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

> It pairs the elegant Laudian Canterbury Quad with one of Oxford's loveliest and largest college gardens, a grand and quiet contrast to busy St Giles'…

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Central · Founded 1555

## St John's College

It pairs the elegant Laudian Canterbury Quad with one of Oxford's loveliest and largest college gardens, a grand and quiet contrast to busy St Giles' outside.

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

Founded  1555

Where  Central

Access  Open to Public (Limited Hours)

Type  College

The college

### A closer
*look.*

St Giles', central Oxford

**Founded 1555.** Founded by Sir Thomas White, a London merchant tailor and Lord Mayor, on the site of the earlier Cistercian St Bernard's College; it is traditionally reckoned Oxford's wealthiest college.

A Tudor front quad opens to the 17th-century Canterbury Quad, built under Archbishop William Laud with Italianate arcades and bronze statues of Charles I and Henrietta Maria by Hubert Le Sueur, all set beside celebrated landscaped gardens.

Nearby on foot · Central **Find St John's College and the closest colleges.**

Explore around St John's College

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51.7559°N, 1.2582°W [Get directions](<https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=51.7559,-1.2582>)

On the same walk

### Closest to
*this one.*

[2 min walk **Trinity College** Central](<https://above.guide/oxford/colleges/trinity>)[2 min walk **Blackfriars Hall** Central](<https://above.guide/oxford/colleges/blackfriars>)[2 min walk **Balliol College** Central](<https://above.guide/oxford/colleges/balliol>)[3 min walk **Regent's Park College** Central](<https://above.guide/oxford/colleges/regents-park>)

On a visit

### Don’t *miss.*

1. 01  Canterbury Quad with Laudian arcades and Le Sueur bronzes
2. 02  Extensive landscaped gardens
3. 03  Medieval front quad and old library
4. 04  Reputation as Oxford's richest college

Connected to

### Notable
*names.*

- Tony Blair (former UK Prime Minister)
- Philip Larkin (poet)
- Kingsley Amis (novelist)
- Robert Graves (poet and author)

Before you go

#### Visiting St John's College

Open to Public (Limited Hours). Published visitor access: 13:00–17:00 or dusk, whichever is earliest; chapel, closed Wednesdays, 13:30 until close. 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.sjc.ox.ac.uk/>) before you travel.

Founded

1555

Area

St Giles', central Oxford

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 sjc.ox.ac.uk ↗](<https://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/>)
- [Reference identity en.wikipedia.org ↗](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John%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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