Oxford

**Oxford** is a city in England. It is on the River Thames. It is a very old city. It is the 52nd largest city in the United Kingdom. Some of its buildings were built before the 12th century. It is famous for its university, Oxford University, which is the oldest university in the English-speaking world.

About 150,200 live in Oxford. Two rivers run through the city, the Cherwell and the Thames. These two rivers meet south of the city centre.

Besides its university, there are some buildings famous for their architecture (the style in which they were built), like the Radcliffe Camera. There are also lots of museums and other places for tourists to visit.

The south and east of the city are less wealthy and have fewer students. Cowley used to be a separate town and has a large car factory, and Blackbird Leys is an area of mainly council housing.

## Transport

Oxford railway station is in the centre of the city and Oxford Parkway station is on the outskirts of the city. The small Oxford Airport is nearby. The Oxford Ring Road surrounds the inner city. Vehicles that burn fuel and enter a Zero Emissions Zone in the City Centre in daytime must pay a fee.

## Other websites

- Oxford - Citizendium

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Oxford
- **population blank2 title**: Ethnicity (2011)
- **population metro**: 244000
- **population density km2**: 3270
- **population as of**: 2017
- **population total**: 152,450
- **population blank2**: 63.6% White British
1.6% Irish Briton, White Irish
12.5% Other White
12.5% British Asian
4.0% British Mixed, Mixed Race
4.6% Black British, Black
1.4% Other ethnic group (United Kingdom Census), Other
- **blank1 info**: 38UC (ONS)
E07000178 (GSS)
- **website**: [http://www.oxford.gov.uk/ www.oxford.gov.uk]
- **blank2 info sec2**: Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, Oxfordshire
- **blank2 name sec2**: Fire
- **blank5 info**: South Central Ambulance Service, South Central
- **blank5 name**: Ambulance
- **blank4 info**: Thames Valley Police, Thames Valley
- **blank4 name**: Police
- **blank3 name**: Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, NUTS 3
- **blank2 name**: British national grid reference system, OS grid reference
- **blank1 name**: ONS coding system, ONS code
- **population demonym**: Oxonian
- **blank info**: GB-OXF
- **blank name**: ISO 3166-2:GB, ISO 3166-2
- **area code**: 01865
- **postal code**: OX postcode area, OX1, OX2, OX3, OX4
- **postal code type**: Postcode
- **utc offset dst**: +1
- **timezone dst**: British Summer Time, BST
- **utc offset**: 0
- **timezone**: Greenwich Mean Time, GMT
- **area total km2**: 45.59
- **blank emblem type**: Coat of arms of Oxford
- **pushpin map caption**: Location within England##Location within the United Kingdom##Location within Europe
- **pushpin map**: England#UK#Europe
- **map caption**: Shown within Oxfordshire
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **image map**: Oxford UK locator map.svg
- **blank emblem size**: 160px
- **image blank emblem**: Coat of arms for the City of Oxford.svg
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Sovereign state
- **image caption**: From top left to bottom right: Oxford skyline panorama from St Mary's Church; Radcliffe Camera; High Street from above looking east; University College, main quadrangle; High Street by night; Natural History Museum and Pitt Rivers Museum
- **imagesize**: 280px
- **image skyline**: Oxford Montage 2012.png
- **motto**: "Fortis est veritas" <small>_"The truth is strong"_</small>
- **settlement type**: City status in the United Kingdom, City and non-metropolitan district
- **nickname**: "the City of Dreaming Spires"
- **pushpin relief**: 1
- **subdivision name**: United Kingdom
- **leader name2**: Craig Simmons
- **established date3**: 1542
- **established title3**: City status
- **established title2**: Town charter
- **established date**: 8th century
- **established title**: Founded
- **leader name4**: Anneliese Dodds (Labour and Co-operative, Labour & Co-op, Oxford East)
Layla Moran Liberal Democrats (UK), (Liberal Democrat, Oxford West and Abingdon)
- **leader title4**: List of MPs elected in the 2019 United Kingdom general election, MPs
- **leader name3**: Labour Party (UK), Labour
- **leader title3**: Executive
- **leader title2**: Sheriff, Sheriff of Oxford
- **subdivision type1**: Countries of the United Kingdom, Country
- **leader title1**: Lord Mayor
- **leader name**: Oxford City Council
- **leader title**: Governing body
- **government type**: City status in the United Kingdom, City
- **subdivision name4**: Oxford City Centre
- **subdivision type4**: Admin HQ
- **subdivision name3**: Oxfordshire
- **subdivision type3**: Ceremonial counties of England, Ceremonial county
- **subdivision name2**: South East England
- **subdivision type2**: Regions of England, Region
- **subdivision name1**: England