agreed to take me on as a ...

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  • Photo of Oxford Castle

    Oxford Castle

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    33 reviews 63 travel blogs 82 photos
    Distance: 0.7 miles from city center
    Category: Historic sites
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    • Jun 23, 2007 ... supply of colleges. The next morning we went to sudeley castle just outside of winchcombe. This isn't just any old ...
    • Aug 23, 2006 ... after the fire. Around 4ish we drove on, in the rain, to Oxford and got there just in time to join their peak hour ...
    • Mar 31, 2007 ... too. View from the tower at Oxford Castle Oxford Castle Outside Oxford Castle There was also a Oxford folk ...
    • Jul 1, 2009 ... days we have had so far! Our first activity was a visit to Oxford Castle, in which we had a private tour (we were the only ...

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  • Photo of Carfax Tower Oxford

    Carfax Tower Oxford

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    24 reviews 12 travel blogs 12 photos
    Distance: 0.5 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
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    • May 30, 2006 ... to spare before we had to catch the bus home we firstly climbed Carfax Tower to get a great view of the city. As it was ...
    • Jul 23, 2011 ... oben sehen möchte, der kann die 99 Stufen auf den Carfax Tower hinaufsteigen. Von dort hat man einen wunderbaren Ausblick ...
    • Oct 30, 2005 ... are cranky people. Afterwards we went to Carfax tower and looked out over the town of Oxford. The stairs going up were ...
    • Oct 14, 2003 ... over the city, courtyards and campuses. The one I ventured up was Carfax tower, and the views were as great as the brochure ...

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  • Photo of Sheldonian Theatre Oxford

    Sheldonian Theatre Oxford

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    21 reviews 8 travel blogs 16 photos
    Distance: 0.6 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
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    • May 17, 2007 ... the most famous group of buildings in Oxford. In the center is the Sheldonian Theatre, the ceremonial hall of the ...
    • Aug 9, 2008 ... form as a piece of history. It also contained the Sheldonian Theatre, Trinity College, Balliol College, and St. John's ...
    • Jan 13, 2011 ... be the first round library ever built. Additionally, I saw the Sheldonian Theatre, which was quite interesting to look at. ...
    • Apr 11, 2009 ... the Bodleian Library area we checked out the Radcliff Camera, the Sheldonian Theatre and paid to go into the Divinity School ...

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  • Photo of Botanic Gardens Oxford

    Botanic Gardens Oxford

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    21 reviews 6 travel blogs 10 photos
    Distance: 0.6 miles from city center
    Category: Parks and Gardens
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    • Mar 19, 2010 ... (yeah right). This put paid to our plans to go to the Botanic Gardens - walking through a garden in the rain, no matter how ...
    • Nov 2, 2006 ... and had a picnic lunch by the river, before going to the Botanic Gardens and walking back to my flat which is where we are ...
    • Jun 11, 2006 ... less tottery than he. I then spent some time in the Botanic Gardens and loved it. Took photos of the 1648 Border. In ...
    • Jan 13, 2011 ... view from the road. Regardless, it was still breathtaking. The Botanic Gardens across the street were also closed. However, ...

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  • Photo of Bill Spectre's Oxford Ghost Trails

    Bill Spectre's Oxford Ghost Trails

    Traveler Rating 5.00
    74 reviews
    Distance: 0.7 miles from city center
    Category: Performances

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  • Photo of University Church of St. Mary the Virgin Oxford

    University Church of St. Mary the Virgin Oxford

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    22 reviews 8 travel blogs 11 photos
    Distance: 0.6 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
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    • Oct 7, 2009 ... 124 steps in the tower of the University Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Oxford.  I felt very old as I ...
    • Jun 6, 2006 ... around Oxford's covered market. A review- The University Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Oxford Shilo's thoughts- The ...
    • May 17, 2007 ... We walked down High Street a bit and found The University Church of St. Mary The Virgin.    We knew from our ...
    • May 17, 2007 ... After enjoying our meal, we headed out to the University Church of St. Mary the Virgin because it provided a great view of ...

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  • Photo of The Bear Tavern Oxford

    The Bear Tavern Oxford

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    9 reviews
    Distance: 0.5 miles from city center
    Category: Nightlife

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  • Photo of Bodleian Library Oxford

    Bodleian Library Oxford

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    42 reviews 35 travel blogs 24 photos
    Distance: 0.6 miles from city center
    Category: Education Sites and Libraries
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    • Oct 7, 2005 ... One of the most spectacular buildings in Oxford is probably the Bodleian library, which is amazing. It has ...
    • Oct 30, 2005 ... her show us around the oldest college at Oxford. We went to the Bodleian library and the Radcliff Camera where the guard ...
    • Jun 13, 2007 ... architectural brilliance. I was really looking forward to seeing the Bodleian library as well as the  notable colleges. ...
    • Jun 6, 2006 ... the fabulous architecture of Oxford's many colleges. Highlights included visiting the Bodleian library, the view from the ...

