# St Hilda's College: Visitor Guide | Above Guide

> The draw is its calm riverside setting and gardens on the Cherwell, just across the water from the tourist bustle, with a lively musical culture and punts…

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South · Founded 1893

## St Hilda's College

The draw is its calm riverside setting and gardens on the Cherwell, just across the water from the tourist bustle, with a lively musical culture and punts moored below the lawns.

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

Founded  1893

Where  South

Access  Appointment Only

Type  College

The college

### A closer
*look.*

Cowley Place, east bank of the River Cherwell just south of Magdalen Bridge

**Founded 1893.** Founded by Dorothea Beale, principal of Cheltenham Ladies' College, as a hall for women; it was the last single-sex Oxford college, admitting men only from 2008.

Rather than one historic quad, it spreads as a run of Victorian villas and 20th-century blocks down the east bank of the River Cherwell, with lawns and gardens reaching the water and the modern Jacqueline du Pre Music Building alongside.

Nearby on foot · South **Find St Hilda's College and the closest colleges.**

Explore around St Hilda's College

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51.7492°N, 1.2453°W [Get directions](<https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=51.7492,-1.2453>)

On the same walk

### Closest to
*this one.*

[4 min walk **Magdalen College** Central](<https://above.guide/oxford/colleges/magdalen-college>)[6 min walk **Merton College** Central](<https://above.guide/oxford/colleges/merton-college>)[7 min walk **St Edmund Hall** Central](<https://above.guide/oxford/colleges/st-edmund-hall>)[7 min walk **The Queen's College** Central](<https://above.guide/oxford/colleges/the-queens-college>)

On a visit

### Don’t *miss.*

1. 01  Riverside gardens sloping to the River Cherwell
2. 02  Jacqueline du Pre Music Building concert venue
3. 03  College boathouse and punts
4. 04  Heritage as Oxford's last women-only college

Connected to

### Notable
*names.*

- Barbara Pym (novelist)
- Val McDermid (crime writer)
- Wendy Cope (poet)
- Zeinab Badawi (broadcaster)

Before you go

#### Visiting St Hilda's College

Appointment Only. Published visitor access: By appointment only. Admission: Free. Confirm arrangements before travelling.

Opening hours, admission and access change often — check the [official site](<https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/>) before you travel.

Founded

1893

Area

Cowley Place, east bank of the River Cherwell just south of Magdalen Bridge

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 st-hildas.ox.ac.uk ↗](<https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/>)
- [Reference identity en.wikipedia.org ↗](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Hilda%27s_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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