Opened in 1860 as a home for the teaching of natural science in Oxford. The Museum, with its glass-roofed court, naturalistic wrought iron work, intricate carvings and ornamental stone shafts, is a fine example of Victorian Gothis architecture.
a Historic City in the county of Oxfordshire
(0.5 miles, 0.7 km)Oxford's fame is perhaps second only to Windsor, it is an acclaimed seat of learning with a University whose first college was founded in 1249, almost half a century after the first charter granted to the town by Henry II...
a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire
(6.2 miles, 10.0 km, direction S)Interesting town, developed around the gates of an abbey founded in 675...
a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire
(7.3 miles, 11.7 km, direction S)This is a popular Thames side village which was the choice of Jerome K. Jerome for a setting for one of the riotous scenes of his "Three Men in a Boat" and it is easy to see just.....
a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire
(7.4 miles, 12.0 km, direction NW)Woodstock will be forever inextricably linked with the great Palace of Blenheim and as birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, one of the greatest Englishmen ever...
a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire
(11.8 miles, 19.0 km, direction S)East Hendred is one of the spring line villages nestling just below the Downs in the Vale of the White Horse, Oxfordshire...
All towns in OxfordshireAn impressive storehouse filled with the richest examples of human creativity and imagination. Masks peer down from the high.....
This wonderful tour takes place in Oxfordshire, England, and visits places of interest including Lewis's former home 'The Kilns'.....
Built in 1845 as the university Galleries, this Museum became home to the Ashmolean collection in 1894. The museums present.....
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One of the finest examples of seventeenth-century architecture in Oxford houses an unrivalled collection of early astronomical.....