Blue Guide Oxford and Cambridge

The perfect introduction to the historic university cities of Oxford and Cambridge, this Blue Guide (published March 2004), offers plenty of ideas for out-of-town excursions, and useful, up-to-date recommendations on where to stay and what to eat.

A series of walks lead you through picturesque streets, on the way pointing out the architectural highlights and telling the fascinating stories of the histories and personalities behind the colleges. The cities’ museums, churches, parks, gardens and shopping areas are all covered in detail.

Beyond Oxford, the Blue Guide takes you to the towns on the Cotswolds borders and Blenheim, the most magnificent Baroque house in Britain. Around Cambridge, there are the spectacular ancient cathedral of Ely, the fine Jacobean house at Audley End and delightful Anglesey Abbey. The practical information contained in this sixth edition include hotel, restaurant, café and pub suggestions.

The Author, Geoffrey Tyack is Director of the Stanford University Centre in Oxford. His other publications include Sir James Pennethorne and the Making of Victorian London, Oxford: An Architectural Guide, Warwickshire Country Houses, and, with Stephen Brindle, Blue Guide Country Houses of England.

Blue Guides have long enjoyed a reputation as authoritative, accurate and detailed guidebooks. The series began with Blue Guide London in 1918. Findlay Muirhead, experienced English-language editor of the German-originated Baedeker guides, established the Blue Guides with his brother James, after the outbreak of the First World War meant the end of his association with the German firm. They decided to bind the books in blue to distinguish them from their red-jacketed rivals, Baedekers and Murray’s Handbooks. Blue Guides Limited, a Somerset Books company, continues the tradition of publishing excellent guidebooks that respect the heritage of the Blue Guide series.

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