Founders Tower

Worth seeing in and around Founders Tower

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   University of Oxford

   The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world’s second-oldest university in continuous operation.

   600 m · collegiate research university in Oxford, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Oxford University Press

   Oxford University Press is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world.

   1.7 km · publishing arm of the University of Oxford · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Bodleian Library

   The Bodleian Library is the main research library of the University of Oxford. Founded in 1602 by Sir Thomas Bodley, it is one of the oldest libraries in Europe.

   600 m · main research library of the University of Oxford · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Ashmolean Museum

   The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology on Beaumont Street in Oxford, England, is Britain's first public museum. Its first building was erected in 1678–1683 to house the cabinet of curiosities that Elias Ashmole gave to the University of Oxford in 1677.

   1 km · museum in Oxford, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Somerville College

   Somerville College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It was founded in 1879 as Somerville Hall, one of its first two women's colleges.

   1.3 km · college of the University of Oxford · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Christ Church

   Christ Church is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, the college is uniquely a joint foundation of the university and the cathedral of the Oxford diocese, Christ Church Cathedral, which also serves as the college chapel and whose dean is ex officio the college head.

   700 m · constituent college of the University of Oxford in England · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Balliol College

   Balliol College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford, England. Founded in 1263 by nobleman John I de Balliol, it has a claim to be the oldest college in Oxford and the English-speaking world.

   800 m · constituent college of the University of Oxford · Wikipedia
8. 08
   All Souls College

   All Souls College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Unique to All Souls, all of its members automatically become fellows.

   400 m · college of the University of Oxford · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Brasenose College

   Brasenose College, formally The Principal and Scholars of the King's Hall and College of Brasenose in Oxford, or BNC, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1509 by Bishop of Lincoln William Smyth and Sir Richard Sutton, it traces its origins to an eponymous 13th-century medieval academic hall.

   600 m · college of the University of Oxford · Wikipedia
10. 10
    University College, Oxford

    University College, formally The Master and Fellows of the College of the Great Hall of the University commonly called University College in the University of Oxford and colloquially referred to as "Univ", is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It has a claim to being the oldest college of the university, having been founded by William of Durham in 1249.

    400 m · Constituent College of Oxford University · Wikipedia

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Getting to Founders Tower

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London Luton (LTN), 62 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 63 km · Birmingham (BHX), 85 km

Stations

Oxford railway station, 1.6 km

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