Rainy day things to do in Oxford
Rain on the way? 18 indoor Roves in Oxford: museums, markets, cosy corners and places to shelter in style.
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Covered Market
Try Something You've Never Eaten
Find a snack you've never tried, for under £4, inside the Covered Market.
Christ Church Meadow
The Meadow Reset
Twenty minutes of green space, no phone, one good view.
St Aldate's
The Alice Trail
Find the shop that inspired Alice in Wonderland, right across from Christ Church.
Radcliffe Square
Vaults & Garden Hideaway
Find the hidden garden café tucked behind the University Church, right in the middle of the city.
Bath Place
Have a Pint at the Turf Tavern
Find Oxford's most hidden pub and have a drink in it.
Broad Street
Norrington Room Record
Find the bookshop room that once held the Guinness World Record for most shelving in one room.
Christ Church Meadow
The Best Bench in Oxford
No landmark, no ticket, no queue — just the best seat in the city, if you know where to look.
Radcliffe Square
Old Oxford
Find something older than 100 years, right in front of you.
St Giles'
Meet at the Eagle and Child
Have a drink where Tolkien and C.S. Lewis used to argue about their manuscripts.
Alfred Street
Oxford's Oldest Pub
Visit a pub that's been pouring drinks since 1242.
Oxford Castle
A Drink in the Old Prison
Order a cocktail inside what used to be Oxford's Victorian prison.
Broad Street
Step Inside the Sheldonian
Visit Christopher Wren's first major building.
Beaumont Street
Free Museum, Real Treasures
Find one object in the Ashmolean that stops you in your tracks.
Little Clarendon Street
G&D's Flavour Roulette
Order a scoop of the weirdest-sounding flavour on the board at G&D's.
University Parks
Duck Diplomacy
Spend five minutes properly watching the ducks on the Cherwell in University Parks.
Parks Road
Find the Dodo
Track down the most complete dodo remains in the world, free, at the Museum of Natural History.
Christ Church
England's Smallest Cathedral
Visit a cathedral that's also a college chapel.
Cowley Road
Curry Mile Crawl
Try something from Cowley Road's curry mile you've never had before.
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