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We’ll give the day a shape—without planning out the surprise.\n\n[Explore the route planner]()\n\n**Start with the time you have** Choose a route to open it in the planner\n\n[**2–4 hours** **4** **A first look** The landmarks, lanes and views that give Oxford its shape. Open in route planner]()[**Full day** **6** **The Oxford classic** Colleges, covered lanes and an unhurried afternoon on the river. Open in route planner]()[**Two days** **9** **Centre and beyond** The historic heart first, then waterside Oxford and its neighbourhoods. Open in route planner]()\n\nBefore you arrive / Oxford\n\n### A better day starts *here.*\n\nA few small decisions. A much better visit.\nChoose what matters to you and find your next step.\n\nHow much Oxford fits?\n\nHalf a day / Our suggestion\n\n#### The essentials. Room to breathe.\n\nKeep your visit centred on the historic core. Make space for the lanes around Radcliffe Square and one stop you really want to spend time in.\n\n[See the half-day route]()\n\n1. Start with the historic centre\n2. Choose one college or museum\n3. Leave time for a café stop\n\nEssential Oxford\n\n### Make time for\n*what matters.*\n\nA considered starting point for a first visit. Open any place for practical details or add it directly to your itinerary.\n\n[See all things to do]()\n\n01 Culture & history\n\n [01 Culture & history **Bate Collection of Musical Instruments** Explore experience]() [02 Culture & history **Bodleian Library guided tour** Explore experience]() [03 Culture & history **Christ Church** Explore experience]() [04 Culture & history **Christ Church Cathedral** Explore experience]() [05 Culture & history **History of Science Museum** Explore experience]() [06 Culture & history **Oxford Castle** Explore experience]() [07 Culture & history **Oxford University Museum of Natural History** Explore experience]() [08 Culture & history **Pitt Rivers Museum** Explore experience]() [09 Culture & history **Sheldonian Theatre** Explore experience]() [10 Culture & history **Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities** Explore experience]() [11 Culture & history **The Ashmolean Museum** Explore experience]() [12 Culture & history **The Radcliffe Camera** Explore experience]() [13 Culture & history **The Weston Library** Explore experience]() [14 Culture & history **University Church of St Mary the Virgin** Explore experience]()\n\n02 Food & drink\n\n [15 Food & drink **Head of the River** Explore experience]() [16 Food & drink **Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons** Explore experience]() [17 Food & drink **Oxford Covered Market** Explore experience]() [18 Food & drink **The Bear Inn** Explore experience]() [19 Food & drink **The Chequers** Explore experience]() [20 Food & drink **The Eagle and Child** Explore experience]() [21 Food & drink **The King’s Arms** Explore experience]() [22 Food & drink **The Lamb & Flag** Explore experience]() [23 Food & drink **The Perch** Explore experience]() [24 Food & drink **The Trout Inn** Explore experience]() [25 Food & drink **The Turf Tavern** Explore experience]() [26 Food & drink **The White Horse** Explore experience]() [27 Food & drink **Westgate Oxford** Explore experience]()\n\n03 Walks & views\n\n [28 Walks & views **The Bridge of Sighs** Explore experience]()\n\n04 Parks & meadows\n\n [29 Parks & meadows **Christ Church Meadow** Explore experience]() [30 Parks & meadows **Oxford Botanic Garden** Explore experience]() [31 Parks & meadows **Port Meadow** Explore experience]() [32 Parks & meadows **University Parks** Explore experience]()\n\n05 On the water\n\n [33 On the water **Punt the Cherwell** Explore experience]() [34 On the water **Salter's Steamers** Explore experience]()\n\n06 Go deeper\n\n[43 Colleges All the colleges **Every Oxford college** Open the college guide]()[Food & drink / a story **The nine oldest pubs** Walk the timeline]()[Plan / Itinerary builder **Build your Oxford day** Start planning]()\n\nFollow your interests\n\n### 8 ways\n*into Oxford.*\n\nChoose the version of Oxford that fits your day, from museums and food to water, green space and family time.