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copy of every book published in Britain \u2014 and the Radcliffe Camera at its centre is the building on every postcard.\r\n\r\nChrist Church has the hall the Harry Potter dining hall was modelled on, which drives a large part of the visitor traffic and the ticket price.\r\n\r\nThe Ashmolean, Britain's first public museum, and the Pitt Rivers, an unreformed Victorian ethnographic collection in dense glass cases, are both free and both remarkable.\r\n\r\nOne long day, or two.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in | Train from London Paddington 1 hour, or the 24-hour Oxford Tube coach\r\nGetting around | Walk or cycle. The centre is small and flat\r\nCurrency | Pound sterling\r\nMuseums | The Ashmolean, Pitt Rivers and Natural History are free\r\nCollege entry | Varies, \u00a35\u201320. Christ Church is the priciest\r\nExam term | Late April to mid-June. Many colleges close to visitors","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"A small centre, with cheaper beds along the two main roads out.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"14","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"City centre | First-timers | Around the Bodleian and the High: colleges, the covered market and everything on foot. | 51.7530 | -1.2570 |  | \nJericho | Independent and quieter | North-west: Victorian terraces, good restaurants, a canal and an arthouse cinema. | 51.7590 | -1.2680 |  | \nCowley Road | Local life and value | East across the Cherwell: the city's most diverse street, cheap food, live music and no visitors. | 51.7470 | -1.2380 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Oxford","hw_hub_city_do_body":"The Bodleian Library tours are the best thing here, from about \u00a310 for the Divinity School to \u00a320 for the full tour including Duke Humfrey's Library. The Radcliffe Camera can only be entered on the extended tour.\r\n\r\nClimb something. The University Church of St Mary the Virgin tower at about \u00a36 gives the classic view over the Radcliffe Camera and the colleges; Carfax Tower is cheaper and lower.\r\n\r\nChrist Church at about \u00a320 is the expensive one, with the cathedral, the hall that inspired the Harry Potter set and a meadow walk. Worth it if you want one college done properly.\r\n\r\nThe Ashmolean is free, holds Britain's first public museum collection and takes two hours easily.\r\n\r\nThe Pitt Rivers, behind the Natural History Museum, is free and arranged by type rather than culture in dark Victorian cases \u2014 one of the strangest and best museums in the country.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"Bodleian tours | \u00a310\u201320. The Divinity School and Duke Humfrey's Library\r\nSt Mary's tower | About \u00a36, and the view everyone photographs\r\nThe Pitt Rivers | Free, dark, dense and unlike any other museum\r\nChrist Church | About \u00a320, and the one to pick if you do one college","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Oxford","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Oxford","hw_hub_city_free_body":"The Ashmolean, the Pitt Rivers and the Museum of Natural History are all free and all substantial.\r\n\r\nSeveral colleges admit visitors free at quiet hours, and the Bodleian's Divinity School courtyard, the Bridge of Sighs on New College Lane and the whole of the High Street cost nothing.\r\n\r\nThe University Parks and Christ Church Meadow are free, and the meadow walk runs down to the Thames, called the Isis as it passes the city.\r\n\r\nPort Meadow, an ancient common grazed for a thousand years, is free, enormous and where the city swims in summer.\r\n\r\nThe Eagle and Child and the Lamb and Flag on St Giles' are where Tolkien and Lewis's Inklings met; going in costs the price of a drink.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"Three free museums | The Ashmolean, Pitt Rivers and Natural History\r\nPort Meadow | Ancient common land, free, and where locals swim\r\nChrist Church Meadow | Free walk to the river\r\nThe Bridge of Sighs | Free, on New College Lane","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Oxford","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Oxford","hw_hub_city_food_body":"The Covered Market, trading since 1774, is the centre's good option \u2014 pies, cheese, a famous cake shop and cheap lunch counters at \u00a36 to \u00a312.\r\n\r\nCowley Road is where the city actually eats: Pakistani, Ethiopian, Caribbean, Polish and Middle Eastern at \u00a38 to \u00a315, and a ten-minute walk from the centre.\r\n\r\nJericho has the better restaurants and the calmer rooms.\r\n\r\nA pub main is \u00a314 to \u00a319 and a pint \u00a35 to \u00a36.50.\r\n\r\nThe historic pubs are worth one evening: the Turf Tavern, hidden down an alley and where a future Australian prime minister set a beer-drinking record, and the Lamb and Flag and Eagle and Child on St Giles', both tied to the Inklings.