Our Venues Your Events What’s included News Home // Our Venues // Language Centre Language Centre Purpose designed for language training, this venue has ten well-appointed classrooms all with audio-visual equipment. Classrooms range in capacity from 10-32. The venue is ideal for summer schools and other language training programmes seeking venue space in the summer months. For extra space, combine using it with St Luke’s Chapel which is on the opposite side of the road. Just a short walk from the city, the centre is near many local attractions such as the Ashmolean and Pitt Rivers museum. The Language Centre availability for 2021 will be 5 July to 15 September. DOWNLOAD CAPACITY GUIDE Choose from a variety of room layouts ranging in size from 10-32. Previous Next Next A building of the spoken word The Language Centre is steeped in history. Built in 1906 it started out as the University’s Big Game Museum, housing an impressive collection of stuffed animals, skeletons and pelts accumulated by natural historian and hunter Charles Victor Alexander Peel. Then in the 1920s it became the site of Oxford’s first playhouse, witnessing performances by actors including the young John Gielgud – today this part of the building’s history is commemorated by a blue plaque. In 1938 the Playhouse moved to a purpose-built theatre on Beaumont Street, where you can still find it today. Eventually the building moved to its current use, and since then it has helped generations of Oxford students master foreign languages. FIND OUT MORE How to find us Language Centre, 12 Woodstock road, Oxford, OX2 6HT Train – Oxford railway station is approximately a 15 minute walk away or 10 minutes by taxi. Bikes can be hired at the train station or around the city. Bus – The nearest bus stop is on the Woodstock Road. Information about buses within the city can be found here. Car – There is no car parking so we recommend using the park and ride system. The nearest car park is Gloucester Green, a five minute walk away. 01865 276905 venueenquiries@admin.ox.ac.uk Our team Sustainability Terms and Conditions of Venue Hire Accessibility Privacy Policy © Copyright 2021. Oxford University Estates Services. | Site by One Website terms and conditions Privacy Policy Find out more. Thank you, I accept.