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Bodleian Library
One of the oldest libraries in Europe, around the domed Radcliffe Camera and the Gothic Divinity School.
- Open
- Every day; tours at set times
- Price
- Paid; the Divinity School and tours have their own tickets
- Time Needed
- 2 hours
- Address
- Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BGDirections
- Getting There
- In the center, between Broad Street and Radcliffe Square.
Why Go
Thomas Bodley refounded the university library in 1602, and it now holds more than 13 million books, with the right to a copy of every book published in Britain. Guided tours lead into Duke Humfrey's Library, with its painted ceiling, and the vaulted Divinity School of the 1480s.
Next door stands the Radcliffe Camera, a round, domed reading room of 1749, the most photographed building in the city.
Tips
- Book a tour online ahead, especially for the longer ones into the reading rooms.
Nearby in Oxford
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