Guidebook for Oxford

Emily
Guidebook for Oxford

Food Scene

Good gastro pub in residential area Jericho and is only five-minutes walk from our place.
28 locals recommend
The Rickety Press
67 Cranham St
28 locals recommend
Good gastro pub in residential area Jericho and is only five-minutes walk from our place.
16 locals recommend
The Anchor
2 Hayfield Rd
16 locals recommend
Delicious coffee
7 locals recommend
Brew
75B Banbury Rd
7 locals recommend
Delicious coffee
Spanish food.
Mezzeto
67 Walton St
Spanish food.
Indian food
9 locals recommend
The Standard
117 Walton St
9 locals recommend
Indian food
A personal favourite, really delicious pan-Asian food.
21 locals recommend
Zheng
82 Walton St
21 locals recommend
A personal favourite, really delicious pan-Asian food.
Great coffee!
11 locals recommend
The Missing Bean
14 Turl St
11 locals recommend
Great coffee!
Nice place for (vegetarian)​ food.
Will's Deli
15 Woodstock Rd
Nice place for (vegetarian)​ food.
Lovely place for lunch situated inside a church. Climb the tower for a lovely view of the Radcliffe​ camera and oxford.
18 locals recommend
Vaults & Garden
1 Radcliffe Sq
18 locals recommend
Lovely place for lunch situated inside a church. Climb the tower for a lovely view of the Radcliffe​ camera and oxford.

Arts & Culture

Ethnographic museum with a wide range of interesting artefacts including shrunken heads and a witch in a bottle! Go through the Natural History Museum to the very back and you will find it. We would recommend spending 2 hours here.
120 locals recommend
Museum Of Natural History
Parks Road
120 locals recommend
Ethnographic museum with a wide range of interesting artefacts including shrunken heads and a witch in a bottle! Go through the Natural History Museum to the very back and you will find it. We would recommend spending 2 hours here.
Museum with a large collection of art and artefacts of ethnographic importance. Free entry for the main museum with special exhibitions which are paid for. Closed on Mondays. There is a nice restaurant at the very top.
374 locals recommend
Ashmolean Museum
Beaumont Street
374 locals recommend
Museum with a large collection of art and artefacts of ethnographic importance. Free entry for the main museum with special exhibitions which are paid for. Closed on Mondays. There is a nice restaurant at the very top.
49 locals recommend
Modern Art Oxford
30 Pembroke St
49 locals recommend

Parks & Nature

Easy place to go for a walk or a jog. Lots of nice paths and wildlife to see including Binsey Lane Nature Reserve. Accessed by walking to the end of Longwell Road and over the railway bridges. It is the largest free land in Europe. Note: the map is slightly misleading and it is only about 5 minutes walk from our place.
102 locals recommend
Port Meadow
Walton Well Rd
102 locals recommend
Easy place to go for a walk or a jog. Lots of nice paths and wildlife to see including Binsey Lane Nature Reserve. Accessed by walking to the end of Longwell Road and over the railway bridges. It is the largest free land in Europe. Note: the map is slightly misleading and it is only about 5 minutes walk from our place.
132 locals recommend
University Parks
South Parks Road
132 locals recommend
93 locals recommend
Oxford Botanic Garden
Rose Lane
93 locals recommend

Essentials

Convenience​ store with a good selection of everyday items. If you need a larger selection follow the road for about 500m until you get to The Co-operative supermarket.
15 locals recommend
Londis
81 Walton St
15 locals recommend
Convenience​ store with a good selection of everyday items. If you need a larger selection follow the road for about 500m until you get to The Co-operative supermarket.
20 locals recommend
M&S Summertown Simply Food
242-254 Banbury Rd
20 locals recommend
Good place for milk and bread and other essentials.
The Grog Shop
13 Kingston Rd
Good place for milk and bread and other essentials.
Pharmacy with assorted medicines and can handle prescriptions.
Woodstock Pharmacy
24 High St
Pharmacy with assorted medicines and can handle prescriptions.

Sightseeing

Beautiful theatre with a painted ceiling. Often holds classical music concerts. Look at dailyinfo.co.uk for what's on today.
36 locals recommend
The Sheldonian Theatre
Broad Street
36 locals recommend
Beautiful theatre with a painted ceiling. Often holds classical music concerts. Look at dailyinfo.co.uk for what's on today.
Go for evensong at 6pm and listen to the choristers for free (just tell the porters at the front that you'd like to go and they will direct you). Only during Oxford University term-time check the website.
8 locals recommend
Christ Cathedral
8 locals recommend
Go for evensong at 6pm and listen to the choristers for free (just tell the porters at the front that you'd like to go and they will direct you). Only during Oxford University term-time check the website.
657 locals recommend
Blenheim Palace
657 locals recommend
Beautiful school part of the Bodleian​ Library can take a guided tour.
The Divinity School
Beautiful school part of the Bodleian​ Library can take a guided tour.

Drinks & Nightlife

Oldest pub in Oxford.
35 locals recommend
The Bear Tavern
6 Alfred St
35 locals recommend
Oldest pub in Oxford.
Cocktails!
37 locals recommend
Raoul's
32 Walton St
37 locals recommend
Cocktails!
Local bands often play upstairs check dailyinfo.co.uk for more information
15 locals recommend
Love Jericho
56 Walton St
15 locals recommend
Local bands often play upstairs check dailyinfo.co.uk for more information
19 locals recommend
The Victoria
90 Walton St
19 locals recommend
16 locals recommend
The Gardener's Arms
39 Plantation Rd
16 locals recommend
Small pub with fires and board games.
25 locals recommend
The Old Bookbinders Ale House
17-18 Victor St
25 locals recommend
Small pub with fires and board games.

Shopping

Lots of delicatessen shops and independent stores.
126 locals recommend
Oxford Covered Market
Market Street
126 locals recommend
Lots of delicatessen shops and independent stores.