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By (user no longer on site) OP
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I’ve recently started working out of my firms oxford office and wondered whether there were any fabbers local to meet up with or clubs to attend in the area. Also open to suggestions if things to do in the area?! |
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I like Oxford but my mind has gone blank as what to do there. We stayed at the mal maison which is an interesting hotel as it used to be a prison. We went to that posh hotel for breakfast where morse used to go. Plenty of museums and that library |
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"I’ve recently started working out of my firms oxford office and wondered whether there were any fabbers local to meet up with or clubs to attend in the area. Also open to suggestions if things to do in the area?!"
Lots to do in Oxford - see the colleges, go to Ashmolean, breakfast at bank hotel, drive in the Cotswolds, go to the modern shopping centre (lots of restaurants)...for a small city ...has a lot going on... |
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"I can think of something I’d like to do in Oxford
Such as?
There’s a lovely little stationery shop which I love."
Is there? I love stationery!  do they sell online or is it worth the trip to Oxford? |
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You're young so my advice would be, infiltrate the student population  Find out which is the most infamous student club night and go a couple weeks in a row. With some charm and luck you can make some connections for a more ... personal feel of the city 
Also give the ice rink a glide! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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That’s a good point, however most of the student clubs require a student ID to get into! Maybe if I shave my beard, I could pass lol. I’ll be sure to get on the dating apps. |
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Go punting.
Port Meadow.
May Day morning on Magdalen Bridge.
University Parks.
Natural History Museum.
The Alfred Jewel in the Ashmolean.
The Botanic Gardens.
The Pitt Rivers.
Scriptum.
Antiques on High.
The Grand Café.
The Story Museum.
Museum of Modern Art.
The Trout and The Perch.
Go up St. Mary's spire.
Blackwell's.
Just to start with...
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"Around an hours drive away you have Hellfire Club or a bit over an hours drive you'd have Jaydees "
Also if you're into clubs, Oxford United play Accrington at home on Boxing Day. |
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"Around an hours drive away you have Hellfire Club or a bit over an hours drive you'd have Jaydees
Also if you're into clubs, Oxford United play Accrington at home on Boxing Day."
The Kassam will be bouncing! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Around an hours drive away you have Hellfire Club or a bit over an hours drive you'd have Jaydees
Around 10 minutes' away you have me, and I bet my drinks are better."
A bit further than 10 mins away.... unless you have a helicopter |
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"Around an hours drive away you have Hellfire Club or a bit over an hours drive you'd have Jaydees
Around 10 minutes' away you have me, and I bet my drinks are better.
A bit further than 10 mins away.... unless you have a helicopter "
No, I'm less than 5 miles away, though I admit I'm fresh out of helicopters. |
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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago
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"Go punting.
Port Meadow.
May Day morning on Magdalen Bridge.
University Parks.
Natural History Museum.
The Alfred Jewel in the Ashmolean.
The Botanic Gardens.
The Pitt Rivers.
Scriptum.
Antiques on High.
The Grand Café.
The Story Museum.
Museum of Modern Art.
The Trout and The Perch.
Go up St. Mary's spire.
Blackwell's.
Just to start with...
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I’ve just added Oxford to my list of places not to visit before I die  |
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"Go punting.
Port Meadow.
May Day morning on Magdalen Bridge.
University Parks.
Natural History Museum.
The Alfred Jewel in the Ashmolean.
The Botanic Gardens.
The Pitt Rivers.
Scriptum.
Antiques on High.
The Grand Café.
The Story Museum.
Museum of Modern Art.
The Trout and The Perch.
Go up St. Mary's spire.
Blackwell's.
Just to start with...
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Is there a massive dictionary sculpture somewhere? |
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I worked in Oxford a lot a few years back, during the summer. It’s a great place. Stayed in iffley (or something like that).
I went for a walk/ride along the themes quite often, go for a walk around town have a few drinks, always get talking to some random-ers.
There used to be a pro by the council yard that would alway flag me down and ask if I wanted any business, then ask for a lift in to town, I think it just turned in to a joke in the end (I would never not stop just incase it was something serious).
There was a nice big park by where I was staying, sometimes I’d just chill out on a park bench with headphone in or scroll through Facebook. The only thing I can remember going out of my way to see, there is a house with a shark sticking out of its roof. Like it’s fallen from the sky and landed in someone house. |
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"I worked in Oxford a lot a few years back, during the summer. It’s a great place. Stayed in iffley (or something like that).
I went for a walk/ride along the themes quite often, go for a walk around town have a few drinks, always get talking to some random-ers.
There used to be a pro by the council yard that would alway flag me down and ask if I wanted any business, then ask for a lift in to town, I think it just turned in to a joke in the end (I would never not stop just incase it was something serious).
There was a nice big park by where I was staying, sometimes I’d just chill out on a park bench with headphone in or scroll through Facebook. The only thing I can remember going out of my way to see, there is a house with a shark sticking out of its roof. Like it’s fallen from the sky and landed in someone house."
The Headington shark! |
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I still can't remember the name of that hotel we had the posh breakfast and don't have my beloved to ask but its the hotel that morse used to go to as I had a photo taken in his chair. Does anyone know which hotel it was ? |
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"I still can't remember the name of that hotel we had the posh breakfast and don't have my beloved to ask but its the hotel that morse used to go to as I had a photo taken in his chair. Does anyone know which hotel it was ?"
The Randolph, I'd expect. They have a Morse bar. Great cocktails. |
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"I still can't remember the name of that hotel we had the posh breakfast and don't have my beloved to ask but its the hotel that morse used to go to as I had a photo taken in his chair. Does anyone know which hotel it was ?
The Randolph, I'd expect. They have a Morse bar. Great cocktails."
Thankyou very much. It's been bugging me since this thread went up. Do a fantastic breakfast |
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