Port Meadow, Oxford - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting

Outdoors- Other

About Port Meadow, Oxford

Port Meadow is one of the largest open spaces in the north of the city. With the River Thames flowing through the heart of the meadow the flood plains are home to many species of cattle, horses, and wildfowl. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and together with the nearby Yarnton and Pixey Mead a Special Area of Conservation under the European Habitats Directive.

Hotels near Port Meadow, Oxford

Hotels to stay near Port Meadow, Oxford

Stars:

Guest rating:

Excellent

Stars:

Guest rating:

Very Good

Stars:

Guest rating:

Very Good

Activities Around

Attractions Near Port Meadow, Oxford

Cherwell Boathouse

Cherwell Boathouse

2.17km from Port Meadow, Oxford

Cherwell Boathouse is Oxford's biggest punt station with over 80 handmade punts available for hire to explore the river Cherwell.It is located down a small lane off the junction between Chadlington Road and Bardwell Road, which itself is off the Banbury Road in North Oxford. restaurant and riverside café can be found on the same site. It is very popular with tourists and students in the summer.

Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

2.48km from Port Meadow, Oxford

The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology in Oxford was established in 1683 and is the oldest museum in the United Kingdom. It houses the University of Oxford’s collections of art and antiquities. Its many riches include the world’s greatest collection of Raphael drawings; the most important collection of Egyptian pre-Dynastic sculpture and ceramics outside Cairo; the only great Minoan collection in Britain; outstanding Anglo-Saxon treasures; the most famous violin in the world, Stradivari’s M

Ashmolean Museum

Ashmolean Museum

2.5km from Port Meadow, Oxford

The Ashmolean is the University of Oxford's museum of art and archaeology, founded in 1683. Its collection representing most of the world’s great civilizations, with objects dating from 8000 BC to the present day. Among its treasures are the world’s greatest collection of Raphael drawings, the most important collection of Egyptian pre-Dynastic sculpture and ceramics outside Cairo and so more.

Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Oxford University Museum of Natural History

2.5km from Port Meadow, Oxford

The Oxford University Museum of Natural History is a museum displaying many of the University of Oxford's natural history specimens, located on Parks Road in Oxford, England. It holds an internationally significant collection of natural history specimens and archives in a stunning example of neo-Gothic architecture. It is home to a lively program of research, teaching and events focused on the sciences of the natural environment.

Martyrs' Memorial

Martyrs' Memorial

2.58km from Port Meadow, Oxford

The Martyrs’ Memorial, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and built of magnesium limestone, has stood as a focal point at the south end of St Giles since its completion in 1843, when it replaced “a picturesque but tottering old house”. It was modelled on the Waltham Cross. The monument was built 300 years after the events of the English Reformation and commemorates the Bishop of Worcester Hugh Latimer and Bishop of London Nicholas Ridley, who were burned nearby on 16 October, 1555.

Oxford Castle & Prison

Oxford Castle & Prison

2.67km from Port Meadow, Oxford

Oxford Castle is a large, partly ruined Norman medieval castle on the western side of central Oxford in Oxfordshire, England. Most of the original moated, wooden motte and bailey castle was replaced in stone in the late 12th or early 13th century and the castle played an important role in the conflict of the Anarchy. In the 14th century the military value of the castle diminished and the site became used primarily for county administration and as a prison.

Discover More Attractions in Oxfordshire, Home of Port Meadow, Oxford

Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire

83 attractions

Oxfordshire is a landlocked county in the far west of the government statistical region of South East England. The ceremonial county borders Warwickshire to the north-west, Northamptonshire to the north-east, Buckinghamshire to the east, Berkshire to the south, Wiltshire to the south-west and Gloucestershire to the west.

Location of Port Meadow, Oxford

Comments

For more information about Port Meadow, Oxford, visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Meadow,_Oxford

To view all hotels near Port Meadow, Oxford, visit: Hotels near Port Meadow, Oxford