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Landmark
Radcliffe Camera
Circular domed library in Radcliffe Square, designed by James Gibbs and now a reading room of the Bodleian Libraries.
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Radcliffe Square, Broad Street and St Giles: things to do
Places worth your time in Radcliffe Square, Broad Street and St Giles
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Things to do in Radcliffe Square, Broad Street and St Giles
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Library
Bodleian Library
The University of Oxford's main research library, founded in 1602, with its Old Schools Quadrangle on Broad Street.
Historic building
Divinity School
Fifteenth-century hall with an elaborately carved stone vault, part of the Bodleian complex.
Historic building
Sheldonian Theatre
Ceremonial hall of the University, designed by Christopher Wren and completed in 1669.
Historic building
Clarendon Building
Early 18th-century building on Broad Street designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor.
Library
Weston Library
The Bodleian's special collections library on Broad Street, opened in 2015, with free exhibition spaces and a café.
Landmark
Bridge of Sighs
Covered bridge over New College Lane linking two parts of Hertford College, completed in 1914.
Museum
History of Science Museum
Museum of scientific instruments in the 1683 building that first housed the Ashmolean's collections, on Broad Street.
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Museum
Ashmolean Museum
The University's museum of art and archaeology, founded in 1683, on Beaumont Street.
Museum
Pitt Rivers Museum
The University's museum of anthropology and world archaeology, founded in 1884 and entered through the Museum of Natural History.
Museum
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
The University's natural history collections in a 19th-century Gothic Revival building with a glass-roofed court.
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Park
University Parks
Public parkland beside the River Cherwell, north-east of the centre, owned by the University.
College
Keble College
Victorian college of red and patterned brick, founded in 1870, on Parks Road. Visiting hours vary: check the college.
College
Wadham College
College founded in 1610 on Parks Road, with gardens. Visiting hours vary: check the college.
College
Trinity College
College founded in 1555 and set back behind a gate on Broad Street. Visiting hours vary: check the college.
College
Balliol College
One of the oldest colleges, founded in the 13th century, on Broad Street. Visiting hours vary: check the college.
Monument
Martyrs' Memorial
Gothic Revival memorial at the south end of St Giles, commemorating three 16th-century Protestant bishops burned in Oxford.
Oxford
More areas to explore
13 sights · 24 places to eat
High Street, Magdalen and East Oxford
Colleges along the High Street, Magdalen Bridge and the Botanic Garden, then the shops and restaurants of Cowley Road
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13 sights · 21 places to eat
Christ Church, St Aldate's and Folly Bridge
Christ Church and its meadow, the quiet colleges on Merton Street and the river at Folly Bridge
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11 sights · 23 places to eat
Jericho, the Castle and Port Meadow
Oxford Castle, the streets of Jericho and the open common of Port Meadow
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- Radcliffe Square, Broad Street and St Giles (area photo): Julian Herzog (Website), CC BY 4.0, source
- Radcliffe Camera: Diliff, CC BY 2.5, source
- Bodleian Library: Remi Mathis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Divinity School: Ozeye, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sheldonian Theatre: Ozeye, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Clarendon Building: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Weston Library: John Cairns photography, work commissioned by the Bodleian Libraries, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bridge of Sighs: Michael D Beckwith, CC0, source
- History of Science Museum: Wiki alf at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Ashmolean Museum: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Pitt Rivers Museum: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Oxford University Museum of Natural History: Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- University Parks: Anthony O'Neil, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Keble College: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Wadham College: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Trinity College: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Balliol College: Toby Ord, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Martyrs' Memorial: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- High Street, Magdalen and East Oxford: Julian Herzog (Website), CC BY 4.0, source
- Christ Church, St Aldate's and Folly Bridge: Andy Li, CC0, source
- Jericho, the Castle and Port Meadow: AstacopsisGouldi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
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