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Your Oxford Alumni Card a Map Location We Have Negotiated a Range of Offers for Alumni at Restaurants, Hotels, Shops and Entertainment in Oxford Special offers in Oxford Key Your Oxford Alumni Card A Map location We have negotiated a range of offers for alumni at restaurants, hotels, shops and entertainment in Oxford. Offer How to claim Don’t forget to bring your Oxford Alumni Card with you when you come to For full details of each offer, please visit www.alumni.ox.ac.uk/visitoxford Oxford. The Card identitfies you as a member of the University to those on college and University premises and you will need it to access a range of A Ashmolean Museum N Pitt Rivers Museum special offers and discounts around the city. 10% discount in the shop 10% discount on becoming a friend of the Museum Show your Alumni Card when you make a purchase 10% discount in the Pitt Rivers Museum shop Show your Alumni Card in the shop C Q B Blackwell COLLEGES AND HALLS ALUMNI CARD OFFERS 15% discount on all purchases in store and online O Quod Brasserie and Bar 1 All Souls (Research) Rd A Ashmolean Museum Show your Alumni Card when you make a purchase 10% discount for breakfast, à la carte lunch and afternoon tea on 2 Balliol ght O u Shop bro x Bel Please produce your Alumni Card at the restaurant 3 Blackfriars*f o C B Blackwell r ad o h d n R C 4 Brasenose B a to N Blenheim Palace C r a r C Blenheim Palace e o l a v n a r b n t t 5 Campion Hall* b S h u a u D Bodleian Library Shop m r Discounted entry (see prices on alumni website) and free P Sheldonian Theatre l y r 6 Christ Church y o R 42 o North Mead R E Botanic Garden and o r o a annual pass when you buy a day ticket Free entry for Card-holders 7 Corpus Christi R a d o Harcourt Arboretum d a W 8 Exeter d o d F Gees Restaurant Show your Alumni Card when you purchase your tickets Show your Alumni Card at the Theatre o a Ro 9 Green Templeton** d ton South Mead s in G MacDonald Randolph t L o 10 Harris Manchester c k Hotel D Q 11 Hertford R Bodleian Library Shop Shepherd & Woodward Ltd o H The Old Bank Hotel a 12 Jesus College d 10% discount in the shop 10% discount on all goods and services ad n Ro I The Old Parsonage linso 13 Keble Raw J Oxford Playhouse Show your Alumni Card when you make a purchase Please produce your Alumni Card at time of purchase 14 Kellogg** d K Oxford University Roa 15 Lady Margaret Hall ead olst ad P Ro Museum of Natural History E d ell Botanic Garden and Harcourt Arboretum R University Club 16 Linacre** Roa rdw ret’s Ba L Oxford University Press arga 17 Lincoln St M 34 Bookshop Special admission fee of only £3 Alumni are entitled to join the club for an annual fee of £25 ad 18 Magdalen t’s Ro rgare M Oxford University Sports St Ma Please produce your Alumni Card at the ticket office Show your Alumni Card at the Club 19 Manseld Centre 20 Merton N Pitt Rivers Museum Road ad F 21 New College on Ro F Gees Restaurant S University of Oxford Shop d m y O Quod Brasserie and Bar rn a FaW ad rh 22 Nueld** Ro o e a y N l ur d r rb P Sheldonian Theatre 10% discount on lunchtime meals 10% discount on all purchases in store and online W F n e nt R 23 Oriel b Ca o i o n a Q Shepherd & Woodward r d c 15 o Please produce your Alumni Card at the restaurant Present your Alumni Card in-shop or register online d 24 Pembroke h u oa e R g k Ltd s ic h r t C 25 Queen's (The) R e r R University Club d 26 Regent's Park* R G o T a s S University of Oxford Shop Macdonald Randolph Hotel The Varsity Shop d 27 St Anne's d 14 en oa rd d R a T The Varsity Shop or G Discounted room rates (see our website for details) 10% discount on all goods and services 28 St Antony's** kf m c rha U Walters & Co Ltd Le 28 No 10% discount for lunch, dinner and afternoon tea Please produce your Alumni Card at time of purchase 29 St Benet's Hall* d alk on R W 30 St Catherine's ingt 44 rth Bev No Half day spa retreat