Central · Founded 1929
St Peter's College
An intimate, central college with an unusual patchwork of reused historic buildings tucked just off the main shopping streets, easy to fold into a city-centre walk.
The college
A closer
look.
New Inn Hall Street, central Oxford
Founded 1929. Founded as St Peter's Hall by Francis James Chavasse, former Bishop of Liverpool, and his son Christopher; it received a royal charter as a full college in 1961.
A compact central campus of repurposed Georgian and Victorian buildings around New Inn Hall Street, including the former Hannington Hall and a Georgian rectory, with the neoclassical chapel occupying the former church of St Peter-le-Bailey.
On the same walk
Closest to
this one.
On a visit
Don’t miss.
- 01Chapel in the former St Peter-le-Bailey church
- 02Early-Victorian Hannington Hall
- 03Georgian buildings on quiet New Inn Hall Street
- 04Central yet secluded setting
Connected to
Notable
names.
- Ken Loach (film director)
- Wilbert Awdry (creator of Thomas the Tank Engine)
- Mark Carney (economist and Prime Minister of Canada)
- Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (chef and broadcaster)
Before you go
Visiting St Peter's College
Open to Public (Working College). Published visitor access: 10:00–17:00; hours may vary, phone ahead to enquire. Admission: Free; donations welcome. 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
- 1929
- Area
- New Inn Hall Street, central Oxford
- Type
- College
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