New College
New College is an attraction in Oxford. Around it, within 5 km, are 49 more places on our list. Worth the trip, Ashmolean Museum is 700 m off.
Attraction in Oxford
Inside Oxford
New College is inside Oxford’s built-up area, with 49 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.
Month by month
In Oxford, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 17–23°C.
New College
Attraction.
In Oxford, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Attraction
- Town
- in Oxford
Getting to New College
Spot New College in orange, then follow the numbers to the places below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Oxford’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns that list New College
By population, Oxford leads the 6 with 170,799. Each town here links to its own guide.
Oxford
Kennington
Boars Hill
Wolvercote
Compare the 6 towns
| Town | Where New College is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford | It’s in town | 170,799 | 55 |
| Kennington | 3.1 km south of it | 4,595 | 53 |
| Boars Hill | 4 km southwest of it | 540 | 52 |
| Wolvercote | 4.2 km northwest of it | 1,328 | 49 |
| Sandford-on-Thames | 4.7 km south of it | 500 | 40 |
| Chawley | 4.7 km southwest of it | 1,127 | 49 |
Other places close by
Within 15 km you can add 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a castle.
MuseumAshmolean Museum700 m away2
MuseumOxford University Museum of Natural History600 m away3
MuseumPitt Rivers Museum600 m away4
CastleOxford Castle Motte800 m away5
GardenUniversity of Oxford Botanic Garden400 m away6
Historic houseBeaumont Palace800 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.
Quick answers on New College
Where is New College?
New College is in Oxford, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is New College?
Attraction.
When is the best time to visit New College?
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 New College?
Within 15 km: Ashmolean Museum (700 m), Oxford University Museum of Natural History (600 m), Pitt Rivers Museum (600 m) and Oxford Castle Motte (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
- Pitt Rivers Museum: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oxford Castle Motte: Tejvan Pettinger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- University of Oxford Botanic Garden: JMski, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beaumont Palace: Public domain, 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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