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1 1 2 How to use & navigate the tour your next stop continue towards Norham Road. Use of the departments within the University Science area These introductory tracks explain how to use the the traffic lights to cross. is available to download: http://www.ox.ac.uk/ tour and how to safely navigate your way around the visitors_friends/maps_and_directions/science_ 9 Biochemistry Student Life city of Oxford. It is recommended to listen to these area.html Continue walking along Norham Road on the left hand first two tracks so that you can plan your visit and side until you are directly opposite , 17 Science at Oxford consider whether you will have time for the full where you can stop & listen to the ‘Student Life’ track. Continue on the left hand side of South Parks Road. walking tour. If you have arrived at the Admissions This gives you the opportunity to listen to a You will pass the UK Energy Research Centre on your Information Centre you may like to listen to these biochemistry student’s perspective on life at Oxford. left. You will see iron gates and signs to the Oxford introductory tracks before you set off. University Centre for the Environment & the From Little Clarendon Street turn left onto 10 Overview of the History of the University Departments of Chemistry, stop here and listen to this Woodstock Road. Keep walking along Norham Road until you reach a track. Continue along the left hand side of South Parks suitable place to stop and cross onto . Be 3 Somerville College Road and cross at the traffic lights. Turn right for the aware there are no traffic lights. This is a quiet road on Founded: 1879 Number of undergraduates: 363 next stop. which to stop and listen to this track. Continue walking Somerville College is located on Woodstock Road. along Fyfield Road towards . 18 Chemistry Student Life Keep walking on the left hand side from Little Keep walking on South Parks Road Clarendon Street. You will see wooden doors mark the 11 Lady Margaret Hall and cross Mansfield Road. You will entrance in a large stone archway on your left. Founded: 1878 Number of undergraduates: 377 see a large glass fronted building Lady Margaret Hall is located at the end of Norham 4 What is a college? ahead. This is the Chemistry Gardens. Turn left from Fyfield Road and you will see This track explains how the Research Laboratory. Continue the College entrance ahead of you. collegiate system works at Oxford walking with the building on your left until you reach the blue signs. Take the pedestrian entrance alongside and what facilities you can expect 12 Making an Application the building. This takes you to the entrance of the to find in any of Oxford’s 30 Continue walking along Norham Chemistry Research Lab & opposite is the Rothermere undergraduate colleges. The Gardens on the left hand side American Institute. This is a good place to stop and Orange Route will take you to 5 towards Parks Road. Turn left when listen to the track, which gives you a chemistry different colleges to demonstrate how the University you reach Parks Road and enter student’s perspective on life at Oxford. To continue is spread across the city. the University Parks. There is a the tour, turn left behind the Chemistry Research Lab. From Somerville College use the traffic lights ahead bench further up on the left hand side, which is a You will pass a large cylinder (filled with liquid to cross onto the right hand side of Woodstock Road. good place to stop. This track explains how to make nitrogen!). Turn left onto Mansfield Road and left Continue walking until you see modern buildings on an application to Oxford University for an again back onto South Parks Road. your right behind a low brick all. As you approach the undergraduate course. You may like to discuss a entrance to the College you may like to listen to this potential application in more depth with one of our 19 Interviews track under the large tree, away from the road, where staff in the Admissions Information Centre. From South Parks Road continue walking until you it will be quieter. reach Parks Road. Use the traffic lights to cross the 13 University Parks road. Turn right towards Museum Road. Once you 5 St Anne’s College Return towards the Parks entrance and continue along have turned left onto Museum Road it is a short Founded: 1879 Number of undergraduates: 418 the path. There are a number of benches to sit and distance before you need to turn right onto Blackhall St Anne’s is located on Woodstock Road just before listen to this track. Exit at Keble Gate onto Parks Road. Road. You will pass the Mathematical Institute on your you reach Bevington Road. Continue to your next stop, you will pass the Physics left. Before you turn left onto Keble Road stop and Clarendon Laboratory on your left. 6 College Life listen to ‘Interviews’. This track will help you to From St Anne’s College continue along Woodstock 14 Keble College understand what to expect from an interview at Road on the right hand side. Cross Bevington Road Founded: 1870 Number of undergraduates: 396 Oxford and how you might go about preparing for an and continue walking towards Church Walk where you Keble College is located on Parks interview. If you plan to make your way back to the can listen quietly to this track. Continue along Road. You will be able to see the Admissions Information Centre on Little Clarendon Woodstock Road to your next stop. There are no College’s distinctive red, white, and Street, walk towards and use the traffic benches until stop 12. dark blue bricks. If you wish to visit lights to cross the road opposite the church. Cross the Porter’s Lodge cross using the through the gap in the stone wall. This will lead you to 7 The City of Oxford traffic lights ahead. Otherwise, Woodstock Road where you can use the traffic lights Turn right onto Canterbury Road and stop on the left choose a spot opposite the College to listen to the to cross over to Little Clarendon Street where the tour hand side. This track gives you a student’s perspective track. Continue on the left hand side of Parks Road to ends. on the city and what it’s like to live in Oxford. your next stop. Continue on the left hand side to reach your next 20 Finish stop. If you intend to take the extended route to St 15 University Museum of Natural History Now that you have reached the end of the tour you Hugh’s return to Woodstock Road, turn right and keep If you have time to visit the museum you will find may like to listen to this final track before you return walking towards St Margaret’s Road that admission is free of charge. During most of the home or continue with the rest of your visit to Oxford. year it is open between 10am and 5pm seven days a If you have any further questions about the University, 8 St Hugh’s College week. The most suitable place to listen to this track, the colleges or anything else, our experienced Founded: 1886 Number of undergraduates: 375 which gives an overview of the history of the admissions staff at the Admissions Information Centre On Canterbury Road, you will see museum, is directly in front of the museum on the will be happy to help. You may prefer to browse our the gates to St Hugh’s College on lawn. Continue towards South Parks Road for the web pages at www.admissions.ox.ac.uk. Thank you for the left hand side. To reach your next stop. listening to the Oxford Audio Admissions Tour. next stop continue on Canterbury Thank you for listening to the Oxford Audio Road & turn right onto Banbury 16 What is a Faculty? Admissions Tour. Road. Use the traffic lights to cross A good place to listen to this track is next to the onto Norham Road. entrance of the Department of Chemistry on the left Admissions Information Centre If you have taken the extended route along hand side further down South Parks Road (you will see 55 Little Clarendon Street, Oxford OX1 2JD Woodstock Road, turn right onto St Margaret’s Road. a sign for this). A number of buildings make up the T: 01865 288000 Keep walking until you reach the Porter’s Lodge, on University Science area. You are free to explore the E: [email protected] the right hand side of the road. You will be able to see area but it won’t be possible to go inside the buildings a clock above the entrance to the College. To reach unless you have arranged to do so in advance. A map © The 2009 2