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Photo of Christ Church, a Grade I registered house & garden in Oxfordshire, south east England.

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Christ Church

National icon

Oxford's grandest college, with Tom Tower and its own cathedral.

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Christ Church is both an Oxford college and the cathedral for the diocese, its huge quadrangle watched over by Tom Tower, added by Christopher Wren in 1682. Lewis Carroll was a maths don here in the 1860s, and based Alice in Wonderland partly on Alice Liddell, young daughter of the college’s dean. Entry to the college is by timed ticket, released weekly online, though the adjoining Meadow is free to walk at any time. Thames Path runs along its southern edge.

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Photo along the Thames Path, a 185-mile National Trail running from Kemble to London, England.Highlight

Thames Path

National Trail

The river from its Cotswold trickle to the Thames Barrier — the gentlest long walk in Britain.

0.2 km SW · spans 7 counties

Photo of the River Thames, a 135-mile river navigation running from Cricklade to Teddington, England.Highlight

River Thames

River navigation

The non-tidal Thames — 45 locks of managed river between Cricklade's meadows and the tideway at Teddington.

0.2 km SW · spans 7 counties

Photo of University of Oxford Botanic Garden, a Grade I registered house & garden in Oxfordshire, south east England.Highlight

University of Oxford Botanic Garden

House & garden near Oxford

Britain's oldest botanic garden, a walled physic garden of 1621 by the Cherwell.

0.5 km NE

Photo of Carfax Tower, a landmark in Oxfordshire, south east England.Highlight

Carfax Tower

Landmark near Oxford

Surviving 12th-century tower of St Martin's church at Oxford's central crossroads, climbable for rooftop city views.

0.7 km NW

Photo of Oxford Castle, a ruined castle in Oxfordshire, south east England.Highlight

Oxford Castle

Castle near Oxford

Norman castle and old county gaol, with a climbable Saxon tower.

1 km NW

Photo of North Hinksey Conduit House, a landmark in Oxfordshire, south east England.

North Hinksey Conduit House

Landmark near Oxford

Small stone conduit house of the early 1600s on the slopes above North Hinksey, built to pipe spring water into Oxford's Carfax Conduit.

2.2 km W