Tourist Information Centre 

• The Tourist Information Centre is located near the Gloucester Green coach station in the 'Old School House'
• Walking Tours - conducted tours start from the Tourist Information Centre
• Open top bus tours - see the sights from the top of an open top bus
• The Oxford Story - in Broad Street offers an informative and fun "time-car" ride through the history of Oxford

Views of the town

• Carfax Tower
• University Church of St Mary the Virgin in the High Street
• St Michael Northgate, in Cornmarket

Museums

• Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street., Oxford - Museum of Art & Archaeology
• Bate Collection of Musical Instruments, Faculty of Music, St Aldate's
• Cathedral Treasury, Christ Church, Oxford
• Museum of Oxford, St Aldate's
• Oxford University Press Museum, Great Clarendon Street
• Pitt Rivers Museum, Parks Road
• Telecom Museum, 35 Speedwell Street
• University Museum, Parks Road

Galleries

• Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street
• Christ Church Picture Gallery, Christ Church
• Freud Cafe, Walton Street
• Mary Ogilvie Gallery, St Anne's College.
• The Old Fire Station, George Street & Gloucester Green
• Oxford Gallery, 23 High Street
• Stables Gallery, Green College, Woodstock Road
• Wiseman Gallery, South Parade, Summertown
• Wolfson College, Linton Road, off Banbury Road
• Art on the railings, Railings of University Parks, Parks Road - open 2-6 pm on Sundays from May to September

Theatres

• Apollo Theatre, George Street
• Oxford Playhouse, Beaumont Street
• Burton-Taylor Theatre, behind the Playhouse
• The Comedy Stage - Monday nights at the O.X. ONE pub
• Old Fire Station, 40 George Street
• Pegasus Theatre, Magdalen Road
• Stratford is nearby with nightly performances by the RSC (Royal Shakespeare Company)

Cinemas

• ABC, George Street
• ABC, Magdalen Street
• Phoenix Picture House, Walton Street
• Ultimate Picture Palace, Jeune Street

Nightclubs

• The Coven II, Oxpens Road
• Downtown Manhattan, Apollo Theatre, George Street
• Fifth Avenue, Westgate Centre
• Club Latino, The Plain, St Cement's
• Park End Club, Park End Street
• The Arena, 109 Cowley Road, Cowley

Classical Music

• Apollo Theatre, Rock, Pop, Classical, Ballet, Opera concerts, George Street
• Holywell Music Room
• Newman Rooms, St Aldates
• City of Oxford Orchestra, present concerts all year mostly at the Sheldonian Theatre
• Jacqueline du Pré Building, St Hilda's College
• Oxford Festival of Contemporary Music, an annual event (usually October) with concerts throughout Oxford
• The University Church of St Mary the Virgin

Rock and Jazz Music

• Live jazz music at O.X. ONE on Tuesday nights
• Fuggle & Firkin at The Brewhouse, Gloucester Green
• The Kooler, Oxford United FC, The Manor Ground, Headington
• Zodiac Club, 190 Cowley Road
• The Point at The Plain, Cowley Road
• Oxford Folk Club, Port Mahon, St Cement's
• Old Fire Station, 40 George Street

 Pubs

• Angel and Greyhound, 30 St Cement's, near Magdalen Bridge
• The Bear, Alfred Street. Reputedly Oxford's smallest pub dating back to 1242
• The Brewery Gate, St Thomas' Street. Morrells own pub next to The Brewery
• The Bulldog, St Aldates - traditional English pub
• The Chequers, High Street - very popular 400 year old pub in the centre of town
• The Cherwell, Water Eaton Road, North Oxford
• Dew Drop Inn, Summertown, 258 Banbury Road - Pub in north Oxford with garden
• Eagle & Child, St Giles. An inn since 1650. Famous for meetings of the Inklings: Tolkien, C S Lewis & co
• The Firkin Brewery, Cowley Road. Oxford's only in-house brew pub
• The Goats Head, St Michael's Street. Off Cornmarket and next to the Students' Union, with a quieter bar upstairs most nights
• The Grapes, George Street. A popular watering hole for theatre goers, opposite the Apollo
• Head of the River on the river at Folly Bridge
• The Hobgoblin
• Horse & Jockey, Woodstock Road. Eccentric pub with baths, beds and school desks
• Lamb & Flag, St Giles, Oxford - popular student pub next to St John's College
• Jude the Obscure, Walton Street - Jericho pub with live performances some nights of the week
• The King's Arms, Holywell Street. For generations a meeting place for students, situated near the Bodleian Library and the Sheldonian Theatre, an ideal place for a drink in concert intervals
• The Kings Arms, Summertown. Friendly pub
• The Mitre, High Street Also serves food
• The Old Gatehouse, Botley Road. Originally a toll-house at the entrance to the city
• The Old School, Gloucester Green - originally a school, then bus station ticket office - now a pub providing a home for the Information Centre
• O'Neills, new Irish theme pub in George Street
• O.X. ONE - probably Oxford's most Entertaining Public House
• The Perch, Binsey - thatched pub with gardens to the Thames - a pleasant walk from Oxford across Port Meadow
• Philanderer & Firkin, Walton Street
• The Plasterer's Arms, Marston Road - Irish pub attracting business people, shoppers and students from Brookes
• Rose & Crown, North Parade, North Oxford
• Rosie O'Grady's, Park End Street - Refurbished pub with Irish feel by riverside
• Three Goats Heads, St Michael's Street - city pub next door to Oxford Union serving Samuel Smiths
• The Tree, at Iffley
• The Trout Inn, Wolvercote. Fine old inn on the Thames at Godstow originally built in 1133
• Turf Tavern, Bath Place off Holywell Street. Immortalised in Thomas Hardy's Jude the obscure and featured in the TV series Inspector Morse.
• The Victoria Arms, Old Marston - popular pub by the river, often reached by punt (about 2 hours on the river)
• White Horse, Broad Street, One of Inspector Morse's favoured haunts

