Guidebook for Oxford

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Guidebook for Oxford

Drinks & Nightlife

Fun speak-easy style cocktail bar with inventive drinks and a great atmosphere.
9 locals recommend
The Mad Hatter Oxford
43 Iffley Rd
9 locals recommend
Fun speak-easy style cocktail bar with inventive drinks and a great atmosphere.
Lively bar with good music.
10 locals recommend
The Library
182 Cowley Rd
10 locals recommend
Lively bar with good music.
Great local pub with live music nights.
The James Street Tavern
47-48 James St
Great local pub with live music nights.
Fun bar, popular with students.
16 locals recommend
The Big Society
95 Cowley Road
16 locals recommend
Fun bar, popular with students.
Lovely local pub, which also serves delicious pizza.
87 locals recommend
The Rusty Bicycle
28 Magdalen Rd
87 locals recommend
Lovely local pub, which also serves delicious pizza.

Food Scene

Delicious coffee and a laid-back atmosphere - a great place to work or chat.
14 locals recommend
Peloton Espresso
76 Cowley Rd
14 locals recommend
Delicious coffee and a laid-back atmosphere - a great place to work or chat.
Great breakfasts. Good coffee.
9 locals recommend
Rick's Diner
88-90 Cowley Rd
9 locals recommend
Great breakfasts. Good coffee.
Delicious and unusual food, in a relaxed and cosy atmosphere.
10 locals recommend
Door 74
74 Cowley Rd
10 locals recommend
Delicious and unusual food, in a relaxed and cosy atmosphere.
Vegetarian friendly cafe.
34 locals recommend
The Magic Café
110 Magdalen Road
34 locals recommend
Vegetarian friendly cafe.
Wonderful place for breakfasts/ brunches and coffee.
24 locals recommend
Gaf
39 Magdalen Rd
24 locals recommend
Wonderful place for breakfasts/ brunches and coffee.
A great place to take a break from sight-seeing and grab a coffee.
11 locals recommend
The Missing Bean
14 Turl St
11 locals recommend
A great place to take a break from sight-seeing and grab a coffee.
Lovely place to grab lunch if you're in town... look for the stairs (it's on the second floor).
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Lovely place to grab lunch if you're in town... look for the stairs (it's on the second floor).
Pub serving lovely food.
100 locals recommend
Magdalen Arms Oxford
243 Iffley Rd
100 locals recommend
Pub serving lovely food.

Shopping

Something of an Oxford institution - ice cream bar serving their own custom flavours. Open till midnight.
14 locals recommend
George & Delila
104 Cowley Rd
14 locals recommend
Something of an Oxford institution - ice cream bar serving their own custom flavours. Open till midnight.
Record store and cafe.
20 locals recommend
Truck Store
101 Cowley Rd
20 locals recommend
Record store and cafe.

Essentials

Closest supermarket - sells all your essentials.
60 locals recommend
Sainsbury's Local
1-8 St Clement's St
60 locals recommend
Closest supermarket - sells all your essentials.
Larger supermarket.
Oxford Cowley Road Metro
Cowley Place
Larger supermarket.

Arts & Culture

Fantastic independent cinema.
77 locals recommend
The Ultimate Picture Palace
Cowley Road
77 locals recommend
Fantastic independent cinema.

Everything Else

Amazing collection - from Egyptian mummies to modern art - with many world-famous pieces. Apparently the world's first university museum.
374 locals recommend
Ashmolean Museum
Beaumont Street
374 locals recommend
Amazing collection - from Egyptian mummies to modern art - with many world-famous pieces. Apparently the world's first university museum.
Like stepping into a cabinet of curiosities. This anthropological museum is housed in the same building as Oxford's Natural History Museum. You can easily wile away several hours here.
97 locals recommend
Pitt Rivers Museum
Parks Road
97 locals recommend
Like stepping into a cabinet of curiosities. This anthropological museum is housed in the same building as Oxford's Natural History Museum. You can easily wile away several hours here.
You can climb the tour of this church for a wonderful view of Oxford's dreaming spires.
21 locals recommend
University Church of St. Mary the Virgin
High Street
21 locals recommend
You can climb the tour of this church for a wonderful view of Oxford's dreaming spires.
Perfect place to take a picnic, go for a stroll, or watch some early morning rowing.
76 locals recommend
Christ Church Meadow
76 locals recommend
Perfect place to take a picnic, go for a stroll, or watch some early morning rowing.
Cafes and cute independent shops abound here.
126 locals recommend
Oxford Covered Market
Market Street
126 locals recommend
Cafes and cute independent shops abound here.
Excellent arts cinema.
71 locals recommend
Phoenix Picturehouse
57 Walton St
71 locals recommend
Excellent arts cinema.