Must-see shopping in Oxford

  • A close-up of Blackwell's entrance

    Blackwell’s

    Oxford

    The most famous bookshop in the most studenty of cities, Blackwell’s is, with its vast range of literature, treatises and guilty pleasures, a book-lover’s…

  • Ashmolean Shop

    Oxford

    Appropriately enough, the shop at the Ashmolean reflects the scope and variety of Oxford’s finest museum. William Morris would certainly approve –…

  • The approach to the Westgate

    Westgate Shopping Centre

    Oxford

    Originally built in 1972 on the site of Oxford’s medieval West Gate, this enormous mall expanded in 2017. Like Alice it seems just to keep on growing,…

  • Tools and objects at Objects of Use

    Objects of Use

    Oxford

    The name says it all: this fascinating and quaint shop is piled high with useful household objects and tools to make each day easier. Everything is…

  • Hoyle’s of Oxford

    Oxford

    This charming shop sells games of every kind and age, from the latest board games – including bestsellers such as Ticket To Ride and Dreaming Spires, set…

  • Last Bookshop

    Oxford

    Booklovers beware! This enticing little Jericho shop can easily swallow an hour of your time. Specialising in remainders and discounted stocks, largely…

  • Outside the shop

    Blackwell's Art & Poster

    Oxford

    Blackwell's split-level sibling store, all but opposite the main bookshop, specialises in reference books, coffee-table tomes, posters, cards and…

  • Flag flying over the Covered Market

    Covered Market

    Oxford

    A treasure trove of traditional butchers, fishmongers, cobblers, florists, barbers, coffee bars, restaurants and independent shops, Oxford’s 250-year-old…

  • Outside the first ever Oxfam shop

    Oxfam Shop

    Oxford

    The Oxford Committee for Famine Relief opened its first-ever shop on Broad St in 1948 – and it’s still going strong, selling secondhand clothes, homewares…

  • Alice’s Shop

    Oxford

    This tiny 500-year-old shop was operating as a grocery – and managed by a sheep – when Lewis Carroll’s Alice popped in. Opposite Carroll’s Christ Church…