Christchurch is one of Oxford's biggest colleges and also one of its most famous. Visitors from around the world come to see the Cathedral, the Library and the Picture Gallery. The Picture Gallery houses Hans Holbein's famous portrait of Henry VIII along with paintings by Hals, Tintoretto, Veronese and Van Dyck.
The curious also come because of the college's famous alumni - John Locke, whose philosphy informed the framers of the U.S. Constitution; William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, and Charles Dodgson, who under the nom de plume of Lewis Carroll, wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".
Unfortunately, because of its renown, the lines to pay the £4.50 entrance fee (visible in this picture) are always long and slow.