Places to visit in Oxford City

A short list of notable parks, markets, museums and landmarks in Oxford City.

• Ashmolean Museum · Culture

  The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology on Beaumont Street in Oxford, England, is Britain's first public museum. Its first building was erected in 1678–1683 to house the cabinet of curiosities that Elias Ashmole gave to the University of Oxford in 1677. It is also the world's second university museum, after the establishment of the Kunstmuseum Basel in 1661 by the University of Basel.

• British Tattoo History Museum · Culture

  museum in Oxford, England, UK

• Bury Knowle Park · Parks

  park in Headington, Oxford, England, UK

• Christ Church Picture Gallery · Culture

  Christ Church Picture Gallery is an art gallery located inside Christ Church, a college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. The gallery holds an important collection of about 300 Old Master paintings and nearly 2,000 drawings.

• Frank Cooper Marmalade Museum · Culture

  museum in Oxford, England, UK (1985-1992)

• Headington (Samian Ware Discovery Site) · Historic

  Headington as Samian Ware discovery site

• Headington Hill Park · Parks

  Headington Hill Park is a park on Headington Hill in the east of Oxford, England.

• History of Science Museum · Culture

  The History of Science Museum in Broad Street, Oxford, England, holds a leading collection of scientific instruments from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. The museum building is also known as the Old Ashmolean Building to distinguish it from the newer Ashmolean Museum building completed in 1894. The museum was built in 1683, and it is the world's oldest surviving purpose-built museum.

• Oxford Castle and earlier settlement remains · Historic

  archaeological site in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

• Oxford Ice Rink · Family

  Oxford Ice Rink is a 56 × 26m ice rink with capacity for 1025, located on Oxpens Road in Oxford, England. It is a ten-minute walk from Oxford city centre and railway station.

• Oxford University Museum of Natural History · Culture

  The Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) is a museum displaying many of the University of Oxford's natural history specimens, located on Parks Road in Oxford, England. It also contains a lecture theatre which is used by the university's chemistry, zoology and mathematics departments. The museum provides the only public access into the adjoining Pitt Rivers Museum.

• Oxford University Parks · Parks

  The Oxford University Parks, commonly referred to locally as the University Parks, or just The Parks, is a large parkland area slightly northeast of the city centre in Oxford, England. The park is bounded to the east by the River Cherwell, though a small plot of land called Mesopotamia sits between the upper and lower levels of the river. To the north of the parks are Norham Gardens and Lady Margaret Hall, to the west the Parks Road, and the Science Area on South Parks Road to the south. The park is open to the public during the day, and has gardens, large sports fields, and exotic plants. It includes a cricket ground used by Oxford University Cricket Club.

• Oxford University Press Museum · Culture

  museum in Great Clarendon Street, England, UK

• Pitt Rivers Museum · Culture

  Pitt Rivers Museum is a museum displaying the archaeological and anthropological collections of the University of Oxford in England. The museum is located to the east of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, and can only be accessed through that building.

• Rumble Museum · Culture

  museum in Oxford, England, United Kingdom

• Section of the Grandpont causeway · Historic

  archaeological site in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

• South Park · Parks

  South Park is a park on Headington Hill in east Oxford, England. It is the largest park within Oxford city limits. A good view of the city centre with its historic spires and towers of Oxford University can be obtained at the park's highest point, a favourite location for photographers.

• The Taylor Institute, The Ashmolean Museum, and 41 Beaumont Street · Culture

  Grade I listed building in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

• Town Hall Civic Plate Collection · Culture

  museum in Oxford Town Hall, Oxford, England, UK