Date spot in Oxford
A tour of the Bodleian
Join a guided tour of the Bodleian Library, starting in the fan-vaulted Divinity School and, on the longer tours, going up into Duke Humfrey's medieval reading room.
Broad Street, by the Sheldonian Theatre
Address: Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG- Culture
- Rain-proof ☔
- Mid-price
Why it's a good date: You get to see rooms that most visitors never do, with plenty of stories along the way. Tours sell out, so book ahead.
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped and resized)
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The Ashmolean
Beaumont Street, city centre
Address: Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2PH- Culture
- Rain-proof ☔
- Free
Browse Britain's oldest public museum, free to get in, from Egyptian mummies to paintings by Turner and Pissarro, then have a drink at the rooftop restaurant.
Why it's a good date: Free, beautiful and big enough to get pleasantly lost in. Pick a gallery each and show each other your favourite thing.
Photo: Julian Herzog (Website), CC BY 4.0 (resized)
Pitt Rivers and the Museum of Natural History
Parks Road
Address: South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PP- Culture
- Rain-proof ☔
- Free
Walk under the iron and glass roof of the Museum of Natural History, past the dinosaurs and the dodo, and through to the crammed, dimly lit cases of the Pitt Rivers.
Why it's a good date: Two free museums in one visit, and the Pitt Rivers is gloriously odd: there's something strange in every drawer. A perfect rain plan.
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped and resized)
Christ Church Meadow
St Aldate's or Rose Lane, city centre
Address: St Aldate's, Oxford OX1 1DP- Outdoors
- Free
- Romantic
Walk the loop round Christ Church Meadow, down Poplar Walk to the Thames, along the river and back by the Cherwell, with the college towers above the trees.
Why it's a good date: Countryside two minutes from the High Street, often with longhorn cattle grazing in the middle. Watch the rowers on the river, and finish at the Botanic Garden next door.
Photo: Txllxt TxllxT, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)
