Oxford Town Hall

The Oxford Town Hall

The Oxford Town Hall is an imposing building with a fine stone façade, the seat of the municipality. The Oxford audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this building, the third erected at this location to welcome the administration of the town.

The seat of the municipality

Here is the Oxford Town Hall. The fine stone façade that you observe reveals the third building designed to welcome the municipality of Oxford at this location. The very first, already installed at this spot, was followed by other buildings over the centuries, testifying to the long history of the municipal administration of the town. The current building, built at the end of the nineteenth century in an elegant and imposing neo-Jacobean style, illustrates the Victorian architecture and the civic pride of the era. Beyond its administrative function, the town hall shelters fine rooms, including a great hall of ceremony, and hosts events, concerts, ceremonies and sometimes exhibitions. It recalls that alongside the prestigious university, Oxford is also a town in its own right, with its own municipal and civic life, distinct from the academic institution. A witness of the civic life of the town, the Oxford Town Hall is a fine stop of the discovery of the town.

What to see

You admire the imposing town hall with a fine stone façade, the third building of the municipality at this location, built at the end of the nineteenth century in a Victorian neo-Jacobean style, which shelters fine ceremony rooms and hosts concerts and ceremonies, recalling that Oxford is also a town in its own right, distinct from the university. The town hall testifies to the civic life of Oxford. It is a stop to be discovered, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Oxford Town Hall lies on St Aldate's, in the heart of the town, reachable on foot. You admire its façade from the street; the interior access and the events follow their own hours and conditions, which vary. It is best to check them before coming.

What is the Oxford Town Hall?

The seat of the municipality of Oxford, the third building constructed at this location, erected at the end of the nineteenth century in a Victorian neo-Jacobean style; it shelters fine ceremony rooms and recalls that Oxford is also a town in its own right, distinct from the university.

Where is the Oxford Town Hall?

On St Aldate's, in the heart of Oxford, in England.