Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Oxford, United Kingdom

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Number of sights 29 sights
Distance 5.1 km
Ascend 64 m
Descend 49 m

Experience Oxford in United Kingdom in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Oxford

Sight 1: St Frideswide's Church

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St Frideswide's Church is a Church of England church on the south side of the Botley Road in New Osney, west Oxford, England. The church is in a district originally part of the parish of St Thomas the Martyr.

Wikipedia: St Frideswide's Church (EN)

1020 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 2: Worcester College

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Worcester College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The college was founded in 1714 by the benefaction of Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet (1648–1701) of Norgrove, Worcestershire, whose coat of arms was adopted by the college. Its predecessor, Gloucester College, had been an institution of learning on the same site since the late 13th century until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539. Founded as a men's college, Worcester has been coeducational since 1979. The provost is David Isaac, CBE who took office on 1 July 2021

Wikipedia: Worcester College, Oxford (EN), Website

595 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 3: Burton Taylor Studio

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Oxford Playhouse is a theatre designed by Edward Maufe and F.G.M. Chancellor. It is situated in Beaumont Street, Oxford, opposite the Ashmolean Museum.

Wikipedia: Burton Taylor Studio (EN)

66 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Oxford Playhouse

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Oxford Playhouse is a theatre designed by Edward Maufe and F.G.M. Chancellor. It is situated in Beaumont Street, Oxford, opposite the Ashmolean Museum.

Wikipedia: Oxford Playhouse (EN), Website

150 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Taylor Institution

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The Taylor Institution is the Oxford University library dedicated to the study of the languages of Europe. Its building also includes lecture rooms used by the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford. Since 1889, an Annual Lecture on a subject of Foreign Literature has been given at the Taylorian Institution.

Wikipedia: Taylor Institution (EN)

85 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Martyrs' Memorial

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The Martyrs' Memorial is a stone monument positioned at the intersection of St Giles', Magdalen Street and Beaumont Street, to the west of Balliol College, Oxford, England. It commemorates the 16th-century Oxford Martyrs.

Wikipedia: Martyrs' Memorial, Oxford (EN)

60 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: St Mary Magdalen

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St Mary MagdalenRobert Cutts from Bristol, England, UK / CC BY 2.0

St Mary Magdalen is a Church of England parish church in Magdalen Street, Oxford, England, dedicated to Jesus' companion Mary Magdalene. It is one of the city's ancient parish churches and is a Grade I listed building.

Wikipedia: St Mary Magdalen's Church, Oxford (EN)

127 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Site of the Burning of the Oxford Martyrs

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Site of the Burning of the Oxford Martyrs

The Oxford Martyrs were Protestants tried for heresy in 1555 and burnt at the stake in Oxford, England, for their religious beliefs and teachings, during the Marian persecution in England.

Wikipedia: Oxford Martyrs (EN)

171 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: St Michael at the Northgate

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St Michael at the North Gate is a church in Cornmarket Street, at the junction with Ship Street, in central Oxford, England. The name derives from the church's location on the site of the north gate of Oxford when it was surrounded by a city wall.

Wikipedia: St Michael at the North Gate (EN), Website

148 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: New Theatre

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New Theatre Oxford is the main commercial theatre in Oxford, England. It has a capacity of 1,785 people; is on George Street, in the centre of the city; and puts on a wide variety of shows, including musical theatre, stand-up comedy, and concerts.

Wikipedia: New Theatre Oxford (EN)

155 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Wesley Memorial Church

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Wesley Memorial Church is a Methodist church in central Oxford, England. John and Charles Wesley studied in Oxford, and the congregation was founded in 1783. The present church building was completed in 1878. The building is now a focus for various social activities as well as Christian worship.

Wikipedia: Wesley Memorial Church, Oxford (EN), Website

70 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: St Peter's Chapel

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St Peter's Chapel

The Church of St Peter-le-Bailey is a church on New Inn Hall Street in central Oxford, England. It was formerly next to Bonn Square, which was originally the churchyard. Now it is located halfway up New Inn Hall Street to the north. Several churches have existed on or close to the site. The current church is now the chapel of St Peter's College, Oxford.

Wikipedia: Church of St Peter-le-Bailey (EN), Website

102 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: Tirah Memorial

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The Tirah Memorial is a war memorial in Bonn Square, Oxford, England. It commemorates soldiers of the 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry who died in 1897–98 on the Tirah Expedition and Punjab Frontier Campaign to suppress rebel tribes on the North West Frontier of British India.

Wikipedia: Tirah Memorial (EN)

142 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: St Ebbe's Church

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St Ebbe's is a Church of England parish church in central Oxford. The church is within the conservative evangelical tradition and participates in the Anglican Reform movement. It has members from many nations, many of whom are students at Oxford University. The rector is Vaughan Roberts who is also an author and conference speaker.

Wikipedia: St Ebbe's Church, Oxford (EN), Website

195 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: St Aldate's Church

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St Aldate's is a Church of England parish church in the centre of Oxford, in the Deanery and Diocese of Oxford. The church is on the street named St Aldate's, opposite Christ Church college and next door to Pembroke College. The church has a large congregation and has a staff team of about 30 which includes clergy, pastoral and administrative staff. The offices of the Rector and other members of staff are at 40 Pembroke Street.

