"Oxford" Oxford by martin_nl

Oxford Travel Guide: 964 reviews and 2,012 photos

Welcome to my Oxford page. I have been to Oxford last September, and had a great time. I was picked up this day from the Airport in Luton by Alex, a girl I had met while travelling in Australia and we decided to go to Oxford for the afternoon. Yep just the afternoon, which of course was way too short, but nevertheless we were able to see a lot. The afternoon was just great. There were blue skies everywhere, not a single cloud in the sky. Quite a difference to Bangkok, were I was only a day before.

Just one afternoon

Boats on the river

We got to Oxford around noon and parked the car at a carpark close to the Magdalen Bridge, from where we ventured into the city. We walked onto High Street and turned right onto Radcliffe Square. There we hang about for some time and even met Cherrie Blair in the Divinity School ;)) She looked a bit blonder and younger than usual but nevertheless..... Then on to Broad Street browsed through a book shop there and walked to the main shopping street. We had some lunch, fish and chips, in a restaurant in a side street of the shopping street and then continued to the Carfax Tower. We climbed the tower and enjoyed the great view from up there. The tower isn't particularly high, but then again none of the buildings really are in Oxford so the view is still great. Finally we went to Christ Church to look around in this wonderful college where even some scenes of the Harry Potter films were filmed and where Alice in Wonderland came into existence.

Wewere not able to visit any of the other colleges this day since they were all closed for tourists. The day we had picked to take alook around the city was the day of examinations, too bad, but then again we wouldn't have been able to see them because there wasn't enough time anyway.

Pros and Cons

Pros:Wonderful architecture
Cons:Check opening times of the colleges

Last visit to Oxford: Jan 2006
Intro Updated Oct 10, 2006
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Some of the shops on High Street - Oxford

Shopping on High Street Shopping (1)

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Row your boat Transportation (1)

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The almost finished fish & chips - Oxford

Fish & Chips Restaurants (1)

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New buildings of Brasenose College on Hight Street - Oxford

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King_Golo Jan 18, 2010 at 1:58 PM

Quite nice, your Oxford pages - the weather is now very different, though...
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doug48 Sep 4, 2007 at 6:27 AM

great oxford pics! i see you were there on a rare sunny day. doug48
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deecat Aug 19, 2007 at 11:52 AM

Outstanding introduction, and I certainly enjoyed your fine travelogues with the spectacular photographs. The whole site reads like a travel diary; thus, one feels as though we are there with you.
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shutterlust Oct 27, 2006 at 5:25 PM

great photos of Christ Church. I never got a chance to go into the dining hall. My first Harry Potter attempt thwarted! :-/
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cjg1 Oct 26, 2006 at 8:53 PM

Great meeting you in NY. Just checking out some of you pages.
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nickandchris Jul 22, 2005 at 4:01 AM

Glad you enjoyed Oxford. Our son is studying maths at Magdalen College and has enjoyed the punting (free to Magdalen students.) We hope to look round when we take him back in October.
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barryg23 Jan 31, 2005 at 3:04 PM

Excellent page, you saw a lot of Oxford in one afternoon. Hope you get the chance to return and see all the colleges, it's well worth it.
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tpal Nov 29, 2004 at 11:08 AM

Ahhh! To be 24 and living in Europe. At least you can travel even with a new job. I'm very jealous of both you and my son!. He spent a summer in Oxford studying ;-) in 1997. Looks like a beautiful place to visit. BTW Italy WAS fantastic...Tom
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HOWDOYOUDO Oct 16, 2004 at 7:22 AM

These pics are amazing. Wish I saw Oxford like this when I was there!! Well done :-)
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XueLangZi Oct 15, 2004 at 9:11 AM

I always look forward visit Oxford someday....It looks like a religious city...different culture is absorbing...nice page