# The best sights in Oxford

Dreaming spires, the Radcliffe Camera and punting on the Cherwell: Oxford's must-sees according to travel guides and locals.

- 68 votes · 13 items
- Nov 15, 2023 · Ben W.
- https://even.best/en/l/2264/the-best-sights-in-oxford

## Top 13

1. **Radcliffe Camera** (8 · ▲9 ▼1) — The round Palladian library, Oxford's most photographed building.
2. **Christ Church** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — The great hall, the cathedral and Tom Quad.
3. **Bridge of Sighs** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — Hertford College's skyway over New College Lane.
4. **Bodleian Library** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Divinity School and Duke Humfrey's Library on a guided tour.
5. **Ashmolean Museum** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Britain's first public museum, free to enter.
6. **Pitt Rivers Museum** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Crammed cabinets of anthropology behind the natural history museum.
7. **Magdalen College** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Cloisters, deer park and Addison's Walk.
8. **Oxford University Museum of Natural History** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Dinosaurs and the dodo under a glass roof.
9. **Punting on the Cherwell** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Hire a punt at Magdalen Bridge.
10. **Sheldonian Theatre** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Wren's ceremonial hall with a rooftop cupola.
11. **Carfax Tower** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Climb the tower at the city's central crossroads.
12. **Covered Market** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — Historic market hall off the High Street.
13. **University Church of St Mary the Virgin** (-3 · ▲1 ▼4) — 127 steps to the best view of the spires.

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