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Oxford (/ˈɒksfərd/)[4][5] is a city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. Founded in the 8th century, it was granted city status in 1542. The city is located at the confluence of the rivers Thames (locally known as The Isis) and Cherwell. It had a population of 162,100 at the 2021 census.[1] It is 56 miles (90 km) north-west of London, 64 miles (103 km) south-east of Birmingham and 61 miles (98 km) north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world;[6] it has buildings in every style of English architecture since late Anglo-Saxon. Oxford's industries include motor manufacturing, education, publishing, information technology and science.

This article is about the city in England. For the university, see University of Oxford. For other uses, see Oxford (disambiguation).

Oxford

United Kingdom

England

South East England

Oxfordshire

Oxford City Centre

8th century

1542

City

Oxford City Council

Dick Wolff[2]

Labour

Anneliese Dodds (Labour Co-op, Oxford East)
Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat, Oxford West and Abingdon)

17.60 sq mi (45.59 km2)

162,100[1]

8,500/sq mi (3,270/km2)

244,000

Oxonian

List
List

UTC0 (GMT)

UTC+1 (BST)

OX1, OX2, OX3, OX4

01865

GB-OXF

38UC (ONS)
E07000178 (GSS)

SP513061

Thames Valley

South Central

Oxfordshire

oxford.gov.uk

Transport[edit]

Air[edit]

In addition to the larger airports in the region, Oxford is served by nearby Oxford Airport, in Kidlington. The airport is also home to CAE Oxford Aviation Academy and Airways Aviation[55] airline pilot flight training centres, and several private jet companies. The airport is also home to Airbus Helicopters UK headquarters.[56]

Media[edit]

As well as the BBC national radio stations, Oxford and the surrounding area has several local stations, including BBC Radio Oxford, Heart South, Destiny 105, Jack FM, Jack 2 Hits and Jack 3 & Chill, along with Oxide: Oxford Student Radio[98] (which went on terrestrial radio at 87.7 MHz FM in late May 2005). A local TV station, Six TV: The Oxford Channel, was also available[99] but closed in April 2009; a service operated by That's TV, originally called That's Oxford (now That's Oxfordshire), took to the airwaves in 2015.[100][101] The city is home to a BBC Television newsroom which produces an opt-out from the main South Today programme broadcast from Southampton.


Local papers include The Oxford Times (compact; weekly), its sister papers the Oxford Mail (tabloid; daily) and the Oxford Star (tabloid; free and delivered), and Oxford Journal (tabloid; weekly free pick-up). Oxford is also home to several advertising agencies. Daily Information (known locally as "Daily Info") is an event information and advertising news sheet which has been published since 1964 and now provides a connected website. Nightshift is a monthly local free magazine that has covered the Oxford music scene since 1991.[102]

(1925–2017), science fiction novelist, lived in Oxford.[120]

Brian Aldiss

(1893–1970), undergraduate at Somerville.

Vera Brittain

(1875–1940), attended Brasenose College, best known for The Thirty-nine Steps.

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir

(born 1936), Booker Prize winner, undergraduate at Somerville.

A.S. Byatt

(real name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), (1832–1898), author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was a student and Mathematical Lecturer of Christ Church.

Lewis Carroll

(born 1935), undergraduate at Somerville, best known for her The Dark Is Rising sequence.

Susan Cooper

Sir (1606–1668), poet and playwright.[121]

William Davenant

(1930–2017), wrote and set his Inspector Morse detective novels in Oxford.[120]

Colin Dexter

(c. 1921–1989), a poet resident in Oxford in later life.

John Donaldson

(1960–2007), Oxford resident, undergraduate at Lady Margaret Hall.

Siobhan Dowd

(born 1937), undergraduate at Somerville.

Victoria Glendinning

(1859–1932), educated at St Edward's School, wrote The Wind in the Willows.

Kenneth Grahame

(J. I. M. Stewart) (1906–1994), Scottish novelist and academic, Student of Christ Church

Michael Innes

(1920–2014), born and died in Oxford; wrote about Adam Dalgliesh

P. D. James

(1898–1963), student at University College and Fellow of Magdalen.

C. S. Lewis

(1888–1935), "Lawrence of Arabia", Oxford resident, undergraduate at Jesus, postgraduate at Magdalen.

T. E. Lawrence

(1919–1999), undergraduate at Somerville and fellow of St Anne's.

Iris Murdoch

(1897–1978), novelist and biographer, born and brought up in the city.

Carola Oman

(born 1955), undergraduate at Wadham and Oxford resident, wrote An Instance of the Fingerpost.

Iain Pears

(born 1946), undergraduate at Exeter, teacher and resident in the city.

Philip Pullman

(1893–1957), undergraduate at Somerville, wrote about Lord Peter Wimsey.

Dorothy L. Sayers

(1892–1973), undergraduate at Exeter and later professor of English at Merton

J. R. R. Tolkien

(1925–1994), undergraduate at St John's and later Professor of Poetry at Oxford University 1973–78.

John Wain

(1854–1900), 19th-century poet and author who attended Oxford from 1874 to 1878.[122]

Oscar Wilde

(born 1970), South African poet, postgraduate at Hertford and Regent's Park from 2015 to 2020.

Athol Williams

(1886–1945), editor at Oxford University Press.

Charles Williams

Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

St. Mary the Virgin Church

: 1 October 1945.

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

: 7 November 1958.

1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd)

: 1 January 1966.

Royal Green Jackets

: 1 February 2007.[153]

The Rifles

Howarth, Osbert John Radcliffe (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). pp. 405–414.

"Oxford" 

Oxford City Council official website

Thames Valley Guide – Oxford