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"The Covered Market | Trading since 1774. Lunch at \u00a36\u201312\r\nCowley Road | Where the city eats. \u00a38\u201315\r\nThe Turf Tavern | Down an alley, and hard to find on purpose\r\nA pint | \u00a35\u20136.50","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Oxford","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Oxford","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"Pub-led in the centre and more interesting on Cowley Road, which has the live music venues, the late bars and the crowd that is not in a college.\r\n\r\nCollege bars and balls take most student energy and are largely closed to outsiders.\r\n\r\nThe O2 Academy and the Bullingdon on Cowley Road carry the touring gigs, and Oxford has produced more bands than a city this size should have.\r\n\r\nA pint is \u00a35 to \u00a36.50 and cocktails \u00a39 to \u00a313.\r\n\r\nTerm time here runs in three eight-week blocks from October to June, and out of term the evenings are quiet.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"Cowley Road | Live music, late bars and the real scene\r\nHistoric pubs | The Turf, the Lamb and Flag, the Eagle and Child\r\nCollege bars | Where students are, and closed to visitors\r\nPrices | Pint \u00a35\u20136.50, cocktails \u00a39\u201313","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Oxford","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Oxford","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"Walk. The centre is about a mile across and largely pedestrianised, and cycling is the local default with hire at \u00a315 to \u00a320 a day.\r\n\r\nBuses cover Cowley, Jericho and the park-and-rides at about \u00a32.50.\r\n\r\nTrains reach London Paddington in an hour and Birmingham in an hour and twenty. The Oxford Tube and X90 coaches run to London around the clock for about \u00a315 return, which is cheaper than the train and only a little slower.\r\n\r\nHeathrow is an hour by the Airline coach, about \u00a330, with no change in London.\r\n\r\nDriving into the centre is discouraged by design, with traffic filters, bus gates and expensive parking.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"Walk or cycle | A mile across and largely pedestrianised\r\nThe Oxford Tube | 24-hour coach to London, about \u00a315 return\r\nHeathrow direct | An hour by coach, no change in London\r\nDo not drive in | Traffic filters and costly parking","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Oxford","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Oxford costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"Similar to Cambridge and expensive for its size. Dorms are \u00a322 to \u00a340, a pub main \u00a314 to \u00a319, and a pint \u00a35 to \u00a36.50.\r\n\r\nA day is \u00a355 to \u00a395.\r\n\r\nThree free museums and the meadows cover a lot of it. The costs are college entries \u2014 Christ Church at about \u00a320 is the steep one \u2014 and the Bodleian tours at \u00a310 to \u00a320.\r\n\r\nThe coach to London at about \u00a315 return is markedly cheaper than the train, runs 24 hours and is the standard way in and out.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | \u00a322\u201340\r\nA day, all in | \u00a355\u201395\r\nThree free museums | The Ashmolean, Pitt Rivers and Natural History\r\nCoach to London | About \u00a315 return, and cheaper than the train","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Oxford","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Oxford","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Oxford is safe, and the hazards are bicycles and water rather than crime.\r\n\r\nCycling volumes are high, bikes move fast and quietly, and the roads through the centre are narrow with buses squeezing past.\r\n\r\nBike theft is the most common crime in the city, so lock anything hired properly.\r\n\r\nThe Thames and the Cherwell run through the meadows and people swim at Port Meadow and Wolvercote in summer. There are no lifeguards, the water is cold, the current is stronger than it looks and there are weirs \u2014 swim where other people are swimming and not after drinking.\r\n\r\nEmergency number is 999, or 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Bicycles and buses | Narrow central roads and fast cyclists\r\nBike theft | The most common crime here\r\nRiver swimming | No lifeguards, cold water, weirs. Never after drinking\r\nEmergency | 999 or 112","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Oxford","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Oxford","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"A baroque palace, the Cotswolds and London in an hour.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Blenheim Palace | 40 minutes | Bus S3, about \u00a36 | A baroque palace in Capability Brown parkland, Churchill's birthplace and UNESCO-listed. Entry about \u00a335. |  | 1303776\nThe Cotswolds | 1 hour | Bus or train to Charlbury, \u00a38\u201315 | Honey-coloured villages, drystone walls and walking between them. Burford and Chipping Norton are the nearest. |  | 1303777\nLondon | 1 hour | Train or 24-hour coach, \u00a315\u201330 | Close enough to do from either direction. |  | 1303735\nStratford-upon-Avon | 1.5 hours | Bus or train, \u00a312\u201320 | Shakespeare's birthplace, his grave, and the Royal Shakespeare Company on the Avon. |  | 1303778","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Oxford","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"Term time for atmosphere, summer for college access. May Morning is the one date worth planning around.