Central · Founded 1438
All Souls College
A unique research college composed only of Fellows (no undergraduates), famed for its notoriously hard Fellowship examination and its architectural set-piece on Radcliffe Square.
The college
A closer
look.
Central — High Street / Radcliffe Square
Founded 1438. Founded in 1438 by King Henry VI and Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury, as a memorial to those who died in the Hundred Years' War.
Medieval and Gothic Revival: the 15th-century Front Quad and Chapel sit beside Nicholas Hawksmoor's early-18th-century North Quad with its distinctive twin Gothic towers and the Codrington Library.
On the same walk
Closest to
this one.
On a visit
Don’t miss.
- 01Chapel with hammerbeam roof and carved reredos
- 02Codrington Library
- 03Hawksmoor's twin towers
- 04Front Quad and sundial
- 05Great Quad
Connected to
Notable
names.
- T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), a Fellow
- Sir Christopher Wren, a Fellow
- Sir Isaiah Berlin
- William Blackstone
- The Mallard Song ceremony
Before you go
Visiting All Souls College
Open to Public (Limited Hours). Published visitor access: Weekdays and Sundays 14:00–16:00; closed over Easter, Christmas and throughout August. Admission: Free. College events, services and exams can still close areas at short notice.
Opening hours, admission and access change often — check the official site before you travel.
- Founded
- 1438
- Area
- Central — High Street / Radcliffe Square
- Type
- College
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