All Places in Oxford

A hidden plaque is the only reminder of the lost palace where two storied English kings were born.

The remnants of this unusual bridge await an uncertain fate.

Site of the first hot air balloon flight conducted by the first English balloonist.

Originally founded in 1654, this coffee house claims to be the oldest of its kind in Europe.

This nondescript building was the birthplace of Morris cars.

A plaque marks the humble origins of an artistic muse who embodied the ideals of Pre-Raphaelite beauty.

A letterbox installed specifically for the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.

A little piece of Oxford's overlooked industrial heritage.

A cornucopia of gargoyles adorns the oldest portion of Oxford’s Magdalen College.

This slice of 1960s Danish modernism does not conform to the Oxford college stereotypes.

A plaque is all that remains of a lost Oxford transport hub.

A rare specimen of the ancient piggy bank of Java resides in one of the unassuming corners of the Ashmolean.

Long before Moo Deng, this 17th-century waterfowl was a cultural sensation.

A less famous, short-lived meeting spot of the Inklings.

An obsolete, long-forgotten advertising character lingers on this Sainsbury’s balcony railings.

A lost World War II military camp and post-war suburb swallowed by the woods.