I attended the Oxford walk held as part of Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk 2023. This walk was hosted by Brian Worley. This year I was joined by three members of Farnborough Camera Club.
We caught the park and ride into Oxford and headed off to the Radcliffe Camera so that we all could get our bearings. The bus stop had moved from my previous visits to being close to the shopping centre.
Oxford covered market
For lunch I ate a wonderful steak and blue cheese pie in the Pieminister.
Around the Radcliffe Camera
After our time in the covered market we explored around the Radcliffe Camera building and the Bodleian.
The walk around Oxford
We met at the starting point before 2pm. While we waited I took pictures of the visitors around the building.
Here is the route:
Leave the Radcliffe Camera and pass through the Bodleian library quad, before taking the exit to the right hand side where you cross over the road to the famous “Bridge of Sighs” in New College Lane.Proceed along New College Lane towards the wooden door, then turn right in to Queens Lane and keep following the route along until you reach High Street. Cross over this and turn right looking for a small street called Logic Lane.
Turn in to Logic Lane and follow it until it comes out on to the cobbled Merton Street. Bear right and walk along Merton Street past Merton College and then follow the road as it bears right in to Oriel Square. Go past the bike racks and turn left in to Bear Street then turn right in to Alfred Lane.
Cross over high Street and enter the Covered Market, then head through the market to exit at the rear on to Market Street.
Turn right along Market Street then follow the flow of the road to the left as it becomes Turl Street which you walk along until you reach the open spaces of Broad Street.
As Broad Street narrows turn right into Magdelen Street East and walk along to the Martyrs Memorial and behind it is the Randolph Hotel on Beaumont Street.
Proceed along Beaumont Street and take the first left in to Gloucester Street, head towards the Ladbrookes building and then bear right in to the market for some great street photo opportunities before exiting the market via St George’s Place.
The end of the walk
After the market we re-grouped and a joint decision was made to stop the walk and head off for a sit down and a drink.
The rest of the walk
Turn right in to George Street then walk along past the Four Candles pub and the Old Fire Station. At the end of George Street turn left along Worcester Street, then left again in to New Road.Walk up the road past Oxford Castle Mound then take the road in to Oxford Castle towards the Malmaison Hotel (the old prison). As you approach the hotel entrance bear to the left and follow the route through and out along Oxford Castle towards the Swan & Castle Pub.
Cross over Castle Street and go in to Westgate Shopping Centre. When you reach the central route turn left and go past the shops to emerge in to Bonn Square. Exit at the right rear corner in to New Hall Street and then Right in to St Michael’s Street. Go along here past the Oxford Presbyterian Church and straight over in to Ship Street.
Proceed along Ship Street until you reach Turl Street, where you turn right. The take the next left in to Brasenose Street which brings you back to the end of the walk at the Radcliffe Camera where we started.
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