Castle Unlocked
Cost: £7.50; concessions £6.20; under 15s £5.35
Built in 1071 for William the Conqueror, Oxford Castle was once a royal residence, a centre for justice and then a prison, up until 1996. The castle's dark history of violence, executions and escapes is now revealed to visitors.
Early on in the ca... Continue reading
University
Cost: Various - some colleges charge an entrance fee for visiting
As the oldest English-speaking university in the world, Oxford lays claim to eight centuries of continuous existence. It houses many treasures - in building and park form - and any visit to the town should include at least one of its gems.
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Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
Cost: Free
Reopened in November 2009 following renovation, Oxford's Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology is one of the oldest in the world. It houses art and antiquities from the civilisations of the ancient world to the present day.
Established in 1683, ... Continue reading
Pitt Rivers Museum
Cost: Free
The Pitt Rivers Museum is the ethnographic museum of Oxford University, a treasure trove of man's creations from all over the world. Discover artefacts from a witch in a bottle to Hawaiian feather cloaks and a Kalabari household shrine.
Founded in... Continue reading
University of Botanic Garden
Cost: £3; concessions £2.50; school children free
The University of Oxford's Botanic Garden is a national reference collection of 7000 different types of plant. Tucked besides Magdalene College, there is even more biological diversity here than there is in tropical rainforests.... Continue reading