Oxford Tours & Tickets

Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire, with teaching records dating back to at least 1096.

The Bodleian Library, Oxford's main library, holds over 12 million books and is the second-largest library in the UK after the British Library.

Oxford's 'dreaming spires' — the distinctive skyline of college towers — inspired the poet Matthew Arnold to call it the 'City of Dreaming Spires' in 1865.

The wooden doors in Oxford's college quads are traditionally painted in 'Oxford Blue,' a distinctive dark blue-green colour unique to the university.

Oxford has educated 69 Nobel Prize winners, more than any other university in the world.

The Cherwell and Thame rivers wind through Oxford, making punting (pole-propelled flat boats) a quintessential summer activity along the waterways.