Oxford

Blenheim Palace Bicester Waterperry Gardens Gloucester Green Blenheim Palace  - located 8 miles north-west of Oxford in the picturesque and historic town of Woodstock on the A44 Evesham Road – well worth a visit.

Although perceived to be a very affluent university city, there are also some areas that suffer from unemployment and poverty. It is not unheard of for Oxford to report higher rates of violent crime than many larger cities in the UK.

Oxford is the oldest university city in the United Kingdom, situated some 50 miles (80 km) to the west of the capital London in its own county of Oxfordshire, and located on the rivers Thames (the section of the Thames in Oxford is known as “The Isis”) and Cherwell. 

Oxford was first occupied in Saxon times, and was initially known as “Oxanforda”. The settlement began with the foundations of St Frideswide’s nunnery in the 8th century, and was first mentioned in written records in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 912. By the 10th century Oxford had become an important military frontier town between the kingdoms …