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30 reviews 12 travel blogs 12 photos Attraction Type:
Architectural building, Observation deck/tower
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Do Not Pass Go
... It was full of all kinds of animals and their skeletons. With time 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 still raining we had the top of the deserted tower to ourselves. ...
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Ausflug nach Oxford
... ''s. Die bekannten "Oxford University" T-Shirts und Pullis werden an fast jeder Ecke angeboten. Wer die Stadt von oben sehen möchte, der kann die 99 Stufen auf den Carfax Tower hinaufsteigen. Von dort hat man einen wunderbaren Ausblick über die Stadt. ...
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An Oxford Tourist Weekend
... (all the Bod cards are the same color) and retreated. Our porters are cranky people. Afterwards we went to Carfax tower and looked out over the town of Oxford. The stairs going up were very cramped and narrow, but it was worth it. It was a ...
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Let's Get Smart
... , the great tall peaks of cathedrals allowing magnificent views over the city, courtyards and campuses. The one I ventured up was Carfax tower, and the views were as great as the brochure says they will be, including all the scaffolding and construction ...
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Oxford Scholars
... end, the oldest buidling in Oxford, dating back to the Saxons in around 1040. A climb of the 13th Century Carfax Tower at the opposite end shows off the stunning views of Oxford allowing you to find your bearings. Between the ...
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Oxford, a.k.a one of my favorite cities to date
... my camera doesn't work very well at night, so a lot of my pictures are questionable. One of the first things I saw was Carfax Tower. This tower is what remains of St. Martin’s church and is the highest point of the old city. As I walked through ...
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Cambridge V Oxford
... countryside roads skirted by hedges. I was KEWL. We arrived in Oxford, grabbed a bite to eat then meandered the streets. We climbed Carfax tower. it was just some steps and spiral stairs.We got to the top and it gave us some fantastic views of Oxford. ...
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Would you want to study here?
... many differing strong views...but perhaps we don’t put enough stock in the human race? We wandered the streets and went past Carfax Tower which is all that remains of the St Martin’s Church (built in 1818) that was demolished in 1896 due to ...
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City of the dreaming spires...
... Street. I was in the place where I had spent perhaps the 3 best weeks of my life. We went down Cornmarket Street to the Carfax tower and High Street to get to the Covent market, and after a while, we found what I was looking for - Georgina's café. Oh, ...
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University City of Oxford
... made it quite easy to get around. The first day there, I just cruised around checking out some of the old buildings. I climbed up Carfax Tower for a view over the city and the tower had been there since 1037 or thereabouts. That night I booked in for a ...
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