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The city headquarters of Oxfordshire, Oxford is located in the South East area of England. and is the county town of Oxfordshire. The presence of the famous and the oldest university, University of Oxford, makes this city a very prominent one. This is a well renowned university with high academic status. It is one of the world’s best ever established universities. The campus and buildings of the universities are of classic architecture and provide an incredible look.

The University of Oxford was built up in the twelfth century, though there is no authentic record regarding its date of establishment. It is considered to be in direct rivalry with The University of Cambridge because the quarrel amongst the students and local residents in Oxford led to the evacuation of many students to Cambridge.

Along with such a great educational attraction, there are a number of museums here, which prominently includes The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology. It is traditionally the oldest museum in Britain. The present building was built in 1845 and is situated on Beaumont Street. This museum consists of Collections of Elias Ashmole together with a good collection of archaeological and fine arts. Renovation has been done to the interior of the museum. It is given a modern touch and also a gift shop and restaurant have been introduced to serve the visitors.

Pitt Rivers Museum is one more museum that is worth visiting as it contains range of archaeological and anthropological collections. It was built in 1884 and the items showcased there are donations from scholars and missionaries growing its collection from 20,000 items to 50,000 items.

If you wish to go for shopping then Westgate Shopping Centre would be the best place as it houses many popular retailers, which includes, New Look, Sportsworld, Shoe Zone, Apple Zone, Sports Zone, Specsavers, Holland & Barrett, Carphone Warehouse, Vision Express and many more incredible stores. These stores are open on all the 7 days of the week along with the facility of late night shopping on Thursdays.

To experience something more cultural in Oxford, you can visit The Oxford Apollo, which is now commonly known as The New Theatre Oxford. One can find here a number of theatre productions varying from Welsh National Opera, dance, ballet and major successful musicals such as Chicago. Along with this the theatre also started to hold large scale music concert from 1970's. It has a seating capacity of 1800.

If you feel like going for a day out in the outdoors, then you should definitely visit Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Park, which is the largest park of the city. Situated in the north end of Oxford, it has a varied option of services for all ages that includes children's play area and sports grounds. The cricket and football pitches are covered under the Cutteslowe area. They can be easily by the visitors. You also have the option to play a game of miniature golf, basketball and tennis. The south of the park is the Sunnymead which is chiefly devoted for the teenagers and consists of skating parks, basketball courts and a youth shelter.