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  • Photo of Radcliffe Camera Oxford

    Radcliffe Camera Oxford

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    4 reviews 25 travel blogs 48 photos
    Distance: 0.6 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
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    • Jan 9, 2006 ... It was exquisite. Radcliffe Square (where the Bodley and Radcliffe Camera are) was also breathtaking. Sorry no pictures ...
    • Mar 19, 2010 ... with shared facilities such as the Bodlean Library, the Radcliffe Camera, the Sheldonain Theatre and the Ashmolean Museum ...
    • May 17, 2007 ... each view. Some of the main sites were the Radcliffe Camera (library), Sheldonian Theatre, Christ Church cathedral and Tom ...
    • Jun 25, 2011 ... in the world' which it was!  Dan took us past the Radcliffe Camera, and then to The Turf where Bob Hawk set the world ...

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  • Photo of Eagle and Child Pub Oxford

    Eagle and Child Pub Oxford

    Traveler Rating 3.50
    11 reviews 4 travel blogs 1 photo
    Distance: 0.8 miles from city center
    Category: Nightlife
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    • Jan 7, 2006 ... , and Earl Grey at none other than the Eagle and Child pub (C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkein's old haunt). It was very good - ...
    • Jul 13, 2007 ... dinner, I met up with a few of our students at the Eagle and Child pub, where CS Lewis and JRR Tolkein would have a ...
    • May 28, 2009 ... so I decided to start my day off with brunch at the Eagle and Child pub, which is where the Inklings used to meet for good ...
    • Mar 17, 2008 ... something to eat, we just happened to stumble on the Eagle and Child Pub, which turns out was a favorite haunt of a ...

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  • Photo of Oxford Covered Market

    Oxford Covered Market

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    25 reviews 23 travel blogs 10 photos
    Distance: 0.5 miles from city center
    Category: Shopping
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    • May 17, 2007 ... stained glass in the huge dining hall.  We also visited the covered market (on High street) for a bite to ...
    • Jul 11, 2009 ... nbsp; We got the local but into Oxford and had a great morning wondering around the covered market and doing some shopping.. ...
    • Dec 6, 2008 ... The next day, Sarah took me to her favourite place, the Covered Market.  They have the legendary Ben's Cookies, which was ...
    • Jul 23, 2011 ... für Shopping- und Souvenir-Fans ist Oxford eine gute Adresse. Da ist zum Beispiel der Covered Market, ein Indoor Markt mit ...

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  • Photo of University Museum of Natural History Oxford

    University Museum of Natural History Oxford

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    33 reviews 2 travel blogs
    Distance: 0.8 miles from city center
    Category: Museums
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • May 30, 2006 ... from the relentless rain we headed indoors to the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. It was full of all kinds of ...
    • Apr 11, 2009 ... part of the day we went to the Oxford University Museum of Natural History which, while considerably smaller than the one ...

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  • Photo of University of Oxford Botanic Garden

    University of Oxford Botanic Garden

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    10 reviews
    Distance: 0.8 miles from city center
    Category: Parks and Gardens

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  • Photo of Christ Church Meadow Oxford

    Christ Church Meadow Oxford

    Traveler Rating 3.50
    6 reviews 6 travel blogs
    Distance: 0.7 miles from city center
    Category: Parks and Gardens
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Mar 31, 2007 ... University Christ Church College, Oxford University Then I walked through Christ Church meadow, the gardens around ...
    • Feb 15, 2011 ... , my X Box, my bed, UK music venues, Christ Church meadow, 24 hour news, early mornings...and ...
    • Jun 20, 2010 ... Spent an hour or so lying in the sun on the Christ Church Meadow later in the afternoon while waiting to go to Sung ...
    • Aug 14, 2011 ...  The past few days a few of us have gone to Christ Church meadow for a power walk, it is so beautiful!  Yes mom, ...

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  • Photo of Hidden Oxford

    Hidden Oxford

    Traveler Rating 5.00
    23 reviews 16 travel blogs 2 photos
    Distance: 1.7 miles from city center
    Category: Tours
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    • Nov 2, 2006 ... Sunday we had a nice Sunday Roast before driving off to Oxford, once again through the London traffic, this time what were ...
    • Sep 19, 2010 ... ; Either way, with all the nooks and passageways hidden throughout Oxford, it’s easy to imagine Alice’s world. ...
    • Oct 6, 2008 ... I wanted to post a photo album of Oxford--where streets often wind, where colleges are hidden behind huge wooden doors, and ...
    • Jun 10, 2006 ... bells and had a marvelous view around Oxford - old buildings and spires: tiny hidden gardens and broad busy streets. ...

