Oxford has been a university town since the middle of the 13th century.  The richly varied architecture of its colleges with their quadrangles (quads), turrets and towers can best be viewed in the afternoons (but all day around Christmas, Easter and the end of summer term - July to September). A visit to one or more of the following colleges is highly recommended. 

There follows a description of Balliol, Christchurch, Corpus Christi, Exeter, Magdelen, Merton, New, Queens, Trinity and University colleges. Twenty-three other colleges with their locations are also listed.

Under the heading Main Places of Interest, a further ten locations are described, including the Ashmolean Museum, Bodleian Library, Oxford Cathedral and the Radcliffe Camera.

The map lists other places in Oxford which can be visited, giving the map location in each case.  Below are a few samples of the types of places shown;  the actual list is much more extensive. The usual alphabetical street index is published beneath the map itself.
 

 
 
 
 
The Oxford Visitors' map covers an area extending from the Railway Station in the west to Magdelen College in the east, and from Keble College in the north to Folly Bridge in the south. 
 

The size of the map extract shown above depends on the characteristics of the screen on which it is viewed, and may not be the same size as the same portion of the published map;  a similar consideration applies if this website page is printed.