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University Church of St. Mary the Virgin

Address: High St., Oxford
Phone: 01865/279111
www.university-church.ox.ac.uk

Category: Religious Sites
Location: Oxford

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Fodor's Review:

Seven hundred years' worth of funeral monuments crowd this church, including the tombstone of Amy Robsart, the wife of Robert Dudley, Elizabeth I's favorite. One pillar marks the site of Thomas Cranmer's trial under Bloody Mary for his marital machinations on behalf of Henry VIII. From the top of the church's 14th-century tower, you get a panoramic view of the city's skyline with nearly every architectural style since the 11th century. The Convocation House, a part of the church accessible from Radcliffe Square, serves generous portions of warm food—cafeteria style—under the room in which the charity OxFam was founded.

Cost: Church free, tower £2
Open: Sept.-June, Mon.-Sat. 9-5, Sun. noon-5; July and Aug., Mon.-Sat. 9-6, Sun. noon-6; last admission to tower 30 mins before closing

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