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The university city of Oxford is a beautiful and compact city and Oxford is full of medieval gems, historic buildings and one of the most highly regarded universities in the world. Oxford is also home to an upbeat mixture of shops, bars, cafés, restaurants and clubs. Throughout Oxford you will find large pockets of green, including large Oxford parks, landscaped gardens and the scenic Oxford canal, with a number of popular punting stations, attracting thousands of tourists to Oxford each year.

Oxford has a number of tourist information outlets in and around the central Oxford. These helpful and friendly Oxford tourism and tourist information outlets provide useful tourist information, such as information about Oxford's tourist attractions, monuments, cafés, restaurants, Oxford travel, maps of Oxford and general Oxford tourism and tourist information.




There are large selections of hotels in the Oxford area, ranging from cheap, budget Oxford accommodation to the most luxury, five-star hotels. Oxford hotels are most expensive in Oxford city centre, although there are also many cheap alternatives available, ranging from Oxford bed and breakfast guesthouses to affordable inns. Popular areas to stay when visiting Oxford include Abingdon Road, Iffley Road, Banbury Road, Cowley Road, Cornmarket Street, Park End Street, Beaumont Street and Bath Place. There are also numerous affordable hotels situated on the outskirts of Oxford, with good access to Oxford city centre, making the historic city of Oxford an accessible holiday destination for every pocket.

Attractions in Oxford include The Oxford Story allows you to explore and experience the sights and sounds of Oxford University's early beginnings with one of the largest indoor 'dark' rides in Europe, the Oxford Walking Tour - providing one of the most interesting ways to sightsee in the city of Oxford, Oxford punting - one of Oxford's most popular and relaxing pastimes, the Bridge of Sighs - an extremely beautiful Oxford landmark was built in the early 1900s, connecting the Oxford University Hertford College buildings, and the Oxford Botanic Garden - home to more than 7,000 different plants from all over the world.

Other historic landmarks and monuments in Oxford include Christ Church Cathedral - with classical architecture, a tall church spire, large circular columns, rounded Norman arches and a vaulted ceiling, St. Michael at the Northgate - can be found in central Oxford and is one of the oldest buildings in the city of Oxford, dating back almost 1,000 years, Sheldonian Theatre - featuring impressive, round, Roman-style architecture and many important concerts, New Bodleian Library - one of the largest libraries in the world, featuring a total of 11 floors, underground areas, more than five million books, Oxford's Radcliffe Camera - built over 250 years ago and now houses the main reading room in Oxford's Bodleian Library complex, with underground rooms holding around 600,000 books, Tom Tower - designed by world-famous architect Sir Christopher Wren, Tom Tower is home to the largest bell in the Oxford area and the Carfax Tower - built almost 800 years ago and originally part of St. Martin's Church, Carfax Tower is provides spectacular panoramic views of Oxford city centre. More information on Oxford Tourist Attractions and Oxford Landmarks.


Oxford also has a number of excellent art galleries and museums in Oxford city centre, providing historic information about Oxford and many other interesting exhibitions. Some of the major museums in Oxford include Oxford University Museum - full of natural history, such as dinosaur skeletons, an impressive collection of stuffed animals, geology exhibits and local Oxford artefacts, the Pitt Rivers Museum - with an enormous number of collections, such as historic weapons, religious artefacts, prehistoric finds, amulets, ancient jewellery and musical instruments, Oxford's Bate Collection Museum - one of the largest collections of woodwind, brass and percussion instruments in the United Kingdom, Ashmolean Museum - housing spectacular collections of important archaeological finds, local Oxford artefacts and memorabilia, Oxford's Museum of the History of Science - with an unrivalled collection of interesting, scientific instruments dating back to the 18th century, the Oxford Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) - home to a wealth of modern art, including paintings, sketches, sculptures, pottery and photography, and the Christ Church Picture Gallery - one of Oxford's most highly regarded art galleries.

Oxford University is one of the world's leading universities and Oxford University actually consists of 39 separate university colleges, located in and around Oxford city centre. Many of the famous Oxford University colleges are open to the public on official walking tours or on an individual basis and the Oxford University are amongst some of the most spectacular and historic buildings in the Oxford area. The main colleges in the Oxford University complex include All Souls College, Balliol College, Brasenose College, Christ Church, Corpus Christi College, Merton College, New College, Nuffield College, Pembroke College, Queen's College, St. Anne's College, St. Catherine's College, St. Edmund Hall, St. Hilda's College, St. Hugh's College, St. John's College, St. Peter's College and Trinity College.

There are many major attractions nearby Oxford, including Blenheim Palace, the Vale of the White Horse, Mattocks Rose Garden, Waddesdon Manor and Cotswold Wildlife Park. Oxford is also within easy reach of many market towns, picturesque villages and important cities, including London.

Oxford is predominantly a university city and much of the Oxford's wealth has derived from its vast network of almost 40 Oxford University colleges. Employing over 7,000 people, almost 10 percent of Oxford's total workforce, Oxford University has a major contribution to Oxford's economy. Each year, more than four million people visit the city of Oxford and many of Oxford's most popular tourist attractions are historic Oxford University buildings, churches, libraries, gardens and parks.

More Oxford Information / Fast Facts and Orientation

• Country: England
• Location: Oxfordshire, south central England
• Population: 116,000
• Language: English
• Currency: pound sterling (GBP)
• Time zone: GMT / UTC and BST (British Summer Time), 5 hours from Eastern Standard Time
• Country dialling code: +44
• Telephone area code: 01865
• Religion: various religions
• Average daily January temperature: 7ºC / 45ºF
• Average daily July temperature: 22ºC / 72ºF

 
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