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HABA87 said:
Get an Uber to Didcot and have a look at the power station.
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Being demolished tomorrow.

In other news, I have found out today that the oldest college at the University, confusingly called University College Oxford, was founded by one of ours, William of Durham who was from Sedgefield and educated at Wearmouth. If only he'd called in Durham / Sedgie / Wearmouth College Oxford.
 


The Ashmolean and Pitt Rivers Museum, the Ashmolean regularly voted one of the top ten museums in the World, Pitt Rivers a great ethno centric collection of the weird and wonderful. Christ Church Gardens is stunning . The Eagle and Child. Broad Street and a half in the Kings Arms. A tour of one of the Universities. St Johns a favourite.The Trout if you have a car and are a fan of Morse. The Covered Market solely for one of the pies from iirc Jones the Butcher.
I lived nearby for 25 years and worked there towards the end of my career. Off putting things are the crowds out of term time.
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As others have said, the indoor market is very good. Cardews does very good specialist tea and coffee beans. Moo moos milkshakes are nice too and there are 100s of flavours.

Also another vote for the Pitt rivers museum. It has shrunken human heads and Samurai armour!

I would also recommend crossing Magdalen bridge and having a walk up Cowley road. There are plenty of very good small independent cafes, restaurants and shops up there and it is mainly away from the tourists.

You need to be watching out for them in the centre of you go there, by the way. They appear out of nowhere following someone with a little flag on a pole and anyone slow to jump out of the way can get engulfed and swallowed under an enormous marching herd of Oriental tourists with matching brightly coloured backpacks.
 
Billy Fish said:
Would rather do lunch in one of the pubs in Woodstock and then wander around the Blenheim estate
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I've been down Oxford once and tend to agree with visiting Blenheim as the better option as well.
spitfire said:
Nobody mentioned the four candles yet? Think 2 Ronnie's. I find Oxford to be a place of real contrasts. Nice old buildings and a right scruffy tip elsewhere. Some right f***ing moon units kicking about
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You only have to see some of the student types down Durham for those.
 
It really depends what you're looking for Janie

If you're after museums the Ashmolean is decent, and the Pitt Rivers is quite cool. But you know, you're based in London so they're not going to give you much you've not already got.

If it's a nice day a pleasant way to spend a few hours is to get a boat up the Isis and back in the direction of Abingdon, you can pick them up from by the Head of the River pub in town.

Alternatively a walk across Port Meadow to the Perch for lunch, followed by another nice walk up to the Trout for a few slack pints on the river is nice. Another lunch option I'd recommend is Edamame on Holywell St, but it's walk-in only. Avoid the Old Parsonage, which is expensive and stuffy. Also the food at the Randolph is not good.

Best pub in the city centre for me is The Bear, nice area to sit outside and dead centre. I wouldn't recommend the Eagle and Child, it might have been nice once but it's mediocre now. Also, the Covered Market is a bit dead these days due to the Westgate opening.

There's colleges if you like that sort of thing but who really gives a fuck? :D
 
janiep said:
Being demolished tomorrow.

In other news, I have found out today that the oldest college at the University, confusingly called University College Oxford, was founded by one of ours, William of Durham who was from Sedgefield and educated at Wearmouth. If only he'd called in Durham / Sedgie / Wearmouth College Oxford.
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Balliol and Trinity Colleges also have Durham links. There's a Durham Quad at Trinity and they are right next to each other. Agree with @Medulla about The Bear and The Rose and Crown on North Parade is entertaining for a quiet drink.
 

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