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14-15 SEPT Welcome Your Guide... Oxford Open Doors 2019 is here... Entry is free but we welcome donations. and as we all love sharing Find your way around – download the location map from our website Oxford, we have a great or pick up a map over the weekend. programme for you, full Bookings – Some events require advanced booking - visit our website "of favourites old and new, and book from 12 noon on Wednesday 28 August. family friendly and fun. Changes and new additions – check on our website. With Made‘ in Oxford’ as Get information over the weekend from the OPT Hubs in Cornmarket our theme this year there is and at Oxford Castle. lots to choose from so please don’t miss out. We will be out and about so do say Need to know more? Get in touch... hello if you see us. www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk 01865 242918 Oxford Preservation Trust run Oxford Open Doors [email protected] in partnership with Oxford University @oxprestrust " @OxfordPresTrust "The University welcomes the opportunity Oxford FF Family friendly Open Doors brings to share our many places, spaces and treasures with you all. We look forward to you R Refreshments available joining us for this fun weekend to learn more about our work throughout the year." D Disabled access Professor Louise Richardson, (D) Partial disabled access Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford For specific information on disabled access please contact OPT or the venue. With thanks to: The Gresswell Environment Trust Photography & Copyright: Mark Bassett, Oxford City Council, Oxford Covered Market, Andrew Manson (Mani), Nuffield, BMW Mini Plant Oxford, The Oxford Artisan Distillery (TOAD), Oxford Castle & Prison, Oxford City Sightseeing, Rewley Road Fire Station, Oxford Bus Museum, Bodleian Libraries, John Cairns, Department of Chemistry, Cherwell Boathouse, Nuffield College, Blavatnik School of Government, County Library (Oxfordshire County Council), Sheldonian Theatre, Merton College, St Michael at the North Gate, University of Oxford. Graphic Design: Sophie Durand Printed: Holywell Press, Oxford THE WESTON LIBRARY 2 2 3 3 Highlights ESTD 1771 Oxford’s Covered Market Made in Oxford!! From Sir Roger Bannister’s sub 4-minute Fresh, Local, Sustainable *mile to Lord Nuffield’s Morris Garage there have been some incredible inventions and people who were ‘Made in Oxford’. Over the weekend call into the Covered *Market which will be bursting with activity. Head over to the History of Science Museum for special highlight tours of *intricate objects and unusual stories from Oxford. Don’t miss out on the special displays of *Lord Nuffield, founder of Morris Motors at Nuffield College on Saturday! Take a tour of The Oxford Artisan Distillery (TOAD) – see the OPT website *for further details. On Saturday dust off your running shoes to visit the Iffley Road Sports Complex *where Sir Roger Bannister ran the first sub 4-minute mile. The Mini Visitor Centre and Museum *at BMW will be open to all, so be sure to visit. See a glimpse into the workmanship of items truly made in Oxford at The *University’s Joiner’s Workshop. THE LINE-UP IS ENDLESS so for more details on individual listings and extra venues not listed in this brochure visit www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk www.oxford-coveredmarket.co.uk 4 www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk 55 OPT Member only events Friday 13 Sept Oxford Preservation Trust The RIBA Lecture, out and Examination Schools, High OPT Members Only Events Street, OX1 4BG – 4.30pm OPT ‘Building Stories’ with multi about! award winning Richard Jobson, Monday 9 Sept founding Director of Design Come and say hello to us... Wadham College, Parks Road, OX1 3PN – Engine Architects. at the Opt Hub in Cornmarket on Sat & Sun. 2pm Beat the crowds to see the wonders of *See restoration in action at the former Wadham. Lindsey’s Unit in the Covered Market (Sat & Tuesday 10 Sept Don’t miss out – book via *Sun see pages 18 & 35). the website, email info@ OPT Awards Winners Tour (2018) – 2pm A Oxford Castle & Prison – open free all unique chance to see some amazing Oxford oxfordpreservation.org.uk *weekend (see pages 20 & 37). buildings with Architect John Stevenson. or call 01865 242918. Explore the place where Shakespeare stayed St Katherine’s Church, Chiselhampton, OX44 Some fun TOAD GIN TASTING at the Painted Room with its magnificent 7XF – 6pm Explore this ‘Georgian Gem’ much *medieval wall paintings open all weekend (see for the loved by Betjeman and Piper. pages 21 & 38). family! Wednesday 11 Sept Hear more of our exciting project at the LMS Open Top Bus Tour – 12.30pm Join City Railway Swingbridge on Rewley Road, Sat & Sightseeing Oxford for a tour of our glorious city. *Sun 1pm to 3pm (see pages 15 & 32). Plant Sciences Department, South Parks Road, Visit historic on Sunday and picnic