Things to do In Central Oxford ticket agent for most of the venues below Tickets at Oxford http://www.oxfordplayhouse.com/ticketsoxford/

Daily Information – general overview of what’s on https://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/

Plays & performing arts Summer productions on in colleges perhaps some still going… Oxford Playhouse https://www.oxfordplayhouse.com/ Old Fire Station https://www.ents24.com/oxford-events/old-fire-station New Theatre The Glee Club https://www.ents24.com/oxford-events/the-glee-club The Wheatsheaf https://www.ents24.com/oxford-events/the-wheatsheaf

Short bus ride – or about 30 minute walk Pegasus http://pegasustheatre.org.uk/ The North Wall http://www.thenorthwall.com/oxford-theatre.php

Music Sheldonian Theatre http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/sheldonian/ Holywell Music Room http://www.music.ox.ac.uk/about/facilities/holywell-music-room/ Jacqueline du Pre Music Room http://www.sthildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building The Cellar https://www.ents24.com/oxford-events/the-cellar

Cinemas Odeon Magdalen St, http://www.odeon.co.uk/cinemas/oxford_magdalen_st/116/ Odeon George St http://www.odeon.co.uk/cinemas/oxford_george_st/115/ Phoenix Picture House https://www.picturehouses.com/cinema/Phoenix_Picturehouse Bus ride Ultimate Picture Palace http://www.uppcinema.com/ Odeon Vue http://www.myvue.com/home/cinema/Oxford

Museums Natural History Museum http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/ http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/ of Art and Archaeology http://www.ashmolean.org/ Museum of History of Science http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/ The Story Museum http://www.storymuseum.org.uk/

Art Galleries Ashmolean http://www.ashmolean.org/ Christ Church http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/gallery MOA https://www.modernartoxford.org.uk/ The North Wall – 30 min walk or short bus ride http://www.thenorthwall.com/oxford-exhibitions.php

“Heritage” Colleges – old & new Sheldonian Theatre University Church & tower Covered Market Castle Museum

Gardens, Parks & Walks University Park (free) http://www.parks.ox.ac.uk/ Botanic Garden (charge) http://www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/ Christ Church Meadow (free) http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/visiting-christ-church/meadow Port Meadow (free) Binsey & the Treacle Well Isis Thames Path downriver to Iffley cross lock, visit church, walk through village, get 3 bus service back to Oxford.

Sport Punt, , pedalo hire Cherwell Boat House http://www.cherwellboathouse.co.uk/#section-04 Magdalen Bridge http://www.oxfordpunting.co.uk/ Folly Bridge Salter’s Steamers http://www.salterssteamers.co.uk/punting-boat-hire-oxford.php

Bike hire BikeZone - Summertown for hire http://www.bike-zone.co.uk/hire Swimming Hinksey Outdoor Heated Pool https://www.fusion-lifestyle.com/centres/Hinksey_Outdoor_Pool Ice rink https://www.fusion-lifestyle.com/centres/Oxford_Ice_Rink

Within a day

Accessible by public transport Train or Bus/Coach

Dorchester upon Thames http://www.southernoxfordshire.com/dorchester_on_thames.php http://www.visitcambridge.org/ https://www.stagecoachbus.com/promos-and- offers/east/stagecoach-x5

Bath Roman Baths, Gothic Abbey, No.1 The Crescent (recreation of Jane Austen’s world), History of Costume just outside American Museum http://visitbath.co.uk/ Stratford-upon-Avon – Hall’s Croft & Trinity Church http://www.visitstratforduponavon.co.uk/ Warwick - Collegiate Church of St Mary's Lord Leycester Hospital Castle https://www.warwick-castle.com/ Winchester – Cathedral (Jane Austen), Holy Cross Hospital (for Barchester Towers fans), Castle (Round Table), College (has guided tours in summer) http://www.visitwinchester.co.uk/ Windsor Castle https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/visit/windsorcastle & Eton – visits to college may resume in 2016, currently “refurbishment” http://www.etoncollege.com/

Didcot railway museum – August 3 is scheduled to be a Steam Day http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/visitor_information/opening.html

Shopping

Blackwells http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/stores/oxford-bookshop/about-us/ Covered Market http://oxford-coveredmarket.co.uk/ & Golden Cross https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Cross,_Oxford Walters of Oxford http://www.walters-oxford.co.uk/

Alice’s shop http://aliceinwonderlandshop.com/

Bicester Village (designer outlet complex) http://www.bicestervillage.com/?gclid=CKub7tGRu8oCFQMcGwoddqwC0g&gclsrc=aw.ds direct train from Oxford Parkway (bus from Oxford station) – but from Keble quicker/easier (tho’ not cheaper??) to get 500 Park & Ride in Banbury Rd

With hire car Ewelme http://www.southernoxfordshire.com/ewelme.php Burford & Cotswolds http://www.co tswolds.info/places/burford.shtml Rousham http://www.rousham.org/ Great Tew village Sulgrave Manor http://www.sulgravemanor.org.uk/ (Washington Family) http://www.broughtoncastle.com/ Waddesdon Manor http://www.waddesdon.org.uk/