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No colleges specialise in any particular subject, and most collegestreet r dwell S C in pee h S N a u offer most courses. To see any of the other colleges please visit the porters’ e rc R Th w h M i a v W e m e lodge (reception) at that college, and ask if you can havee a look around. Most a r s a T l d h St k r o a colleges have specific opening times during the day so pleaseee check their m w e t s s o r individual websites or ask in the Admissions Information Centre. Christ Church W Is F i a Christ Curch s o Meadow l Central Oxford is relatively flat but there are several cobbled streets, steps l k alk l Sports Ground lee W y i Jub B and narrow pavements, as well as other pedestrians and traffic. Please be r i d careful, especially when crossing roads, and take extra care to look out for g e bicycles. We recommend that you don’t listen to the tour while you are walking - the tracks are designed for you to listen to when you arrive at each location. We have attempted to make both the route and the information on this tour as accessible as possible. If you require the guide in an alternative format please contact the Admissions Information Centre. We will be glad to help with any Radcliffe Camera (see 9) queries about specific accessibility requests. 1 2 How to use & navigate the tour For further information: buildings unless you have arranged to do so in These introductory tracks explain how to use the tour Tel: 01865 277224, Email: [email protected] advance. A map of the departments within the and how to safely navigate your way around the city www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/history University Science area is available online to download: of Oxford. It is recommended to listen to these first http://www.ox.ac.uk/visitors_friends/maps_and_ two tracks so that you can plan your visit and consider 9 Radcliffe Camera directions/science_area.html whether you will have time for the full hour of the Continue through the Old Schools A good place to stop and listen to the ‘What is a walking tour. If you have arrived at the Admissions Quadrangle, with the statue of Faculty?’ track is next to the entrance of the Information Centre you may like to listen to these Thomas Pembrochiae on your right, Department of Chemistry. introductory tracks before you set off. and exit through the archway. This 17 From Little Clarendon Street, turn right onto St Giles will bring you to the front of the University Museum of Natural History towards the city centre. Radcliffe Camera where you can Continue along South Parks Road listen to this next track. towards Parks Road until you reach 3 4 College Life at Oxford the traffic lights. Turn right and you 10 These two tracks explain how the collegiate system Overview of the History of the University will see a sign for the University works at Oxford and what facilities you can expect to From the Radcliffe Camera, you may like to choose a Museum of Natural History. If you find in any of Oxford’s 30 undergraduate colleges. You quiet spot in the square to listen to the ‘Overview of have time to visit the museum you may like to stop and listen to these tracks as you walk the History of the University’.