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What’s there
- Café on site
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Magdalen College is one of the larger historic colleges of the University of Oxford, set beside the River Cherwell just east of the city centre. Visitors can walk through the main quadrangles, cloisters and grounds, follow the riverside paths and see the deer that graze in the college's meadows. The Great Tower is one of the best-known landmarks on Oxford's skyline. Families often combine a visit with a stroll along the river or a nearby visit to the Botanic Garden. Some parts of the college are private, as it is a working academic community, so children need to keep to signposted public areas. The college publishes a child admission rate, free entry for under-sevens and a family ticket, and supervised children are welcome. Summer guided tours and a choir evensong in term time add to the visit.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Plasters
- Sunglasses
- Audiobook or story CD
- Notebook
- Ice packs
- Backseat organiser
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