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Christ Church
St Aldate’s
}01865 276 492; www.chch.ox.ac.uk/college
Oxford’s most famous college has the university’s grandest quad and some of its most distinguished alumni. During the En…
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Ashmolean Museum
Beaumont St.
}01865 278 000; www.ashmolean.org
The Ashmolean is the oldest public museum in Europe. Recently reopened after a multi-million-dollar renovation, it now h…
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Bodleian Library
Broad St.
}01865 277 178; www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
The Bodleian is one of the greatest libraries in the world, holding millions of volumes, including such rarities as a Gu…
Magdalen College
High St.
}01865 276 000; www.magd.ox.ac.uk
Magdalen is spelled differently from its Cambridge counterpart, but pronounced in the same way (MAUD-lin). With its wind…
Balliol College
Broad St.
}01865 277 777; www.balliol.ox.ac.uk
Along with Merton and University, Balliol, founded in the 1260s, has a legitimate claim to being the oldest college in O…
Merton College
Merton St.
}01865 276 310; www.merton.ox.ac.uk
Though Balliol and University were endowed before it, Merton has the earliest formal college statutes (1274), which help…
Oxford Museum of Natural History
Parks Rd.
}01865 272 950; www.oum.ox.ac.uk
Bone-lovers will find heaven at this 150-year-old museum: the collections of zoological, entomological, and geological s…
All Souls College
Corner of High St. and Catte St.
}01865 279 379; www.all-souls.ox.ac.uk
All Souls College (founded in 1438) is so exclusive that the exam for its graduate fellowships is considered to be the h…
University of Oxford Botanic Garden
Rose Ln.
}01865 286 690; www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk
Back in the day (meaning, of course, the 1600s), this garden—though created to enhance the glory of God and the learning…
Carfax Tower
Junction of St Aldate’s, Cornmarket, High, and Queen St.
}01865 792 633
This was the site of the former City Church of Oxford (St Martin’s Church). However, in 1896, university leaders decided…