Worcester College was a revelation to me, I LOVED it. I kept turning corners and saying ‘wow!’. I don’t think I had ever visited it before as I don’t think I ever knew anyone studying there. I was very much surprised quite how splendid the planting in the gardens is, they have these mixed borders that you could dive into head first and be hidden by a huge mass of green and flowers. I also was impressed at how much water there was, it really lowers the blood pressure to wander around such beautiful grounds. You’d never guess that this college is right in the centre of town very near the train station. The place was pretty much deserted when I was there, as you can see the weather was pretty gloomy and there was a light rain at times. The last picture shows the front of the college that faces the street, that clock is often very handy when hurrying to the station.
Partly what prompted me to go there is that I’ve long thought it might be fun to try to visit all the Oxford Colleges and take some pictures. I’ve already been into plenty of them but I’m going to start a proper list now. It might be a long-term project as some are harder to visit than others as either they aren’t open to the public or have difficult opening times but I reckon I will hopefully know someone at the college. Time was I’d know people who were students there but now my generation are either grad students or actually teaching things, so grown up!
Worcester College
Open: daily 14:00-17:00
Admission: free
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Such a beautiful place, so peaceful! I’ll anxiously await your future posts about the other colleges – what a wonderful idea!
It was very peaceful, really there was no one around :) I’m looking forward to visiting the other ones too.
Looks lovely.
It was :)
Excellent choice, Alice: that’s my old college. Glad you liked it. The gardeners at Worcester have their own blog which you might enjoy looking at: http://wocogaga.blogspot.com/. They’d probably appreciate your comments, too.
Oh! Of course! I remember now :) Thanks for the link, I will be following it with interest.
omg so pretty!! Can I live there? :D
Very handy for the shops too ;)
What a lush green place. I used to daydream of having a willow tree that rested over a lake like that (inspired by the Disney Pocahontas movie, I’m afraid), so my heart skipped a beat a little when I saw that.
I love this college visiting idea!
I’m so glad that the willow tree reminded you of that! It’s pretty in person too when you can see the breeze moving the leaves and the water :)
What beautiful pictures! I feel calm and relaxed just by looking at the pictures, I can imagine how wonderful it must be to wander around the lawns…thanks for sharing!
great pictures – the place looks so serene! but I wonder if it is it really necessary to forbid frisbees… :)
wow, indeed! what a stunning place! i love the pictures, especially the one of the fork in the road. i’m very into deep luscious green colours right now so this was just the thing :)
Oxford is an extremely charming village. When, I was there in the summer of 2009, I absolutley adored it. You capture nicely it’s unique antitquity and beauty through your beautiful and vivid photos.
Sabrina
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