\n\n[01\n\n#### Culture & history\n\nThe colleges, the Bodleian, and world-class free museums — the Ashmolean, Pitt Rivers and Natural History.\n\n Explore]()[02\n\n#### Food & drink\n\nHistoric low-beamed pubs, the 250-year-old Covered Market, and riverside tables along the Cherwell.\n\n Explore]()[03\n\n#### Hotels & stays\n\nExceptional city hotels, country-house retreats and destination stays across Oxford and Oxfordshire.\n\n Explore]()[04\n\n#### Walks & views\n\nCobbled lanes, the Bridge of Sighs, and rooftop climbs for the classic view of the dreaming spires.\n\n Explore]()[05\n\n#### Parks & meadows\n\nRoam Port Meadow with its grazing horses, wander Christ Church Meadow and the University Parks, and follow the towpaths out of the city.\n\n Explore]()[06\n\n#### On the water\n\nPunt the Cherwell past the college backs, take a chauffeured punt or hire a rowing boat, and cruise the Thames from Folly Bridge.\n\n Explore]()[07\n\n#### With the family\n\nDinosaurs and a dodo, the castle mound, and open green space when small legs need running room.\n\n Explore]()[08\n\n#### After dark\n\nCandlelit pubs, live music and choral evensong, and a lively year of festivals and events.\n\n Explore]()\n\nWhere to base yourself\n\n### Choose your\n*Oxford.*\n\nCompare the parts of the city by atmosphere, connections and what you can reach from the doorstep.\n\n[Compare every neighbourhood]()\n\n1. 01\n\n #### Jericho\n\n Independent cafes, restaurants and bars, the historic Phoenix Picturehouse cinema, canal-side walks and the Oxford University Press building; an easy, atmospheric stroll just northwest of the centre.\n2. 02\n\n #### Cowley Road / East Oxford\n\n The best concentration of world cuisine, independent shops, music venues, nightlife and street life in Oxford; home to the annual Cowley Road Carnival.\n3. 03\n\n #### Summertown\n\n Good delis, cafes, restaurants and everyday shops along Banbury Road; a pleasant, quieter base north of the centre.\n4. 04\n\n #### Headington\n\n The quirky 'Headington Shark' house is a photo stop; also the practical district for the John Radcliffe Hospital and Brookes, and the gateway to South Park and Shotover.\n5. 05\n\n #### Osney Island\n\n Pretty riverside lanes, weirs and lock, just minutes from the railway station; a peaceful pocket of water on the western edge of the core.\n6. 06\n\n #### Iffley (village and lock)\n\n The 12th-century church of St Mary the Virgin and the scenic Iffley Lock on the Thames make a classic riverside walk from the centre; the towpath here is prime rowing territory.\n\nBeyond the postcard\n\n### Rivers, colleges\n*and everyday Oxford.*\n\nOxford isn’t only stone and spires. Punt the Cherwell, walk the meadows and Port Meadow’s riverside, then find a lantern-lit pub as the light goes.\n\n![A punt gliding along the willow-lined River Cherwell with Magdalen Tower beyond]()\n\nPunting **Punting the Cherwell**\n\n![Wooden punts moored beneath the arches of Magdalen Bridge]()\n\nPunting **Magdalen Bridge**\n\n![A quiet willow-shaded stretch of the River Cherwell in golden light]()\n\nRivers **Willow reaches**\n\n![A rowing eight on the misty River Thames at dawn past the college boathouses]()\n\nRivers **Rowing the Isis**\n\nThe spatial guide\n\n### See it from above, then from the street\n\nThis guide helps you plan. The Above Guide 360° tour lets you stand in it — an aerial flythrough of the dreaming spires, then step down into colleges, pubs, museums and lanes, scene by scene. The guide points the way; the tour is the experience.\n\n[Open the 360° tour ↗]()\n\n Oxford / From above to street level\n\nMoving to Oxford?\n\n### Find a home — and walk it in 360° before you visit\n\nHomes for sale sit right inside the Oxford tours, pinned where they actually are. Filter to what you want, walk the rooms in 360° with the real floor plan, save the ones you love, and take it all the way to the agent — without leaving Above Guide.\n\n[Explore Oxford property]()[View homes in 360°]()\n\nFor local businesses\n\n### Reach people planning a visit.\n\nPlace your business inside the guide visitors use to plan their time in Oxford.\n\n[See how Above Guide works]()" }