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. Oxford sits in the Thames valley and is milder and damper than the numbers suggest, with a genuine tendency to fog in late autumn.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 7 | 3 | Cold and quiet. Term running and museums free\r\nFebruary | 8 | 3 | Grey. Cheapest beds of the year\r\nMarch | 11 | 3 | Improving. Colleges accessible\r\nApril | 14 | 4 | Good. Blossom on Addison's Walk\r\nMay | 17 | 4 | May Morning on the 1st. Exam term closes many colleges\r\nJune | 20 | 4 | Balls and exams. Beautiful, restricted, expensive\r\nJuly | 22 | 5 | Warm, full of summer schools, colleges mostly open\r\nAugust | 22 | 5 | Peak visitors and students away. Best college access\r\nSeptember | 19 | 5 | Superb. Quiet before term, weather holding\r\nOctober | 15 | 4 | Term restarts and the city refills. Good value\r\nNovember | 11 | 3 | Dark and damp. Very quiet\r\nDecember | 8 | 3 | Cold. Christmas market and carol services","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"Choristers sing from a tower at six in the morning on 1 May, and the whole city turns up.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Oxford","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/england\/oxford\/","hw_hub_city_events":"May Morning | 1 May | Magdalen Bridge | Magdalen College choir sings from the tower at 6am to a crowd of thousands on the bridge below, followed by morris dancing and pubs opening early. Free and unlike anything else in England. |  | \nEights Week | May | The Isis | College rowing races on the river, free to watch from the bank. |  | \nOxford Christmas Market | December | Broad Street | Chalets along Broad Street beneath the Sheldonian and the Bodleian. |  | \nExam term | Late April to mid-June | Colleges | Many colleges close to visitors. Check before planning around college entry. |  | \nCowley Road Carnival | Summer | Cowley Road | A free street carnival on the city's most diverse street. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in pounds.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"The doing line covers a college entry and a Bodleian tour. Blenheim Palace at about \u00a335 sits outside these figures.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6\r\nMiddle of the road | 36 | 30 | 4 | 25\r\nComfortable | 66 | 50 | 8 | 45","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u00a3","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Oxford","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"A small scene for a city this visited, so book ahead \u2014 particularly around May Morning and graduation weekends. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Oxford","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/england\/oxford\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Oxford travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"Oxford or Cambridge? | Oxford is a bigger working city with more going on beyond the university \u2014 Cowley Road, the car works, a proper music scene. Cambridge is smaller, flatter and greener, with the river at its centre. Both are about an hour from London and neither disappoints.\r\nCan I see the Harry Potter hall? | Christ Church's dining hall was the model for the film set rather than the filming location itself, and entry to the college is about \u00a320. The staircase there was used in the films. Go early \u2014 it is the busiest ticket in the city.\r\nWhich colleges can I visit? | It varies by college and by season. Entry is \u00a35 to \u00a320 where charged, several are free at quiet hours, and many close to visitors during exam term from late April to mid-June. Check the individual college before building a day around it.\r\nWhat is the cheapest way from London? | The Oxford Tube or X90 coach, about \u00a315 return, running 24 hours from Victoria. It is cheaper than the train and only a little slower, and it drops you in the centre.\r\nAre the museums free? | Yes \u2014 the Ashmolean, which holds Britain's first public museum collection, the Pitt Rivers and the Museum of Natural History. The Pitt Rivers in particular is one of the strangest and best museums in the country.\r\nWhat is May Morning? | At six in the morning on 1 May, Magdalen College choir sings from the top of the tower to thousands of people on the bridge below, and the pubs open early. It is free, it is genuinely unusual, and every bed in the city books out.\r\nWhere do I eat cheaply? | The Covered Market in the centre, trading since 1774, does lunch at \u00a36 to \u00a312. Cowley Road, ten minutes east, has Pakistani, Ethiopian, Caribbean and Middle Eastern food at \u00a38 to \u00a315 and is where people who live here go.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare Oxford hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. 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