The 'City of Dreaming Spires' is packed to the rooftops with historic buildings and fascinating museum collections. The Ashmolean Museum is home to prehistoric archeology, Renaissance art, Middle Eastern sculptures and Greek coins, and best of all, it's free to enter! Current exhibitions include Sir Winston Churchill at 150, Cheung Yee's first substantial UK show and new for June 2025 is an inspiring display from Irish sculptor Daphne Wright. The famous Bodleian Library, in the heart of Oxford, hosts inspiring exhibitions in the Weston Library featuring rare items from the library's collection. In March of this year, to celebrate the Weston Library's 10th anniversary, a newly discovered royal manuscript was unveiled - find it on display in the S T Lee Gallery. Also here until summer is Listen In: How Radio Changed the Home which explores the pionerring early years of radio. Don't miss the Elizabethan tapestry map of Oxfordshire that's on permanent display in Blackwell Hall and measures an impressive 3.5x5.5 metres! 

Shopping in Oxford is now better than ever following the re-development of Westgate Shopping Centre. This modern, stylish shopping complex is home to John Lewis, Next and hundreds more, it even has its own Roof Terrace offering mesmerising views across the city. For something a bit different head to the Historic Covered Market which welcomes visitors with an array of colours and aromas, and has been doing so since the 1770s!

The coach is due to arrive at 11:30 and depart at 16:30, we'll set down on Beaumont Street, just outside the Playhouse. There will be a comfort stop at Northampton Services on the outward journey.

You might also like Stratford-upon-Avon on Thur 26 June or Great Malvern on Tue 1 July.