Bicester Village is the best place to go shopping in Oxfordshire. Located a short drive away from Oxford, the Village comprises some of the...

This ingenious 17th Century duck decoy system is in working in order and is regularly demonstrated for visitors. Situated in a beautiful area of...

Boarstall Tower was built in 1312 and is Buckinghamshire’s only surviving medieval military building. It was once the main entrance to the royal hunting forest...

The historic Buckinghamshire village of Brill is home to a fine example of a 17th Century post mill. The mill retains much of the original...

Claydon House is a marvellous piece of heritage that has been well preserved by the National Trust. It is a fantastic architectural gem in...

Take a trip back to the golden age of rail travel with a ride behind a vintage steam locomotive at this working steam railway museum....

The Oxfordshire Museum is housed in an award-winning redevelopment of Fletcher’s House and is set in attractive cultured gardens. The museum contains a great...

This delightful Saxon church is situated within the village of Waterperry, adjacent to Waterperry House. It is an architectural treasure trove, displaying progressive additions, alterations...

The beautiful 8-acre gardens of Waterperry House were founded by Beatrix Havergal in the 1930s. Today it includes formal gardens, an herbaceous border, woodland garden,...

This National Trust property (built 1874-89) is a magnificent French Renaissance-style chateau housing the Rothschild collection of art treasures including Sèvres porcelain and works by...

Set in 2,100 acres of parkland landscaped by Capability Brown, Blenheim Palace is surrounded by sweeping lawns and formal gardens. The State Rooms are graced...

The Health Archives for the county of Oxfordshire were originally established simply as an administrative tool for the local NHS to be able to check...

Lady Margaret Hall, the first women’s college in Oxford, was founded in 1878 by Elizabeth Wordsworth, a great-niece of the poet William Wordsworth. It was...

Situated just outside the centre of the charming Oxfordshire village of Deddington amongst beautiful countryside and woodland, this English Heritage site is home to extensive...

The Oxfordshire Record Office is home to a vast amount of administrative, political and social records that are associated with hundreds of years of history...

Although Wycliffe Hall has enjoyed a close relationship with the University of Oxford since its foundation in 1877, the institution only became an official Permanent...

The college was originally founded (under the name of Spring Hill College) in Birmingham, as a college for Nonconformist students, who could not at that...

St Antony’s College was founded using money donated by a French merchant Antonin Besse of Aden in 1952. It is one of the Universities...

In 1878 the Association for the Education of Women in Oxford was founded, and it is at this time that the college finds its earliest...

The Oxford University Museum of Natural History houses the University’s scientific collections of zoological, entomological, geological, palaeontological and mineralogical specimens, accumulated in the course of...

This is one of many museums owned by the University of Oxford based in the centre of the city. The permanent displays in the...

Originally run by Presbyterians, the college began life as Manchester Academy in 1786. The college was one of the few remaining dissenting academies that...

Magdalen College was founded in 1448 by William of Waynflete and was one of the first colleges to teach science. The impressive buildings of...

The Victorians founded Keble College, most notably Edward Pusey, in 1870. The college is named after Pusey’s friend and colleague John Keble who was...

Green College is one of the graduate constituent colleges at the University of Oxford. At the centre of the college is the Radcliffe Observatory,...

New College is one of the University of Oxford’s largest colleges and was the first college to be designed around a quadrangle. The college...

Founded by wealthy Somerset landowners Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham, this college became active in 1610. Although Wadham is one of the youngest of Oxford’s...

St Edmund Hall was one of Oxford’s ancient Aularian houses which were the first halls before the establishment of the University’s colleges and is the...

The University of Oxford Botanic Garden is nearly 400 years old and is the oldest in Britain. The garden has over 7,000 different types...

Oxford University’s Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art was founded by John Ruskin in 1871 whose aim was to develop a course that would...

A trip to Oxford would not be complete without trying out the traditional activity of punting down the River Cherwell. The Magdalen Bridge Boathouse...

The Queen’s College is one of Oxford University’s oldest colleges and was founded in 1341. The college was named in honour of Edward III’s...

The Bridge of Sighs in Oxford is almost as famous a landmark as its Italian counterpart. The bridge was built in 1913 and is...

Somerville is a college for women and men. It was founded (as Somerville Hall) in 1879 to provide an opportunity for women, who at that...

The Oratory in Oxford wasn’t actually established until 1993 but the Jesuits have served the church and surrounding buildings since the 1870’s and more recently...

Originally founded as Hart Hall by Elias de Hertford in 1282. Many of the great minds of the English Renaissance studied at what would...

The College of All Souls of the Faithful Departed, of Oxford, was founded by Henry VI and Henry Chichele (fellow of New College and Archbishop...

The Sheldonian Theatre was designed by Christopher Wren and was built between 1664 and 1668. Its main purpose is to provide the University of...

The Museum of the History of Science is housed in the oldest surviving purpose-built museum building in the world and has a wonderful collection of...

The Bodleian Library is not one library but many, housed in buildings spread all over Oxford. The historic core is around Radcliffe Square, with the...