in Iffley OX1 3RB – 6pm A very special tour with the on Church Way (see page 36 Glebe Field Prof. Stephen Harris, Druce Curator of Oxford for more). * University Herbaria. See our recently restored 17th Century Thursday 12 Sept cottages at 10 Turn Again Lane on Sat & Sun 11am to 2pm to enjoy the tranquil garden St John’s College, St Giles, OX1 3JP – 2.30pm * A rare chance to tour the libraries with College hidden behind the city wall (see pages 20 & 38). Librarian, Dr Petra Hoffman. Gin tasting, 10 Turn Again Lane, OX1 1QL – 6.30pm Join OPT in our hidden garden and enjoy a gin courtesy of TOAD, The Oxford Artisan Distillery. Become a member and enjoy these exclusive events www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk 6 6 www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk 77 Highlights fun! trails RESTAURANT & BAR Fun for ON THE FAMOUS HIGH THEall FAMILY IN THE HEART OF OXFORD tours Come and see us at Oxford Castle for tours, trails and much more! For virtual lab tours and science the Big Data Institute is a must! *Discover Talking Maps at the Weston Library *Enjoy a ride on a vintage bus Fun with firefighters at Rewley *Road Fire Station *For the Harry Potter factor – New College is the place to go ‘Delicious food, great atmosphere’ * ‘Tasty and classy!!’ ‘A relaxing lunch in Oxford’ ‘Friendly atmosphere with a good buzz’ TripAdvisor no need to book www.quod.co.uk Check out the venue listings and our website for more details and look out for FF for Family Friendly venues. 8 www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk9 99 w SO Do time at Malmaison Oxford, an incredible prison conversion STYLISH/ in the city centre. The former cells are now so stylish, you’ll be pleading for a life sentence. IT’S And the exercise yard hosts the best Afternoon Tea and Al Fresco dining in Oxford. Visit us soon. It CRIMINAL would be a crime not to. To book, call or go online 01865 689 944 malmaison.com 10 11 Friday on the River Cherwell. Test your punting skills with a free 30 minute trial with Boathouse staff onside to give expert OPEN DOORS tips and advice. 14 September 2019, 10.30am-4pm Osney Mill, Mill Street, OX2 0AN – Guided tours available (book on arrival), refreshments and exhibition 11am Tour Visit the restored mill and Friday marina, the remains of Osney Abbey 15 September 2019, 10.30am-3pm Self guided tours and exhibition 13 SEPT built in 1410 and the Archimedes Harcourt Hill Campus, Oxford OX2 9AT screw that powers the site. Advanced booking required. D Join us on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 There will be guided walks of the Acute Vascular Imaging Centre, John September to learn more about our history campus buildings, ‘Hands on History’ Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, OX3 and go on a tour around our campus. encounters with interesting and unusual On Sat and Sun visit the archive items and a talk exploring the 9DU – 3pm & 3.45pm Tours Learn how This year we will be showcasing ambiguity of the architects’ partnership researchers use MRI scans to develop OPT Hub in Cornmarket for our Harcourt Hill Campus, which in and how this may be understood within new treatments for cardiovascular September will be marking the 60th information the context of their time and social class. disease at the University of Oxford’s anniversary of the arrival of Westminster Oxford University Press, Great College’s students from London to their Our campuses are open to the public all AVIC, a purpose designed clinical Clarendon Street, OX2 6DP new Oxford buildings, now the Oxford year round and you can visit our cafes research centre embedded in an NHS – Brookes University Harcourt Hill campus. for coffee or to have lunch. hospital. Advanced booking required. D "10.30am & 2pm Tours OUP’s Museum tracing over 500 years of University Limited parking will be available, Cherwell Boathouse, 50 Bardwell publishing, including the first edition of but we would encourage you to use ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and publication the U1 Bus to Harcourt Hill Campus. Road, OX2 6SS – 10am to 12 noon " A celebration of the art of punting at of ‘The Oxford English Dictionary’. the authentic Edwardian boathouse and Advanced booking required. D, R (not long established fine dining restaurant open Sat or Sun) For further information please contact Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History admin.ocmch @brookes.ac.uk 01865 488319 12 www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk 1313 Saturday Oxford Preservation Trust In the Afternoon... Alliance Francaise d’Oxford, St Margaret’s Institute, 1st Floor, 30 brings you Saturday Polstead Rd, OX2 6TN – 12 noon to 4pm Come and test your French level 14 SEPT for free! Visit our welcoming classrooms in the historic St Margaret’s Institute, meet our friendly teachers, find the way to learn French that best suits you! F F, R In the morning..