Wikipedia: St Aldate's Church (EN), Website

356 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 16: Christ Church Cathedral

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Christ Church Cathedral is the cathedral of the Anglican diocese of Oxford, which consists of the counties of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. It is also the chapel of Christ Church, a college of the University of Oxford. This dual role as cathedral and college chapel is unique in the Church of England. This gives the Dean of Christ Church a distinctive role as both head of Christ Church, Oxford as well as having the ecclesiastical function of an Anglican Dean.

Wikipedia: Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford (EN), Website, Heritage Website

383 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 17: Merton College Chapel

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Merton College Chapel is the church of Merton College, Oxford, England. Dedicated to St Mary and St John the Baptist, the chapel was largely completed in its present form by the end of the 13th century. The building retains a number of original stained glass windows, and is noted for its acoustics. A choral foundation was established in 2008 by Peter Phillips.

Wikipedia: Merton College Chapel (EN)

298 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 18: Radcliffe Camera

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The Radcliffe Camera is a building of the University of Oxford, England, designed by James Gibbs in a Baroque style and built in 1737–49 to house the Radcliffe Science Library. It is sited to the south of the Old Bodleian, north of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, and between Brasenose College to the west and All Souls College to the east. The Radcliffe Camera's circularity, its position in the heart of Oxford, and its separation from other buildings make it the focal point of the University of Oxford, and as such it is almost always included in shorthand visual representations of the university. The Radcliffe Camera is not open to the public.

Wikipedia: Radcliffe Camera (EN)

38 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 19: St Mary the Virgin

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The University Church of St Mary the Virgin is an Anglican church in Oxford situated on the north side of the High Street. It is the centre from which the University of Oxford grew and its parish consists almost exclusively of university and college buildings.

Wikipedia: University Church of St Mary the Virgin (EN)

41 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 20: Brasenose College

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Brasenose College (BNC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509. The library and chapel were added in the mid-17th century and the new quadrangle in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Wikipedia: Brasenose College, Oxford (EN)

10 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 21: Chapel

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Chapel

The Chapel of Brasenose College, Oxford, dedicated to St Hugh and St Chad, was built during the seventeenth century, during Brasenose's second wave of building started under the Principalship of Samuel Radcliffe. It is believed to have replaced an earlier chapel where the Senior Common Room now is, and includes items of silverware from around the date of foundation. The chapel is in a mixture of architectural styles – Gothic, neoclassical, and baroque – and has not proven uncontroversial for this reason. The current chaplain is The Reverend David Sheen.

Wikipedia: Brasenose College Chapel (EN)

230 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 22: Lincoln College

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Lincoln College Simon Q / CC BY 2.0

Lincoln College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, situated on Turl Street in central Oxford. Lincoln was founded in 1427 by Richard Fleming, the then bishop of Lincoln.

Wikipedia: Lincoln College, Oxford (EN)

250 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 23: Museum of the History of Science

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Museum of the History of Science

The History of Science Museum in Broad Street, Oxford, England, holds a leading collection of scientific instruments from Middle Ages to the 19th century. The museum building is also known as the Old Ashmolean Building to distinguish it from the newer Ashmolean Museum building completed in 1894. The museum was built in 1683, and it is the world's oldest surviving purpose-built museum.

Wikipedia: History of Science Museum, Oxford (EN), Website, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube

94 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 24: The Divinity School

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The Divinity School is a medieval building and room in the Perpendicular style in Oxford, England, part of the University of Oxford. Built between 1427 and 1483, it is the oldest surviving purpose-built building for university use, specifically for lectures, oral exams and discussions on theology. It is no longer used for this purpose, although Oxford does offer degrees in Theology and Religion taught by its Faculty of Theology and Religion.

Wikipedia: Divinity School, Oxford (EN)

0 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 25: Convocation House

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Convocation House is the lower floor of the 1634–1637 westward addition to the University of Oxford's Bodleian Library and Divinity School in Oxford, England. It adjoins the Divinity School, which pre-dates it by just over two hundred years, and the Sheldonian Theatre, to its immediate north.

Wikipedia: Convocation House (EN)

49 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 26: Sheldonian Theatre

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Sheldonian Theatre, located in Oxford, England, was built from 1664 to 1669 after a design by Christopher Wren for the University of Oxford. The building is named after Gilbert Sheldon, Warden of All Souls College and later chancellor of the University. Sheldon was the project's main financial backer. The theatre is used for music concerts, lectures and University ceremonies, but not for drama until 2015 when the Christ Church Dramatic Society staged a production of The Crucible by Arthur Miller.

Wikipedia: Sheldonian Theatre (EN), Website

42 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 27: Clarendon Building

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The Clarendon Building is an early 18th-century neoclassical building of the University of Oxford. It is in Broad Street, Oxford, England, next to the Bodleian Library and the Sheldonian Theatre and near the centre of the city. It was built between 1711 and 1715 and is now a Grade I listed building.

Wikipedia: Clarendon Building (EN)

68 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 28: The Bridge of Sighs

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Hertford Bridge, often called the Bridge of Sighs, is a skyway joining two parts of Hertford College over New College Lane in Oxford, England. Its distinctive design makes it a city landmark.

Wikipedia: Bridge of Sighs, Oxford (EN)

145 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 29: Holywell Music Room

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The Holywell Music Room is the city of Oxford's chamber music hall, situated on Holywell Street in the city centre, and is part of Wadham College. It is said to be the oldest purpose-built music room in Europe, and hence Britain's first concert hall.

Wikipedia: Holywell Music Room (EN)

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