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  • Photo of Museum of the History of Science Oxford

    Museum of the History of Science Oxford

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    12 reviews 5 travel blogs 1 photo
    Distance: 0.6 miles from city center
    Category: Museums
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Jul 18, 2007 ... coins. The second museum was awesome. It was the museum of the history of science. It had a ton of old science experiments ...
    • Jun 10, 2006 ... Darn it. We stopped off at a very interesting Museum of the History of Science. The variety of the collection was ...
    • Jul 2, 2008 ... through the covered market and popping into the bizarro Museum of the History of Science. In the afternoon we took a ...
    • Feb 17, 2010 Yesterday, while in Oxford, I stepped into the Museum of the History of Science.  It is here, that I saw a blackboard ...

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  • Photo of Blackwell's Bookstore Oxford

    Blackwell's Bookstore Oxford

    Traveler Rating 5.00
    5 reviews
    Distance: 0.6 miles from city center
    Category: Shopping

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  • Photo of Oxford Brookes University

    Oxford Brookes University

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    7 reviews 8 travel blogs
    Distance: 1.9 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
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    • Mar 15, 2011 ... been nearly 6 years since we last caught up. Caught a train up to Oxford after my visit to see John & Pat in Luton and ...
    • Sep 20, 2010 ... , the day that I finally become a real student at Oxford Brookes University! Before the induction we got up and jumped on ...
    • Jul 5, 2010 ... I am an MSc. International Tourism Marketing student at Oxford Brookes University, England. I am researching on how online ...
    • Nov 5, 2007 ... is a nice quiet neighbourhood that is close to Brookes university (the second biggest in oxford). It will be a bit of a ...

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  • Photo of Worcester College Oxford

    Worcester College Oxford

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    5 reviews 3 travel blogs 4 photos
    Distance: 0.8 miles from city center
    Category: Education Sites and Libraries
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    • Feb 17, 2010 Worcester College at Oxford is a quaint small jewel that helps in making Oxford University. While at Oxford, a few ...
    • Aug 3, 2007 ... of the professors told some of us during breakfast that Worcester College opens its gardens from 2 until 5 every afternoon, ...
    • Mar 22, 2008 ... College as well, but didn't have luck at two others; Worcester College was closed, and we never actually found the ...

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  • Photo of The Kings Arms Oxford

    The Kings Arms Oxford

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    7 reviews 3 travel blogs 1 photo
    Distance: 1.1 miles from city center
    Category: Nightlife
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Jun 13, 2007 ... 's Church, the Bodlian Library, Sheldon Round Theatre, and the Kings Arms Pub. We enjoyed touring the town,(which was filled ...
    • Jun 9, 2006 ... Among other places, we visited many pubs including: The Kings Arms and The Turf Tavern. This is a historic pub ...
    • Jul 14, 2011 ... to Exeter Chapel for a Baroque Italian harpsichord concert. Ended the evening at the Kings Arms Pub with a pint of ...

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  • Photo of Magdalen College Oxford

    Magdalen College Oxford

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    19 reviews 20 travel blogs 30 photos
    Distance: 0.8 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • May 30, 2006 ... weather, but headed down the main road to see Magdalen College. The college buildings are covered in all kinds of ...
    • Feb 18, 2006 ... leave out "open to the public". You have to be a member of Magdalen College or accompanied by one to go up the Tower. And ...
    • Mar 31, 2007 ... and Christ Church College Next up a visit to Magdalen College - Oxford's wealthiest and probably most beautiful college. ...
    • Aug 21, 2010 ... beautiful and NOT construction crazed.  We toured Magdalen College, a beautiful campus with lovely buildings, ...

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  • Photo of Museum of Modern Art Oxford

    Museum of Modern Art Oxford

    Traveler Rating 2.50
    4 reviews 1 travel blog
    Distance: 0.6 miles from city center
    Category: Museums
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • May 13, 2009 ... shopped a bit at Sainsbury, and then I went to the Museum of Modern Art--rather hidden on Pembroke Street.  The only ...

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  • Photo of Salter's Steamers Oxford

    Salter's Steamers Oxford

    Traveler Rating 3.50
    7 reviews
    Distance: 0.9 miles from city center
    Category: Tours

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  • Photo of Mini Cooper Plant Oxford

    Mini Cooper Plant Oxford

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    9 reviews
    Distance: 3.2 miles from city center
    Category: Tours

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  • Photo of St. Hilda's College Oxford

    St. Hilda's College Oxford

    4 travel blogs 1 photo
    Distance: 1 miles from city center
    Category: Education Sites and Libraries
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • May 7, 2011 ... Ich hab Glück, dass ich eine Behausung vom St Hilda's College bekommen habe, denn obwohl ich als Gastwissenschaftler keinem ...
    • May 25, 2008 ... concert at the Jacqueline du Pre Music Building at St Hilda's College.  Brian and I had been at the Wellington ...
    • Mar 20, 2011 ... Natalie"). Also, alles ging nochmal gut :-) Wir sind zum St Hilda's College gegangen, das direkt um die Ecke ist. Jeder war ...

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