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  "editorialMarkdown": "Central-W · Founded 1937\n\n## Nuffield College\n\nA specialist graduate college devoted to the social sciences, of interest for its unusual mid-century architecture and prominent library tower rather than as a classic tourist college.\n\n[Official site](<https://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/>)\n\nFounded  1937\n\nWhere  Central-W\n\nAccess  Closed to Visitors\n\nType  College\n\nThe college\n\n### A closer\n*look.*\n\nCentral-west — New Road\n\n**Founded 1937.** Founded in 1937 by the industrialist Lord Nuffield (William Morris, founder of Morris Motors); it was the first Oxford college established exclusively for graduate students.\n\nA 20th-century college in Cotswold domestic style designed by Austen Harrison, distinguished by a tall modernist tower (the first tower built in Oxford in some 200 years) that houses the college library. It stands on the site of the former Oxford Canal basin in the city's west end.\n\nNearby on foot · Central-W **Find Nuffield College and the closest colleges.**\n\nExplore around Nuffield College\n\n The map will load when you reach it.\n\n51.7528°N, 1.2627°W [Get directions](<https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=51.7528,-1.2627>)\n\nOn the same walk\n\n### Closest to\n*this one.*\n\n[2 min walk **St Peter's College** Central](<https://above.guide/oxford/colleges/st-peters>)[2 min walk **Worcester College** Central](<https://above.guide/oxford/colleges/worcester>)[4 min walk **Balliol College** Central](<https://above.guide/oxford/colleges/balliol>)[4 min walk **Jesus College** Central](<https://above.guide/oxford/colleges/jesus>)\n\nOn a visit\n\n### Don’t *miss.*\n\n1. 01  Library tower (spire)\n2. 02  Cotswold-style ranges\n3. 03  Quadrangle with water feature\n4. 04  Focus on economics, politics and sociology\n\nConnected to\n\n### Notable\n*names.*\n\n- Founded by car magnate and philanthropist Lord Nuffield\n- Leading centre for social science and election-night psephology research\n\nBefore you go\n\n#### Visiting Nuffield College\n\nCurrently closed to visitors. Do not plan around entering; use the exterior and nearby streets unless the college publishes a change.\n\nOpening hours, admission and access change often — check the [official site](<https://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/>) before you travel.\n\nFounded\n\n1937\n\nArea\n\nCentral-west — New Road\n\nType\n\nCollege\n\nBefore you visit\n\n### Check hours, tickets and access.\n\nCheck opening hours, admission prices and access with the venue before setting off.\n\nUpdated\n\nDate unavailable\n\nBy\n\n[Above Guide Editorial Team](<https://above.guide/oxford/about#editorial-team>)\n\nUseful links\n\n- [Official site nuffield.ox.ac.uk ↗](<https://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/>)\n- [Reference identity en.wikipedia.org ↗](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuffield_College,_Oxford>)\n\n[Report a correction](<https://above.guide/oxford/corrections>)\n\nKeep exploring\n\n### Where to\n*next.*\n\n[Compare the best colleges to visit](<https://above.guide/oxford/best-colleges-to-visit>)[All colleges](<https://above.guide/oxford/explore>)[Neighbourhoods](<https://above.guide/oxford/neighbourhoods>)[Things to Do](<https://above.guide/oxford/things-to-do>)"
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