Walk these streets and you will be following in the footsteps of Nobel prize winners, kings, presidents, and prime ministers. The university has produced saints, scientists, explorers, artists, authors and actors. Sir Tim Berners Lee, inventor of the world wide web (which makes reading this tour possible!), graduated from Queens College, Oxford.
This walk will take you around some of Oxford's oldest colleges and most important university buildings. It is planned for a morning to give you plenty of time to explore. Don't start too early -- some of the colleges aren't open to the public until noon or later. The first leg, is an easy, 10 minute stroll.
If you are traveling from London, there are frequent trains from Paddington Station. Off peak, round-trip fare is £17.50.
- Begin at Oxford Rail Station. Turn right out of the station and head for the huge bicycle parking area. Bicycles are everywhere in Oxford.
- Turn left onto Hythe Bridge Street, past Said College (pronounced Say-eed), Oxford University's newest institution.
- Continue on over the bridge that crosses the Castle Mill Stream and Oxford Canal.
- At the first fork, bear left onto Worcester Road. About 50 yards along, reach the entrance to Worcester College, your first stop.
