Carfax Tower
Oxford counts Carfax Tower, a historic site, among its places to visit. Nearby, 50 more places to visit are within 5 km. Ashmolean Museum comes next on our list, 400 m away.
Historic site in Oxford
Inside Oxford
Carfax Tower is inside Oxford’s built-up area, with 50 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
How the seasons run
In Oxford the warm season is May to September, with highs of 17–23°C.
Carfax Tower
Historic site.
In Oxford, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Historic site
- Town
- in Oxford
The area around Carfax Tower
The orange dot is Carfax Tower; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Oxford’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Nearby towns
Oxford, with 170,799 people, is the largest of the 6. The list runs from its own town outward.
Oxford
Kennington
Boars Hill
Wolvercote
Compare the 6 towns
| Town | Where Carfax Tower is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford | It’s in town | 170,799 | 55 |
| Kennington | 2.9 km south of it | 4,595 | 53 |
| Boars Hill | 3.6 km south of it | 540 | 52 |
| Wolvercote | 4.1 km northwest of it | 1,328 | 49 |
| Chawley | 4.2 km southwest of it | 1,127 | 49 |
| Sandford-on-Thames | 4.6 km southeast of it | 500 | 40 |
Also within reach
Within 15 km are 76 places, among them 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a castle.
MuseumAshmolean Museum400 m away2
MuseumOxford University Museum of Natural History800 m away3
CastleOxford Castle Motte300 m away4
MuseumPitt Rivers Museum800 m away5
Historic houseBeaumont Palace500 m away6
GardenUniversity of Oxford Botanic Garden700 m away7
Historic houseBlenheim Palace12 km away8
MuseumMuseum of the History of Science300 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Planning a visit to Carfax Tower
Where is Carfax Tower?
Carfax Tower is in Oxford, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Carfax Tower?
Historic site.
When is the best time to visit Carfax Tower?
May to September are the warmest months in Oxford, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Carfax Tower?
Within 15 km: Ashmolean Museum (400 m), Oxford University Museum of Natural History (800 m), Oxford Castle Motte (300 m) and Pitt Rivers Museum (800 m).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Ashmolean Museum: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oxford University Museum of Natural History: The original uploader was MykReeve at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oxford Castle Motte: Tejvan Pettinger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pitt Rivers Museum: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beaumont Palace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- University of Oxford Botanic Garden: JMski, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blenheim Palace: Jvhertum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of the History of Science: Wiki alf at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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