Oxford

I have visited the town at least 5 or 6 times and each time I discover something new about it. It has a unique feel to it. Its not just the beautiful architecture ( and it is interesting to note that Oxford has examples of every British Architectural period since the arrival of the Saxons), there is something more to it. I put it down to the atmosphere of the place. When you are there, walking through the city or standing in the catherdal of the christ church college you have this profound feeling of time. You can imagine millions of great minds walking where you are walking now, standing where you are standing now at some point in history.

There is no doubt about it. Visting Oxford is worth every second. Obviously you cannot see everything in one day hence I will definitively be going back there again.

It has been possible to get accommodation in some Universities and Colleges out of term time for a while. However I find www.universityrooms.co.uk a bit better than most previous sites, in that it provides good information and tips about the places it covers, which include Oxford.

it was a nice place and there were bikes everywhere! =] it even had a bike-park instead of a car park, how cool is that?! =]

Beautiful old colleges with their dreaming spires
Tons of history
The buzz of a university town

I love this place :) I thought I was going to hate it because of the whole rivalry with Cambridge thing to be honest :P But it’s beautiful…the tall old buildings remind me of Paris.
I really hope I get to go here again :(
Say in…a couple of years time? For a longer stay? :D

Worth visiting if you’re in London, have a spare day and want to see the countryside.

Well of course I recommend it. I live here and was born here. It’s a city of history and culture, surrounded by great countryside that is filled with fantastic pubs.

This place is amazing. I went here for a semester never have even traveling to Europe and I was in for the craziest 4 months of my life. It was an experience. I went to school, saw grand architecture, heard amazing stories, saw beautiful places and works of art, and found friendship in the place I thought least likely. I got to go to Dublin for St. Patrick’s Day, wnet to Greece for Spring Break and got to see many other mind blowing places.

I’m Oxford born and bred, and I really couldn’t have asked to have been bought up in a more amazing city. Yeah sure Oxford does have its rough parts [mostly East Oxford] but on the whole the city is vibrant, cultural and friendly – if a little expensive. I know some absolutely AMAZING people who live here, and there’s a large [if underground] community who are all so friendly and easy to get along with.
Oxford is one of the oldest cities in the UK, so most of our buildings are several hundred years old.
The Thames flows right through the city so we’ve got lots of gorgeous parks [Christchurch and Uni Parks to name two].

Beautiful city no matter what time of year you visit at. There’s a lot of cyclists and Oxford has a very multicultural feel to it from the large amount of students that live here.

When I come home on semester break it makes me realise just how lucky I am to live here. Nowhere else truely compares.

if you have to visit any other city in the UK that isn’t London, definitely come to Oxford. it’s quite compact so you can probably see most if not all of the city in a weekend or so, but you’ll be drawn in by it’s charm and beauty.

Places to visit include:

• Christchurch Meadows
• University Parks
• “Sunset Hill” (the mount next to the newly revamped Oxford Castle, most of Oxford’s youth refer to it as Sunset Hill for the amazing view over the city at – as you can gather, sunset)
• Oxford University
• Oxford Cathedral and the bridge down Catte Street
• The covered market.
• The gorgeous little “arty” shops down Little Clarendon Street.
• A band [mainly local] at the Wheatsheaf or the Zodiac @ the Carling Academy.
• Cowley Road – you’ll definitely remember this place!

There are other little nooks and crannys in Oxford that are really secluded and hidden away and absolutely gorgeous, and are only mainly known by the locals and the teens/young adults who hang out in Oxford regularly. Good luck in finding them ;]

anymore Oxford information just hit me up, I’m always happy to help :]

After spending only a night and a day in Oxford, I have to say I really want to come back here someday. A couple things I would recommend are the Oxford Ghost Walk, which gives a good and spooky introduction to the many colleges (most of which are haunted) and local history, and the Pitt Rivers Museum, which was packed with some of the most interesting and bizarre items I’ve seen. I especially liked the display devoted to items used Sympathetic Magical traditions across the world.