Wine Bars

• Bar Risa, Hythe Bridge Street: new bar/pub with comedy club the Jongleurs attached
• Freud's, Walton Street. Old church turned cafe/bar
• JB's Bar, Park End Street. Opposite the Park End Club
• Ma Belle Wheatsheaf Yard, Blue Boar Street. BYO Wine lunch and dinner 7 days a week
• Raouls, 32 Walton Street
• Yates Wine Lodge, George Street - new pub with stylish marble bar

Cafés

• Ashmolean Café in the Ashmolean museum
• Brothers, Avenue 3, Covered Market & 71 George Street, opposite Gloucester Green bus station
• Browns, 5-11 Woodstock Road
• Café Bateau, Ship Street
• Café Coco, 23 Cowley Road
• Café Deco, George Street
• Café MOMA, 30 Pembroke Street, underneath the Museum of Modern Art - open late Thursdays
• Café Rouge, 11 Little Clarendon Street
• Café Uno, 41-47 George Street
• Convocation Coffee House, University Church of St Mary, High Street - home cooked meals, salads and pastries
• Delifrance, St Aldate's Quick stop coffee and croissants
• Edgar's, Carfax Crossroads - cafe in former churchyard
• Freud's Walton Street - large converted church which becomes a bar/nightclub by night and has live music most weekends
• George & Davies (G&D's), Little Clarendon Street - ice cream, bagels and coffee with this venue popular with students
• Georgina's, Avenue 3, Covered Market
• The Grand Cafe, 84 High Street, near the site of the first coffee house in England established 1651
• Heroes, small take away/eat in coffee shop with later opening
• Jericho Cafe, 112 Walton Street - two floors with a relaxed atmosphere in north Oxford
• Morton's, 22 Broad Street - take away or sit and watch the crowds in Broad Street
• Pret ŕ Manger, Cornmarket next to Lloyds Bank, the national chain of coffee and snack bars
• Queen's Lane Coffee House, 40 High Street - next to The Queen's College and opposite the Exam Schools
• The Nose Bag, St Michael's Street. - wide range of home cooked food in central Oxford
• St Aldate's Coffee House, 94 St Aldates - cafe opposite Christ Church
• St Giles' Cafe, 52 St Giles' opposite St John's college
• Wykeham Coffee Shop, 15 Holywell Street

Restaurants

• Bath Place Hotel A first class award winning restaurant open to non-residents - rated in the Michelin Guide, Good Food Guide and Egon Ronay
• Browns, 5-11 Woodstock Rd. Bustling, busy and noisy
• Café Francais, London Road Headington
• Café Rouge, 11 Little Clarendon Street
• Café Uno, 41-47 George Street
• Cherwell Boathouse, Bardwell Road. Cherwell riverside restaurant with atmosphere. Punts are also available for hire from here

Oxford Punts

• The Crypt, Frewin Court, off Cornmarket Street. - traditional restaurant and bar
• Elizabeth Restaurant, 82 St Aldates top class restaurant
• Fishers, 36 St Cement's - seafood and fish restaurant
• Gee's Brasserie, 61a Banbury Road. Housed in a former Victorian conservatory - Italian food
• Harry Ramsden's, 28-31 St Ebbe's Street
• The Lemon Tree, Restaurant and Bar, 268 Woodstock Road
• Luna Caprese, 4 North Parade Ave
• Ma Belle, Wheatsheaf Yard (off High Street) - French cooking, bring your own wine
• Ma Cuisine, 21 Cowley Road
• Michel's Brasserie, 10 Little Clarendon Street
• The Mitre, High Street. A Beefeater restaurant with value for money steaks
• The Nosebag, 6 St Michael's Street - self service restaurant with much vegetarian choice, open late
• The Parsonage Bar, Old Parsonage Hotel, 1 Banbury Road - English brasserie
• Le Petit Blanc, 71 Walton Street - Raymond Blanc's popular venture into the centre of Oxford
• Pierre Victoire, 9 Little Clarendon Street
• Rosamund The Fair, Castlemill Boatyard, Cardigan Street - Oxford's cruising longboat restaurant for an unusual experience, a three hour cruise with four course meal
• Spires Restaurant at the Randolph
• Vaults, Randolph Hotel, Simple menu
• Pizza Express, Golden Cross, Cornmarket Street
• Pizza Hut, 61 George Street
• Pizzaland, 10 High Street
• The Gourmet Pizza Company, Gloucester Green
• Bella Pasta, 6 George Street
• Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons, Great Milton. Award winning 15th century Manor House, home to Raymond Blanc's creative genius. Fine food, wines, and environment
• The Vine, Cumnor. Large menu of home-made food at attractive prices
• Feathers Hotel, Woodstock. Combined town houses have created a country-house style hotel. Excellent food has a Mediterranean influence

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