Visiting Oxford
I’ve been to Oxford a couple of years ago, in 2006. We were on holiday in London, and decided to spend a day in Oxford, just to have a look at the famous city. However, there is so much to see, that one day was not enough!
Oxford is a city and the county town of Oxfordshire, in South East England. It has a population of 134,248 (2001 census). The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre. For a distance of some 10 miles (16 km) along the river, in the vicinity of Oxford, the Thames is known as The Isis. Oxford is home to the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world.
Buildings in Oxford reflect every English architectural period since the arrival of the Saxons, including the mid-18th century Radcliffe Camera, the hub of the city. Oxford is known as the “city of dreaming spires”, a term coined by poet Matthew Arnold in reference to the harmonious architecture of Oxford’s university buildings.
Here are a some of the pics we took whilst in Oxford:
