Oxford Sights

  1. New College

    From the Bodleian stroll under the Bridge of Sighs, a 1914 copy of the famous bridge in Venice, to New College . This 14th-century college was the first in Oxford to accept undergraduates and is a fine example of the glorious perpendicular style. The chapel here is full of treasures including superb stained glass, much of it original, and Sir Jacob Epstein's disturbing statue of Lazarus.

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  2. Oxford Brookes

    Oxford's lesser-known university.

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  3. Oxford University

    Thirty-nine colleges make up the university, their elegant honey-coloured buildings wrapping around winding cobbled streets and attracting hoards of tourists each year. Yet despite the rushing traffic and throngs of people, inside their jealously guarded quadrangles an aura of studious calm descends. The oldest colleges date back almost 750 years and little has changed inside the hallowed walls since then.

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