Oxford travel guide
From punting on the River Thames to grandiose historical colleges and the oldest botanic garden in Britain, you'll never be short of things to do in Oxford.
The seat of Britain's oldest university, Oxford's famous dreaming spires – of Christ Church Cathedral, Tom Tower and Magdalen Tower – can be seen for miles around. The city has given its name to many things from marmalade to movements, and is where undergraduates, cycling around corners, trail their gowns in the wind. But Oxford is also the site of the first Morris Motors works, and since World War II it has been an industrial city in addition to an academic one, although this is now less marked than several decades ago. Yet despite the inevitable takeover of Cornmarket Street by the usual high-street chains, the city has reached the 21st century relatively unscathed, and you can still enjoy historic places to visit in Oxford such as the Bodleian Library and the Sheldonian Theatre.
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