Last December, during my visit to England, my best friend and I decided to celebrate her daughter’s birthday by taking her on a weekend trip to Blenheim palace. To maximize our time at the palace, we decided to leave London on friday evening and spend the night in Oxford, before traveling onto Woodstock early the next morning. Though we hardly had much time to explore the city, we did manage to go on a couple of walks on saturday morning. The skies were cloudy that day and it felt like it was going to rain any minute so the city looked quite gloomy. However, I am glad my friend’s daughter did not seem put off by the weather, and the walk seemed to reinforce her fascination with Oxford university, where she wants to study when she eventually finishes secondary school in a few years.
This post is a photo tour of some of the highlights we passed by during our walk.
Ashmolean museum
The Martyrs’ memorial and St. Giles
The church of St Mary Magdalen
Faculty of History
The back of Oxford Castle
Nuffield College
Start of Broad Street
Anna’s hand carved wooden spoons stall at the corner of Broad street
Arts and Crafts market
Radcliffe Camera
Old Bodleian library quadrangle
Another view of the Bodleian library
Radcliffe square
Hertford bridge, also referred to as the bridge of sighs
Weston library
What was the highlight of your visit to Oxford? What would you like to explore on your first/ next visit to the city?
[Linking this post to The Weekly Postcard, Weekend Travel Inspiration and City Tripping #72]
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Lately, I have been reading and hearing a lot about Oxford. It is such a cute town (and tons of history in there). I didn’t know a lot about it till I start to learn more because of travel bloggers. So good you had a chance to visit. #TheWeeklyPostcard
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Oxford is a lovely city, and especially easy to get to from London as it is just an hour away. As we had prioritized Blenheim palace, we didn’t spend too much time in the city but at least I did have a few hours there.
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Haven´t been to Oxford yet, but would love to. Hertford bridge looks like a picture from a fairytale #TheWeeklyPostcard
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It does, doesn’t it? I love it that they also refer to Hertford bridge as the bridge of sighs, with the view from within the bridge, of the Radcliffe camera.
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Love Oxford, but was sad to learn after we went about the beautiful library there! Now we’ll have to go back, as I LOOOVE libraries! Thanks for linking up with #TheWeeklyPostcard!
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The Bodleian library is beautiful. We only had time to wander around the premises and then visit the gift shop but I would have love to go on one of the guided tours around the library.
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I went to Oxford years ago, but really want to revisit it soon. It really looks like such a beautiful city and I want to see the library. Thanks for sharing on #TheWeeklyPostcard.
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The Bodleian libraries was what attracted me the most in my morning walk around Oxford city. The group of buildings are beautiful. The grey cloaking the rest of the city did put me off a bit, as I kept thinking that I had loved Cambridge at first sight but didn’t feel the same about Oxford, until I came to the library.
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We loved our time in Oxford, but unfortunately the library was closed while we were there. Thanks for linking up this week! #wkendtravelinspiration
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Nice to hear that you enjoyed your time in Oxford. The library was open during our visit, but we didn’t have much time to explore it leisurely.
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Haven’t been to Oxford yet, but hope to make it there one day. Your pictures caught so well the atmosphere of the city. #TheWeeklyPostcard
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Thank you, Anda, and hope you enjoy your visit to Oxford!
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So much history in one place! I visited England once, years ago, but never had a chance to visit Oxford. So far the closest I’ve ever been to experiencing Oxford is through the Morse and Lewis TV programs!
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Well, I hope you revisit England then and especially Oxford.
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I have never been in Oxford, but I probably should go. Thanks for sharing nice photo #wkendtravelinspiration
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Thank you and hope you do visit Oxford sometime.
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I loved Oxford so much, whenever a friend or family came to visit me I’d always take them there. It’s just another world, and so lovely! #TheWeeklyPostcard
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Lovely to hear that, Kat. I would like to revisit Oxford on a lovely sunny day.
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the views from the St Mary’s church was my highlight of Oxford:) #citytripping
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I did like the view of St. Mary’s church, from the road 🙂
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I lived in Oxford for a few years and still have friends there so we go back quite often – lovely reminder in your post of lots of memories, including the time a group of us decided to walk to Blenheim one summer. Not sure I’d recommend that though! Thanks for linking up with #citytripping
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Glad to hear that the photos brought back lovely memories of your time in Oxford. Can’t imagine walking all the way to Blenheim though… must have been quite the hike.
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It was!
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I’m always so jealous of the sheer number of castles you all have to visit and explore. Makes for the perfect outing! #citytripping
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🙂
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You can never get tired of Oxford – it must have been so lovely around Christmas. #citytripping
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It was lovely but for most of the weekend, we were at Blenheim, which was beautifully decorated for Christmas!
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Just like Ruth, I feel like I’ve been hearing a lot about Oxford of late and it’s all been good. Clearly some nice buildings to see and it is home to one of the most famous universities so I think that’d be pretty cool to experience. #wkendtravelinspiration
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Plus, it has some great sites to visit within 30mins – 1 hour bus ride away, such as the birthplace of Winston Churchill.
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The back of the castle is the old gaol.
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Yes, we explored the outside of the castle and read the notices posted at different points.
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there is a tunnel between the court and the old prison
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