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Oxford is the county town and the sole city in the county of Oxfordshire. Its population was expected to be 152,450 in 2017. It is approximately 56 miles northwest of London, 64 miles southeast of Birmingham, and 61 miles northeast of Bristol.

The city is home to the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world, and features structures in every form of English architecture dating back to the late Anglo-Saxon period. Automobile manufacture, education, publishing, information technology, and science are among the industries of Oxford.

Landmarks

Oxford offers a plethora of important tourist sites, many of which are affiliated with the university and colleges. In addition to numerous well-known institutions, the town center is home to Carfax Tower and the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, both of which provide views of the city's spires. The old Covered Market is popular with tourists. Punting on the Thames/Isis and the Cherwell is popular throughout the summer.

The University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of the most prestigious higher education institutions in the world, with nine applications for every available place and 40 percent of its academic staff and 17 percent of undergraduates coming from outside the country. According to the Times Higher Education World Institution Rankings, it was named the world's number one university in September 2016.

Oxford is well-known for its tutorial-based teaching style, with students attending one one-hour tutorial each week on average.

The city center - In addition to being a significant tourist attraction, Oxford city center contains several stores, many theaters, and an ice rink. Because of the ancient structures, the region is frequently used by film and television crews.

The city center is very modest, centered on Carfax, a crossroads that connects Cornmarket Street (pedestrianised), Queen Street (mostly pedestrianised), St Aldate's, and the High Street. Oxford's chain stores, as well as a limited number of independent businesses, such as Boswell's, which was founded in 1738, can be located on Cornmarket Street and Queen Street. The shop will shut in 2020. St Aldate's has few businesses but numerous local government facilities, including the town hall, police station, and local council offices. The High (the term street is typically removed) is the longest of the four streets and is home to a variety of independent and high-end chain businesses, as well as university and college buildings.

The enormous Norrington Space at Blackwell's Bookshop is Europe's biggest single room devoted to book sales.

The University of Oxford has the biggest university library system in the UK, and the Bodleian group is the second-largest library in the UK, behind the British Library, with over 11 million volumes held on 120 miles of shelving. Because the Bodleian is a legal deposit library, it has the right to request a free copy of every book produced in the United Kingdom. As a result, the collection is expanding at a rate of more than three miles (five kilometers) of shelves every year.