Guidebook for Oxford
Essentials
Cook
237 Banbury RdBrilliant frozen ready meals. A great alternative to eating out.
Food Scene
Great food and atmosphere. Fantastic for English cooked breakfast, lunch and simple supper.
Good for coffee in the day. A real neighbourhood feel.
16 locals recommend
Joe's Bar & Grill
260 Banbury RdGreat food and atmosphere. Fantastic for English cooked breakfast, lunch and simple supper.
Good for coffee in the day. A real neighbourhood feel.
Mamma Mia Pizzeria Summertown
9 S ParadeBest local pizzas.
Great food, can sit outside if weather good, more fine dining than others locally.
12 locals recommend
The Oxford Kitchen
215 Banbury RdGreat food, can sit outside if weather good, more fine dining than others locally.
Pleasant stroll to this English pub which serves great beer and food. Outside seating in summer. Great place to stop after a walk along the canal.
16 locals recommend
The Anchor
2 Hayfield RdPleasant stroll to this English pub which serves great beer and food. Outside seating in summer. Great place to stop after a walk along the canal.
French bakery selling amazing croissants "great bread, Macaron and French treats"
8 locals recommend
Gatineau Artisan Patisserie & Bakery
209 Banbury RdFrench bakery selling amazing croissants "great bread, Macaron and French treats"
Lovely outside terrace to eat and watch the world go by. Quite expensive but good quality food.
Pompette
7 S ParadeLovely outside terrace to eat and watch the world go by. Quite expensive but good quality food.
Everything Else
Ferry Pool Road
Ferry Pool RoadGym and swimming pool open to non members
Arts & Culture
Bodleian Library
Broad StreetClassic Oxford and great gift shop
Go to "What’s on at the Bodleian Libraries" for more information on the wide-ranging activities taking place in the Libraries. Whether you visit an exhibition or a display, attend an event or a lecture, go on a guided tour, or visit their Shop, or cafe, you will find an opportunity to discover distinguished collections, magnificent buildings and informative programmes.
6 locals recommend
Weston Library
Go to "What’s on at the Bodleian Libraries" for more information on the wide-ranging activities taking place in the Libraries. Whether you visit an exhibition or a display, attend an event or a lecture, go on a guided tour, or visit their Shop, or cafe, you will find an opportunity to discover distinguished collections, magnificent buildings and informative programmes.
The Ashmolean is the University of Oxford’s museum of art and archaeology, founded in 1683. Their world famous collections range from Egyptian mummies to contemporary art, telling human stories across cultures and across time.
The Ashmolean’s collections are extraordinarily diverse, representing most of the world’s great civilisations, with objects dating from 8000 BC to the present day. Among many riches they have the world’s greatest collection of Raphael drawings, the most important collection of Egyptian pre-Dynastic sculpture and ceramics outside Cairo, the only great Minoan collection in Britain, outstanding Anglo-Saxon treasures, and the foremost collection of modern Chinese painting in the Western world.
374 locals recommend
Ashmolean Museum
Beaumont StreetThe Ashmolean is the University of Oxford’s museum of art and archaeology, founded in 1683. Their world famous collections range from Egyptian mummies to contemporary art, telling human stories across cultures and across time.
The Ashmolean’s collections are extraordinarily diverse, representing most of the world’s great civilisations, with objects dating from 8000 BC to the present day. Among many riches they have the world’s greatest collection of Raphael drawings, the most important collection of Egyptian pre-Dynastic sculpture and ceramics outside Cairo, the only great Minoan collection in Britain, outstanding Anglo-Saxon treasures, and the foremost collection of modern Chinese painting in the Western world.
The Pitt Rivers Museum displays archaeological and ethnographic objects from all parts of the world and all time periods. It is truly a global museum.
120 locals recommend
Museum Of Natural History
Parks RoadThe Pitt Rivers Museum displays archaeological and ethnographic objects from all parts of the world and all time periods. It is truly a global museum.
Shopping
Bicester Village is a VERY popular outlet shopping centre with high end shops and great bargains!
413 locals recommend
Bicester Village
Bicester Village is a VERY popular outlet shopping centre with high end shops and great bargains!
Entertainment & Activities
BEST PLACE TO GO PUNTING
For a truley tranquil Oxford experience, on a summers day or evening, take a picnic and a bottle of champagne down to the Cherwell Boat House and hire a punt. (Easiest way to get there is by taxi, about £5 or 25 minutes walk).
Punting is a perfect way to spend a warm day in Oxford.
Go down stream and The University Parks prove to be a popular picnic place. Parsons Pleasure is where the university Dons would traditionally sunbathe nude but is now a secluded picnic area. The Rollers enable you to move your punt overland and down to the lower Cherwell and the town centre, but be ware - hey can be hard work!
Go Upstream, past the “Vicky Arms”, or more sedately, The Victoria Arms, is a beautiful, peaceful Waterland meadow area with an abundance of wildlife. The Vicky Arms offers refreshments and a play area for children to stretch their legs. It's about half an hour’s Pant upstream from The Cherwell Boathouse (a great restaurant for a summer’s evening treat).
Light cafe food and drinks, sandwiches and salads, sweets and ice cream, picnics and Pimms are also available from the Cherwell Boathouse Tea hut, by the riverside terrace.
The river Cherwell offers ideal conditions for punting, rowing, and canoeing. The slow-moving current and exclusion of all powered craft maintains a peaceful environment in which wildlife thrives.
19 locals recommend
Cherwell Boathouse Restaurant
Bardwell RoadBEST PLACE TO GO PUNTING
For a truley tranquil Oxford experience, on a summers day or evening, take a picnic and a bottle of champagne down to the Cherwell Boat House and hire a punt. (Easiest way to get there is by taxi, about £5 or 25 minutes walk).
Punting is a perfect way to spend a warm day in Oxford.
Go down stream and The University Parks prove to be a popular picnic place. Parsons Pleasure is where the university Dons would traditionally sunbathe nude but is now a secluded picnic area. The Rollers enable you to move your punt overland and down to the lower Cherwell and the town centre, but be ware - hey can be hard work!
Go Upstream, past the “Vicky Arms”, or more sedately, The Victoria Arms, is a beautiful, peaceful Waterland meadow area with an abundance of wildlife. The Vicky Arms offers refreshments and a play area for children to stretch their legs. It's about half an hour’s Pant upstream from The Cherwell Boathouse (a great restaurant for a summer’s evening treat).
Light cafe food and drinks, sandwiches and salads, sweets and ice cream, picnics and Pimms are also available from the Cherwell Boathouse Tea hut, by the riverside terrace.
The river Cherwell offers ideal conditions for punting, rowing, and canoeing. The slow-moving current and exclusion of all powered craft maintains a peaceful environment in which wildlife thrives.