Features

Overview

Oxford has a wealth of interesting history to discover and many fascinating buildings, colleges and museums to explore, due to its status as one of the world's most prominent university towns. Outside of the city, a large part of the county contains the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, a gentle, timeless landscape of rolling hills, honey coloured stone villages nestling in wooded valleys. The county has nearly 2,400 miles of footpaths, including sections of two important National Trails, the Thames Path and the Ridgeway Trail, and plenty of opportunity for cycling along the Oxfordshire Cycle Way or the Thames Valley Cycle route, running through the delightful beechwood slopes of the Chiltern hills.