Oxford

Oxford

Oxford is renowned for its rich history and heritage. Famous for the prestigious Oxford University, the city is home to its thirty eight colleges. With a literary heritage including WH Auden, Iris Murdoch, CS Lewis, Grahame Green, JRR Tolkein (follow the Tolkien Trail) and of course Colin Dexter (visit many locations where Inspector Morse and Sergeant Lewis solved cases), it is the perfect location for English or History trips. It is also a hub for the Law and Justice, although many visitors include a punt on the river Thames (known locally as the Isis) as part of their visit.

Oxford also boasts other famous historic buildings such as the Radcliffe Camera, Sheldonian Theatre, Bodleian Library and Bridge of Sighs. Many of the city's museums including the Oxford Castle and Science Oxford are free, so why not take advantage?

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Diamond Light Source

The UK's national synchrotron science facility

Diamond Light Source is the UK’s synchrotron. It works like a giant microscope, harnessing the power of electrons to produce bright light that scientists can use to study anything from fossils to jet engines to viruses and vaccines.

The Oxfordshire Museum

A wide range of natural and social history exhibits, the more exciting of which include the interactive dinosaur gallery and gardens, and the special family drop in sessions.

Pendon Indoor Model Village and Railways

Highly realistic models recall the landscape of the period and trains provide a fascinating record of the railways of the time and how they operated. Enjoy an informative and interactive 90 minute tour covering three indoor galleries.

Waterperry Gardens

Waterperry Gardens are a magical place where you are surrounded by beautiful trees, shrubs and flowers, classical borders, modern planting, secret corners and long vistas.

Home to the renowned horticultural college between 1932 and 1971, the emphasis was on food production rather than spectacular ornamental gardens.

Island Farm Donkey Sanctuary

A registered charity which cares for and protects abused and ill-treated donkeys and other animals whom you may visit and sometimes pet and feed.

Bloxham Village Museum

Bates Collection of Musical Instruments

One of the most magnificent collections of musical instruments in the world with over 2,000 instruments from the Western orchestral music traditions from the renaissance, through the baroque, classical, romantic and up to modern times.

More than a thousand instruments are on display, by all the most important makers and from pre-eminent collectors.

Banbury Museum

Banbury Museum is a great museum full of local interest with a range of activities for kids of all ages.

There are prize trails for all ages, plus Drawing for All, activity backpacks for 3 to 5 year olds and Craft Activities through the ArtCart.

The Ashmolean Museum

The Ashmolean Museum is packed full of archaeology and art works from all over the world. Families can discover mummies in ancient Egypt, find coins from ancient Greece, and travel through time to find modern paintings, statues and more.

Rock Solid Climbing Wall

Oxfordshire's premier climbing wall

Modern open climbing facility with kids' clubs and courses from age 7 upwards. Features include bouldering room, bottom rope wall and Walltopia lead tower.

Oxfordshire County Council

Hinksey Outdoor Pool

A much-loved local landmark, this heated outdoor pool has been providing family summer fun and great memories in Summer since 1934. Large outdoor pool with fun areas for the kids. Sun-beds, play areas and refreshments make this the ideal summer destination.

Hinksey Outdoor Pool is a large heated outdoor pool located close to the centre of Oxford.

Bowlplex Oxford

Family friendly tenpin bowling, with bumpers and ball ramps for the kids.

Cherwell Boat House

Rowing boats, canoes and punts for hire: what a great idea for a bit of family fun while you are in Oxford.

There are over 80 traditional hand crafted punts, built on the premises, that are available to rent. A sport for all ages from 7 to 77, with younger and older welcome as passengers.

Dorchester Sailing Club

Dorchester Sailing Club is a family-friendly club in the Thames Valley, situated just off the A415/A4074 less than half a mile from the picturesque village of Dorchester-on-Thames. It provides an ideal environment for both new and experienced sailors.

Lakeside SuperBowl Banbury

Kids love bowling, and if they are under 6 they can use a ramp and gutter guards. This Lakeside SuperBowl has 20 lanes!

Bicester Bowl

Offers a family sized 6 lane alley behind the leisure centre, great for kids with bumpers, ramps and light balls available.

Rollright Stones

Traditionally believed to be a monarch and his courtiers petrified by a witch, the Rollright Stones are a set standing stones which consist of three groups: the King's Men stone circle; the Whispering Knights burial chamber; and the single King Stone.

They span nearly 2,000 years of Neolithic and Bronze Age development.

Didcot Railway Centre

See the steam trains from the golden age of the Great Western Railway in the original engine shed, with a recreation of Brunel's broad gauge railway and a typical country branch line.

Cholsey and Wallingford Railway

A preserved former Great Western Railway branchline that links the national railway network at Cholsey with Wallingford. Trains run on selected weekends and bank holidays, often steam hauled.

The Chipping Norton Lido

Set in safe, secure and well maintained grounds overlooking the countryside this environmentally friendly 25m pool of crystal clear water has a water slide at the deep end.

It is an impressively environmentally minded endeavour, certainly worthy of note.

Bicester Leisure Centre

Offers a 25m, 6 Lane Pool for serious swimming, plus a 15m Play 'n' Teach leisure pool which amongst other things features enchanting artwork, interactive squirter jets and a giant tap.

Woodgreen Leisure Centre and Pool

50m outdoor swimming pool with flume and outdoor aquasplash area with fun interactive water play. There is also have an outdoor aquasplash area with fun interactive water play so the smaller kids can run in and out of the spray. Attached to a leisure centre, so other sporting opportunities are available.

Woodstock Open Air Heated Pool

25 meter pool (heated to 29 degrees) with separate toddlers' paddling pool plus diving board and changing with showers.

The Pottery Place

A fun and fabulous Paint Your Own Pottery and craft studio with buckets of charm and chocolate biscuits. Kids (and big kids) can go crafty crazy trying out pottery painting, Decopatch and Mosaics, and take home a gorgeous one-of-a-kind masterpiece.

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