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Oxford, UK Bus Tour

travel videos & photos at: https://townsofeurope.com/ with text, maps & links. Oxford, England, is famous as one of the world’s oldest and best universities. It's also a beautiful and exciting city, with well-preserved historic buildings and much to admire. We'll be taking you on a bus tour showing you all the highlights of this city, as we roll around enjoying views from the top of the bus, passing many of the famous and beautiful colleges that make Oxford so special. 00:00 intro 00:16 bus tour intro 00:39 walk around town 00:57 Ashmolean Museum 1:08 more to see 1:27 Pitt Rivers Museum 1:38 New College 2:04 Street like museums 2:15 bus tour begins 2:40 Keble College 3:16 map of route 3:33 Saint John's College 3:54 Cornmarket 4:47 Bus Station 4:58 map from Heathrow 5:16 Oxford Castle 5:33 County Hall 5:58 Christ Church College 6:34 Town Hall 6:54 town center 7:10 High Street 7:28 Brasenose College 7:49 All Souls 8:10 Queens College 8:23 University College 8:37 campus maps 8:53 Examination Schools 9:19 punting 9:52 Magdelen College 10:57 Rhodes House 11:14 Trinity College 11:29 Sheldonian Theater 11:46 end of tour While Oxford is a very walkable city with very nice pedestrian lanes and wide sidewalks and a compact historic center, the bus tour is a nice way to get out to the edges of town, to see various neighborhoods and sites that are a little bit beyond walking distance from the center, including some ordinary blocks that are better seen from the comfort of a bus ride.