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Worcester College

Name: Worcester College
Address: 1 Walton St, Oxford, England, GB

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Tips fra lokalkjente

Melanie

May 16, 2018

Lovely walk in College garden - open 2pm-5pm daily for visitors. Check the website before you visit.

Penny & Sinclair

November 8, 2019

Worcester College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The college was founded in 1714 by the benefaction of Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet (1648-1701) of Norgrove, Worcestershire, whose coat of arms was adopted by the College. Its predecessor, Gloucester College, had been an institution of learning on the same site since the late 13th century until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539. Founded as a men's college, Worcester has been coeducational since 1979 Worcester is set within 26 acres of award-winning gardens and wooded grounds, including a lake, on-site sports fields, and an orchard. The gardens are unique among all the Oxford colleges in being landscaped in the naturalistic manner, formed at a time when the late ‘picturesque’ strand of the landscape garden was giving way to the more decorative approach, with shrubberies, of the Regency period. The gardens are distinctive in having the lake, which forms the centrepiece of the design. Head of Gardens and Grounds, Simon Bagnall, leads the team who have a responsibility to preserve and improve the historic gardens. They provide this beautiful, tranquil environment for the Fellows, students, staff, Old Members, conference visitors and the local community to enjoy. Worcester College’s gardens are normally open to the public from 2-4pm every day.