‘Welcoming if not encouraging’ – I think this was the message of an Oxford councillor to tourists. Certainly it doesn’t seem as if tourists need encouraging with the city getting more popular every year. Especially in the summer months, when students are away there are many hundreds of tourists walking around Broad Street, Radcliffe Camera e.t.c

Tourists taking photos of the Bridge of Sighs. Good job traffic is not in a rush.

past the tourists.

In Radcliffe Square.

Looking Towards All Souls

All Souls College in evening.

The Bodleian and Sheldonian.

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• Bridge of Sighs

Port Meadow in Evening

Cycling through Port Meadow.

Port Meadow is common land meaning you can cycle, walk and even bring your animals here.

It is also great for wildlife.

Port Meadow after a rare snow fall.

Port Meadow

Port Meadow

Port Meadow is just off an attractive part of Oxford known as Jericho. It runs up to Wolvercote in the north of Oxford.

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LMH

LMH

Radcliffe Camera

Swans River

Leafield

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Merton College

Queens Lane

Cloisters, New College, Oxford.

A really peaceful place, except if you sit and meditate here, every ten minutes you will hear a tourist guide coming in with a handful of visitors, and they ALL say. “Not much happens here, but, that tree over there was featuree in the Harry Potter film – The Goblet’s of Fire, it was under here, Dracus Malfoy was turned into a toad (or whatever it was). If only I had a bit of magic like ’silenco’ for when tourists came in their.

Radcliffe Camera peeping out of cloisters

A nice place to sit.

The gardens of New College.

New college Archive photos

• New College in springtime
• New College.ox.ac.uk

The Old Bank Hotel is in the back ground. This photo is taken in May and shows the Laburnum in full flow.

Leading from the High Street to Radcliffe Camera. Catte street is a small street next to the University church of St Mary

Catte Street in Winter

Radcliffe Camera Photos

Bridge of Sighs.

Radcliffe Camera

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• Bridge of Sighs Archive Photos
• Oxford Evening

Cheers – a happy cyclist on Broad Street

The Peace Mile in Cutteslowe Park was founded in 1986 by Sri Chinmoy, a noted student of peace, with the Lord Mayor of Oxford. The peace mile is a popular spot for local runners to run around Cutteslowe Park.

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These photos were taken near Magdalen Bridge, June 2010 at around 9am. It shows a lot of Oxford commuters and students like to travel into town by bike.

Students on way to exam

Dealing with buses on high street

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