Photo: Kaofenlio (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Things to do in Oxford
Wondering what to do in Oxford? This guide lists the area's attractions — zoos, museums, theme parks and more — with distances, so you can plan every day of your trip.
Showing museums, aquariums and attractions with indoor areas — the ones that work whatever the forecast.
🎟️ This weekend near Oxford
Events from
Skiddle
Fri 13 Nov · 10:00
Oxford Victorian Christmas Market
Broad Street, Oxford · 0.1 mi
Tickets on Skiddle ↗
Fri 13 Nov · 20:00
Lock & Key Singles Party in Oxford @ The Varsity Club | 40s-...
The Varsity Club, Oxford · 0.0 mi
Tickets on Skiddle ↗
Fri 13 Nov · 12:00
Banbury Audio Tour: Hidden Gems and Stories of Calthorpe's H...
Hunt Edmunds, Banbury · 21.6 mi
Tickets on Skiddle ↗
Fri 13 Nov · 12:00
Oxford Highlights Audio Tour: Scholars and Spires
Oxford Castle, Oxford · 0.2 mi
Tickets on Skiddle ↗
Museums & Galleries
0 mi from Oxford
Museum of Oxford
The Museum of Oxford is the only museum dedicated to telling the story of Oxford and its people, housed inside the Grade II listed Oxford Town Hall in the centre of the city. Insid...
✓
✓
0 mi from Oxford
Oxford Illusion Museum
The Oxford Illusion Museum is an interactive optical-illusion museum in the centre of Oxford, set across four floors of a 235-year-old building on the High Street. Inside you'll fi...
✓
✓
✓
0.1 mi from Oxford
Story Museum
The Story Museum is a family museum in the heart of Oxford, where you can step into immersive story spaces such as a Whispering Wood, an Enchanted Library and a Story Arcade, or pu...
✓
✓
0.2 mi from Oxford
ST Lee Gallery and Treasury
Two gallery spaces with rotating temporary exhibitions curated from the library material.
✓
✓
✓
0.2 mi from Oxford
Museum of the History of Science
The Museum of the History of Science sits in the heart of Oxford, housed in the world's oldest surviving purpose-built public museum building on Broad Street. Inside you'll find ar...
✓
✓
✓
0.2 mi from Oxford
Christ Church Picture Gallery
Christ Church Picture Gallery is home to Britain's first public art collection, housed within a Grade II listed building in Oxford. It holds an important collection of Italian art...
✓
✓
✓
0.3 mi from Oxford
Ashmolean Museum
The Ashmolean Museum is the University of Oxford's museum of art and archaeology, founded in 1683, with collections ranging from Egyptian mummies to contemporary art. You can explo...
✓
✓
0.5 mi from Oxford
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Oxford University Museum of Natural History is a free-to-enter museum in a striking neo-Gothic building, open daily from 10am to 5pm. Inside you'll find the world-famous Oxford Dod...
✓
✓
0.5 mi from Oxford
Pitt Rivers Museum
The Pitt Rivers Museum is an anthropology and archaeology museum in Oxford, founded in 1884, holding more than 500,000 objects, photographs and manuscripts from around the world. I...
✓
0.6 mi from Oxford
Bate Collection of Musical Instruments
The Bate Collection of Historical Musical Instruments is a museum of musical instruments from the Middle Ages onwards. It was housed in Oxford University's Faculty of Music near Ch... — Wikipedia
✓
2.9 mi from Oxford
The Kilns - CS Lewis's Home
The Kilns was C.S. Lewis's Oxford home and is now run as a study centre by the C.S. Lewis Foundation, offering pre-booked guided tours on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Visitor...
✓
5.8 mi from Oxford
Abingdon County Hall Museum
Abingdon County Hall Museum sits in the heart of Abingdon on Thames, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, telling the story of the town and surrounding area through its exhibitions. I...
✓
✓
✓
6.9 mi from Oxford
Oxford Bus Museum
The Oxford Bus Museum is a transport museum at Long Hanborough, West Oxfordshire, England, about 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Witney and 7 miles (11 km) northwest of the city of O... — Wikipedia
✓
✓
✓
7.9 mi from Oxford
Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum
Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum tells the story of how conflict has shaped the county and its people, from frontline soldiers to those living through the Home Front. Tucked in the g...
✓
8.1 mi from Oxford
Combe Mill
Combe Mill is a historic sawmill adjacent to the River Evenlode and close to Combe railway station, between the villages of Combe and Long Hanborough in Oxfordshire, England. A Gra... — Wikipedia
✓
8.1 mi from Oxford
Pendon Museum
Pendon Museum is a small museum in Long Wittenham, South Oxfordshire, built around extraordinary miniature dioramas recreating English rural life in the 1920s and 30s. You'll see t...
✓
8.2 mi from Oxford
Aston Martin Heritage Trust
The Aston Martin Heritage Trust runs a museum near Drayton St Leonard celebrating more than 110 years of Aston Martin history. You'll see the Trust's growing collection of Aston Ma...
✓
✓
8.5 mi from Oxford
Dorchester Abbey Museum and Gift Shop
Dorchester Abbey Museum is a local museum in the village of Dorchester, Oxfordshire, England. It is attached to Dorchester Abbey. — Wikipedia
9 mi from Oxford
Earth Trust Centre
Earth Trust Centre is an environmental charity site near Little Wittenham, South Oxfordshire, caring for green spaces including the iconic Wittenham Clumps and local nature reserve...
✓
9.5 mi from Oxford
Didcot Railway Centre
Didcot Railway Centre is a railway museum and preservation engineering site in Didcot, Oxfordshire, England. The site was formerly a Great Western Railway engine shed and locomotiv... — Wikipedia
9.6 mi from Oxford
Cogges Manor Farm Museum
Cogges Manor Farm Museum is a historic Manor House and working farm set in seventeen acres, with an adventure playground, orchard, walled garden, café and shop, making it a relaxed...
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Theme Parks
Zoos & Wildlife
14.1 mi from Oxford
Crocodiles of the World
Crocodiles of the World is the UK's only crocodile zoo, found in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire. Inside its tropical indoor areas you can see species from around the world,...
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Where to stay near Oxford
Places to stay within easy reach of these days out.
More around Oxford
Haunted Britain
Plan it day by day
Create a free account and hit "Save to my trip" on anything below — then assign each one to a day of your holiday so the whole week is sorted before you pack. And if you haven't booked yet, see our guide to holidays in Oxford for the best places to stay.
Frequently asked questions
What are the best things to do in Oxford?
The list below shows attractions nearby with distances from Oxford.
What can we do in Oxford when it rains?
Museums, galleries and aquariums are your friends — filter the list below by category and keep a couple in reserve for wet days.
More ways to explore
Not booked yet? See the best places to stay in Oxford.