for 2 people for £100 W 31 St Cross** T a d h l oa o Quote your alumni number at time of booking and show your U Walters & Co (Oxford) Ltd t ’s R r o ard n 32 St Edmund Hall ern n St B 27 W R S a i t lk v Alumni Card when you arrive 10% discount on all goods and services t e 33 St Hilda's B e r e University O e tr r a a e S k C t ry W n Parks W h o e 34 St Hugh's b t o a r Please produce your Alumni Card at time of purchase a l w v o u k e r ll se d r 35 St John's y b 9 s H O t P R The Old Bank Hotel o a 36 St Peter's c o r k k a s d R R alk 10% discount on best available rate Sunday-Thursday o 37 St Stephen's House* o a th W a ou d S t d S 38 Somerville am Please provide your alumni number at the time of booking See our website for details of more online offers from Oxford nh 39 Trinity ra I C 38 Rd organisations including Bodleian Library Publishing, IT Learning 40 University ble Ke 16 I The Old Parsonage Programme, OxUniPrint, Oxford Panoramas, OUP Online B 13 41 Wadham la d Great Meadow t t c oa 42 Wolfson** ee S k K s R 10% discount on best available rate Sunday-Thursday Publications and the University Language Centre. tr on ha rk R S a d ll P S Sports og n n R N h 43 Worcester O o re d ut t d la o C Ground x n S 10% discount for breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea e e C r r f le o ar t o C D l t 44 Wyclie Hall* a C Li 29 s r s u na t d a R d e Please provide your alumni number at the time of booking or www.alumni.ox.ac.uk/visitoxford l o m C Gr M S a a t r a d a ee n n n 19 produce your Card in the restaurant * Permanent Pra ivate Hallt s R Sports W l e a W Ne l Ground y ls d ** Graduate College on St Richmond Rd d oa a R S r 26 R o l n t t a o o S P M ©2009 University of Oxford, G a 30 n J t a d i Oxford Playhouse r S 31 J Public Aairs Directorate l k o e t s r h s Worcester e R ’ e n 35 3 o 10% discount on tickets for selected theatre productions College t a S d t Sports r 41 10 e Jow Ground e ett Wa Excludes Saturday evening shows and applies to two tickets only O t lk x fo A rd C M Please produce your Alumni Card/quote your alumni number M an reet a Ho a ont St g lywell l m a St P 43 Beau d B reet a g R t G E a W 39 e h d a when booking J l w e a s e n le t l 2 t s e ee y S r t St n t ad R P ro L B o S 11 o t D n a T 21 d g K T Q w u 8 uee Oxford University Museum of Natural History r n’s L a et ane t re l t l et ee C S e l Str Str ip S Railway e orge o h g Ge s S S Brid N l’ 12 t The Meadow e r r e a t 10% discount on all purchases in the museum shop th e h n e Station Hy ic r w t e e t M e m t e t e S tr S I S a t e t n k 17 32 r r a Show your Alumni Card when you make a purchase n k M 1 25 t e U Park End Stree 22 H 4 t d treet Botley Roa a S h S l ig l t H r N 36 S e H 40 Castle ew t e O M R t S Mound o Q t L a S i d L Oxford University Press Bookshop l l l Carfax S t ie 18 S r t een r u Q O 15% discount on purchases e t Angel and S St et e ar 23 rton Stre t e o e Greyhound l B M M t Blue E s ag Meadow Show your Alumni Card when you make a purchase a S 20 d C t a l E 7 Botanic en m b B b Pembr r a oke St Garden i e d e g r s e t S S M t t S Oxford University Sport St t’s r C n l 6 leme e l e 24 t i O e e r A Merton Field x t t M B S r l p ew C Discounted annual membership for the swimming pool er d o e St e k l l w l a n t P le o t s s f y 5 y I r e R R a e d Show your Alumni Card at the Sports Centre l o o s e a C Broad Walk y d N w o R C Magdalen College o O C s h Sports Ground a n d e r i y s M t a treet r dwell S C in pee h S N a u e rc R Th w h 33 M i a 37 v m W e e e a r s a T l d h St k r o a ee m w e t s s o r Christ Church W M I F s a Christ Church is o Meadow l l k alk l Sports Ground lee W y i Jub B r i d g e 22 Nuffield College 33 St Stephen’s House College access 9am-5pm daily +44 (0) 1865 613500 Alumni are offered free access to colleges with their Alumni Card.
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