Oxford

City and non-metropolitan district
	Coat of arms of Oxford
	Shown within Oxfordshire
	Coordinates: 51°45′7″N 1°15′28″W / 51.75194°N 1.25778°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	South East England
Ceremonial county	Oxfordshire
Admin HQ	Oxford City Centre
Founded	8th century
City status	1542
Government
• Type	City
• Governing body	Oxford City Council
• Sheriff of Oxford	Craig Simmons
• Executive	Labour
• MPs	Anneliese Dodds (Labour & Co-op, Oxford East); Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat, Oxford West and Abingdon)
Area
• City and non-metropolitan district	17.60 sq mi (45.59 km2)
Population (2017)
• City and non-metropolitan district	152,450
• Density	8,500/sq mi (3,270/km2)
• Metro	244,000
• Ethnicity (2011)	63.6% White British; 1.6% White Irish; 12.5% Other White; 12.5% British Asian; 4.0% Mixed Race; 4.6% Black; 1.4% Other
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode	OX1, OX2, OX3, OX4
ISO 3166-2	GB-OXF
ONS code	38UC (ONS); E07000178 (GSS)
OS grid reference	Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".
Police	Thames Valley
Ambulance	South Central
Fire	Oxfordshire
Website	www.oxford.gov.uk

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^[2] and Oxford Parkway station is on the outskirts of the city.^[3] 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.

Oxford Media

19th-century view of the High Street in Oxford
Map of Oxford within the ring road - SVG
Beautiful conversion of the Old Oxford Prison into a stunning new Hotel (Malmaison) with the cells having been converted to guest rooms.
Town Hall, St Aldate's
The Divinity School at the Bodleian Library
Wellington Square, the name of which has become synonymous with the university's central administration
Carfax Tower at Carfax, the junction of the High Street, Queen Street, Cornmarket and St Aldate's streets at what is considered by many to be the centre of the city
Night view of High Street with Christmas lights – one of Oxford's main streets
Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford