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The independent guide to Oxford
Discover
your Oxford.
Discover Oxford’s independent food scene and historic colleges. Find your next table, coffee stop or courtyard to explore.
Independent guides to help you plan your visit. How we choose
Oxford, properly discovered.
Beyond the skyline
Step inside Oxford’s colleges.
Quiet quads, grand halls and centuries of history. Find out which colleges welcome visitors, check access details and plan a walk between them.
Opening times vary with college life. Check the official visitor information before setting off.
Explore the collegesPull up a chair
Find your Oxford table.
Market lunches, independent coffee shops and pubs tucked down cobbled lanes. Start with our food and drink guides.
All food & drink
A market morning
Meet you at the Covered Market
Breakfast at Brown’s, coffee in the lanes and independent shops to explore: make an Oxford market morning your own.
Independent Oxford
Coffee in Oxford: five independent stops
Local roasters, a High Street view and coffee among the Covered Market stalls. Find a cup near your next stop.
Stay for another hour
Oxford pubs: find your kind of local
Hidden courtyards, waterside gardens and neighbourhood kitchens: choose your Oxford pub by setting, food and the day you have planned.Photo: Jonathan Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Cropped
Around the city centre
A bite between visits.
Stop for coffee, lunch or a drink while exploring the city centre.
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