Botanic Garden Oxford
OxfordBritain's oldest botanic garden, with more than 5,000 plant species on the bank of the River Cherwell.
Get directionsGardenTime here: 45 min – 1.5 h
On the map
High Street, Oxford, OX1 4AU
Quick facts
Henry Danvers, Earl of Danby, founded it in 1621 as a physic garden, and it is described as the oldest botanic garden in Great Britain.
More than 5,000 plant species grow on its 1.8 hectares.
Lewis Carroll visited often in the 1860s with the Liddell children, and J.R.R. Tolkien liked to sit under a favourite black pine here, which he thought resembled the Ents.
Address
High Street, Oxford, OX1 4AU
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