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Christ Church
Oxford's grandest college, with a cathedral for its chapel and the great dining hall that inspired Hogwarts.
- Open
- Most days; the hall closes at mealtimes
- Price
- Paid; book a time slot online
- Time Needed
- 1½ hours
- Address
- St Aldate's, Oxford OX1 1DPDirections
- Getting There
- A 5-minute walk south of Carfax.
Why Go
Cardinal Wolsey founded it in 1525, and Henry VIII refounded it in 1546. Visitors climb the fan-vaulted staircase to the Great Hall, lined with portraits, and see the cathedral and Tom Quad, the largest quadrangle in Oxford, under Christopher Wren's Tom Tower. Lewis Carroll taught mathematics here, and Alice Liddell, the dean's daughter, inspired his Alice.
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