University of Oxford Botanic Garden

The University of Oxford Botanic Garden is the oldest botanic garden in Great Britain and one of the oldest scientific gardens in the world. The garden was founded in 1621 as a physic garden growing plants for medicinal research. Today it contains over 5,000 different plant species on 1.8 ha. It is one of the most diverse yet compact collections of plants in the world and includes representatives from over 90% of the higher plant families.

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  Deddington Castle ⓘ
  motte-and-bailey castle in Oxfordshire, England, UK  

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  Wallingford Castle ⓘ
  castle in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK  

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  Blenheim Palace ⓘ
  country house near Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK

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  Boarstall Tower ⓘ
  Grade I listed house in Boarstall, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

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  Burford Tolsey Museum ⓘ
  museum, formerly town hall and market hall, in Burford, West Oxfordshire, England, UK

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  Buscot Park ⓘ
  country house in Oxfordshire, England, UK

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  Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway ⓘ
  English standard gauge heritage railway

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  Cholsey and Wallingford Railway ⓘ
  railway line in the UK

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  Claydon House ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom

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  Dorchester Abbey Museum ⓘ
  Local museum in Dorchester, England, United Kingdom

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  Heythrop Zoological Gardens ⓘ
  zoo in England

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  Kelmscott Manor ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in West Oxfordshire, England, UK

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  Long Crendon Courthouse ⓘ
  15th-century building in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

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  Stonor Park ⓘ
  Grade I listed country house in Oxfordshire, England, UK

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  Thame Museum ⓘ
  museum in Thame, England, United Kingdom

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  Uffington Museum ⓘ
  museum in Uffington, Oxfordshire, England, UK

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  Waddesdon Manor ⓘ
  Grade I listed country house in Buckinghamshire, England, UK

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  Waterperry Gardens Rural Museum ⓘ
  museum in Oxford, England, UK

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  Abingdon County Hall Museum ⓘ
  Local Authority Museum in South East England, United Kingdom

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  Ashmolean Museum ⓘ
  museum in Oxford

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  History of Science Museum ⓘ
  museum in Oxford, UK

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  Basildon Park ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in West Berkshire, England, UK

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  Oxfordshire Museum ⓘ
  museum in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

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  Oxford University Museum of Natural History ⓘ
  museum in Oxford, United Kingdom

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  Pitt Rivers Museum ⓘ
  museum in Oxford, England, UK

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  Charlbury Museum and Heritage Centre ⓘ
  public museum in Oxfordshire, England

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  Pendon Museum ⓘ
  museum in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Didcot Railway Centre ⓘ
  railway museum in Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

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  Oxford Bus Museum ⓘ
  transport museum in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Bate Collection of Musical Instruments ⓘ
  museum in the University of Oxford

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  Christ Church Picture Gallery ⓘ
  art gallery in Oxford, England, UK

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  Buckinghamshire Railway Centre ⓘ
  operational railway museum

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  Cotswold Wildlife Park ⓘ
  zoo

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  British Tattoo History Museum ⓘ
  museum in Oxford, England, UK

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  Museum of Oxford ⓘ
  history museum in Oxford, England, United Kingdom

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  Cogges Manor Farm Museum ⓘ
  former farm and farm museum in Witney, England, UK

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  Wallingford Museum ⓘ
  Local museum in Wallingford, England, United Kingdom

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  Chipping Norton Museum of Local History ⓘ
  museum in Chipping Norton, England, UK

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  The Living Rainforest ⓘ
  zoo in Berkshire, England

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  Witney and District Museum ⓘ
  museum in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

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  Aston Martin Heritage Trust Museum ⓘ
  Automobile museum in Drayton St Leonard, England

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  Haddenham Museum ⓘ
  private, Local History and Rural Life Museum in Buckinghamshire, England

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  The Story Museum ⓘ
  Museum in Oxford, England

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  Crocodiles of the World ⓘ
  zoo in Oxfordshire, England

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  Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum ⓘ
  Military museum in Woodstock, England, United Kingdom

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  Williams F1 Grand Prix Collection ⓘ
  museum in Grove, England, UK

