Oxford University England - Guide to a Walk Around Oxford University England

Radcliffe Square to the Radcliffe Camera

The Bodleian Library at Oxford University

© Ferne Arfin

The Bodleian is actually made up of several libraries and reading rooms, including the English Gothic Hall of the Divinity School, built in 1488 and the oldest teaching room at the University.

Because the Bodleian is a scholarly working library, its reading rooms are only open to the public during specific, timed and guided tours. To find out more about touring the reading rooms email the library shop. A gift shop and exhibition room are open to the public Monday to Friday, 9a.m. to 5p.m. and Saturday, 9a.m. to 4:30p.m.

The south façade of the Old Bodleian, facing the Radcliffe Camera, is still exposed to view and gives an idea of what the building will look like when its covering is removed.

Spend a few minutes in Radcliffe Square.

• Oxford Rail Station: The Start of a Half-Day Walk Around the Oxford Colleges
• Worcester College to the Ashmolean Museum
• The Ashmolean Museum to Balliol College, Past the Martyrs Memorial
• Balliol College to The Sheldonian Theatre
• The Sheldonian Theatre to Radcliffe Square and the Radcliffe Camera
• Radcliffe Square to the Radcliffe Camera
• Radcliffe Camera to Turl Street
• Turl Street to Oxford Covered Market
• Oxford Covered Market to Lunch and Retail Therapy