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Oxford

Shopping in Oxford

  1. A

    Covered Market

    For the best picnic ingredients, funky T-shirts and expensive brogues, don't miss the Covered Market, a haven of traditional butchers, fishmongers, cobblers and barbers.

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  2. B

    Blackwell

    Oxford’s most famous bookshop runs 1½-hour guided walking tours, including a literary tour at 2pm Tuesday and 11am Thursday, a tour devoted to ‘Inklings’ – an informal literary group whose membership included CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien – at 11.45am on Wednesday and a Chapels, Churches and Cathedral tour(adult/child £9/8) at 2pm on Friday. Book ahead!

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  3. C

    QI

    QI 'Ridiculously well-read and over-educated' staff to help you trawl through specially chosen titles.

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  4. D

    Little Bookshop

    Tiny shop bursting with first editions and rare books.

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