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Carfax Tower
Passing through Carfax, the center of Oxford and where four roads... |
Architectural Sites | Oxford |
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Museum of the History of Science
The Ashmolean, the world's oldest public museum, was originally... |
Museums / Galleries | Oxford |
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New College
One of the university's best-known and oldest colleges (dating... |
Educational Institutions | Oxford |
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Roman Theater
Your imagination can take you back to AD 130 as you walk around... |
Archaeological Sites | St. Albans |
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Rousham Park House and Garden
About 15 miles north of Oxford and wonderfully uncommercialized... |
Houses / Mansions, Gardens / Arboretums | Oxford |
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Shaw's Corner
From 1906 to his death in 1950, the famed Irish playwright George... |
Houses / Mansions | St. Albans |
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University Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Seven hundred years' worth of funeral monuments crowd this church... |
Religious Sites | Oxford |
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University of Oxford Botanic Garden
Founded in 1621 as a healing garden, this is the oldest of its... |
Gardens / Arboretums | Oxford |
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Verulamium Park
Adjacent to the Verulamium Museum, this park contains the usual—playground... |
Parks | St. Albans |
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