# All Souls College: Visitor Guide | Above Guide

> A unique research college composed only of Fellows (no undergraduates), famed for its notoriously hard Fellowship examination and its architectural…

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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.

[Official site](<https://www.asc.ox.ac.uk/>)

Founded  1438

Where  Central

Access  Open to Public (Limited Hours)

Type  College

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.

Nearby on foot · Central **Find All Souls College and the closest colleges.**

Explore around All Souls College

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51.7538°N, 1.2539°W [Get directions](<https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=51.7538,-1.2539>)

On the same walk

### Closest to
*this one.*

[1 min walk **Hertford College** Central](<https://above.guide/oxford/colleges/hertford>)[1 min walk **Brasenose College** Central](<https://above.guide/oxford/colleges/brasenose>)[2 min walk **New College** Central](<https://above.guide/oxford/colleges/new-college>)[2 min walk **Lincoln College** Central](<https://above.guide/oxford/colleges/lincoln-college>)

On a visit

### Don’t *miss.*

1. 01  Chapel with hammerbeam roof and carved reredos
2. 02  Codrington Library
3. 03  Hawksmoor's twin towers
4. 04  Front Quad and sundial
5. 05  Great 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](<https://www.asc.ox.ac.uk/>) before you travel.

Founded

1438

Area

Central — High Street / Radcliffe Square

Type

College

Before you visit

### Check hours, tickets and access.

Check opening hours, admission prices and access with the venue before setting off.

Updated

Date unavailable

By

[Above Guide Editorial Team](<https://above.guide/oxford/about#editorial-team>)

Useful links

- [Official site asc.ox.ac.uk ↗](<https://www.asc.ox.ac.uk/>)
- [Reference identity en.wikipedia.org ↗](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Souls_College,_Oxford>)

[Report a correction](<https://above.guide/oxford/corrections>)

Keep exploring

### Where to
*next.*

[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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