North · Founded 1886
St Hugh's College
Prized for its expansive, tranquil gardens and lawns well removed from the crowds of the city centre, a green retreat with a strong reforming heritage.
The college
A closer
look.
St Margaret's Road, North Oxford
Founded 1886. Founded by Elizabeth Wordsworth, great-niece of the poet William Wordsworth and first principal of Lady Margaret Hall, as a hall for women and named after St Hugh of Lincoln; it became fully co-residential in the 1980s.
A spacious North Oxford site of red-brick Edwardian buildings set among some of the largest and most secluded gardens of any Oxford college, with the modern Dickson Poon China Centre added on the grounds.
On the same walk
Closest to
this one.
On a visit
Don’t miss.
- 01Among the largest college gardens in Oxford
- 02Edwardian red-brick architecture
- 03Dickson Poon University of Oxford China Centre
- 04Wolfson and Maplethorpe garden plantings
Connected to
Notable
names.
- Aung San Suu Kyi (Nobel Peace laureate)
- Theresa May (former UK Prime Minister)
- Barbara Castle (politician)
- Amal Clooney (human-rights lawyer)
Before you go
Visiting St Hugh's College
Check in Advance. Published visitor access: Check in advance by email or telephone before visiting. Admission: Free; donations welcome. Confirm arrangements before travelling.
Opening hours, admission and access change often — check the official site before you travel.
- Founded
- 1886
- Area
- St Margaret's Road, North Oxford
- Type
- College
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