University College
One of the places to visit in Oxford is University College, an attraction. Add any of 49 more places within 5 km to a visit. A drive of 700 m reaches Ashmolean Museum.
Attraction in Oxford
Inside Oxford
University 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 the warm season is May to September, with highs of 17–23°C.
University College
Attraction.
In Oxford, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Attraction
- Town
- in Oxford
- Official site
- univ.ox.ac.uk
The area around University College
University College is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Oxford’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The towns around University College
Largest of the 6 is Oxford, home to 170,799. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.
Oxford
Kennington
Boars Hill
Wolvercote
Compare the 6 towns
| Town | Where University College 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 | 3.8 km southwest of it | 540 | 52 |
| Wolvercote | 4.3 km northwest of it | 1,328 | 49 |
| Sandford-on-Thames | 4.5 km south of it | 500 | 40 |
| Chawley | 4.6 km west of it | 1,127 | 49 |
Combine it with these
4 museums, 2 historic houses and a castle are among the 76 within 15 km.
MuseumAshmolean Museum700 m away2
MuseumOxford University Museum of Natural History800 m away3
CastleOxford Castle Motte800 m away4
GardenUniversity of Oxford Botanic Garden300 m away5
MuseumPitt Rivers Museum800 m away6
Historic houseBeaumont Palace800 m away7
Historic houseBlenheim Palace13 km away8
MuseumMuseum of the History of Science400 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
What people ask about University College
Where is University College?
University College is in Oxford, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is University College?
Attraction.
When is the best time to visit University 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 University College?
Within 15 km: Ashmolean Museum (700 m), Oxford University Museum of Natural History (800 m), Oxford Castle Motte (800 m) and University of Oxford Botanic Garden (300 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
- University of Oxford Botanic Garden: JMski, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pitt Rivers Museum: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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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