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1621 University of Oxford Botanic Garden

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1067 Wallingford Castle

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1705 Blenheim Palace

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1678 Abingdon County Hall Museum

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1683 Ashmolean Museum

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1683 History of Science Museum

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1770 Basildon Park

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1800 Oxfordshire Museum

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1860 Oxford University Museum of Natural History

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1884 Pitt Rivers Museum

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1949 Charlbury Museum and Heritage Centre

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1954 Pendon Museum

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1967 Didcot Railway Centre

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1967 Oxford Bus Museum

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1968 Bate Collection of Musical Instruments

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1968 Christ Church Picture Gallery

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1969 Buckinghamshire Railway Centre

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1970 Cotswold Wildlife Park

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1975 British Tattoo History Museum

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1975 Museum of Oxford

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1977 Cogges Manor Farm Museum

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1978 Wallingford Museum

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1986 Chipping Norton Museum of Local History

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1993 The Living Rainforest

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1996 Witney and District Museum

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1998 Aston Martin Heritage Trust Museum

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1998 Haddenham Museum

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2003 The Story Museum

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2011 Crocodiles of the World

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2014 Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum

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2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

2014 Williams F1 Grand Prix Collection

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The Botanical Gardens, Oxford, 1675 Wellcome M0016059

Botanic Garden, Oxford; panoramic view of the greenhouses wi Wellcome V0014243

Botanic Gardens, Oxford; plan of the gardens with details of Wellcome V0014241

Oxford - Rose Lane - View ESE on Entrance to Magdalen College, Daubeny laboratory 1733 by William Townesend, Refaced 1826 by Thomas Harrison - Rose Gardens

Botanic Gardens, Oxford; showing the fountain and greenhouse Wellcome V0014242

Oxford - High Street - Magdalen College at University of Oxford Botanic Garden - Panorama View on River Cherwell, Punts & Magdalen Bridge 1772-90 by John Gwynn of Shrewsbury (widened in 1882)

Oxford - High Street - Magdalen College - View SSW on Danby Gateway 1633 by Nicholas Stone - Baroque architecture - Entrance gate to University of Oxford Botanic Garden

Lyra+Will

Oxford - High Street - Magdalen College - Panorama View on University of Oxford Botanic Garden & Baroque Danby Gateway 1633 by Nicholas Stone

Oxford - Magdalen Bridge 1790 (1882) - View South on River Cherwell, Punts & University of Oxford Botanic Garden 1621

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	castle		Deddington Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1067	Wallingford Castle	castle, archaeological site, concentric castle	Wikidata
site	garden	1705	Blenheim Palace	garden, historic house museum, English country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Boarstall Tower	house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Burford Tolsey Museum	market hall, local museum, city hall	Wikidata
site	museum		Buscot Park	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway	heritage railway, ELR railway line section	Wikidata
site	museum		Cholsey and Wallingford Railway	heritage railway, railway line	Wikidata
site	museum		Claydon House	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Dorchester Abbey Museum	local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Heythrop Zoological Gardens	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum		Kelmscott Manor	English country house, historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Long Crendon Courthouse	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Stonor Park	English country house, historic house museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Thame Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Uffington Museum	independent museum, museum, building	Wikidata
site	museum		Waddesdon Manor	English country house, historic house museum, history museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Waterperry Gardens Rural Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1678	Abingdon County Hall Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1683	Ashmolean Museum	museum, art museum, university museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1683	History of Science Museum	museum, university museum, academic archive, history of science museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1770	Basildon Park	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1800	Oxfordshire Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1860	Oxford University Museum of Natural History	museum, university museum, natural history museum, academic archive	Wikidata
site	museum	1884	Pitt Rivers Museum	museum, university museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1949	Charlbury Museum and Heritage Centre	local museum, heritage center, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1954	Pendon Museum	museum, charitable organization, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1967	Didcot Railway Centre	independent museum, railway museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1967	Oxford Bus Museum	museum, independent museum, transport museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1968	Bate Collection of Musical Instruments	university museum, collection	Wikidata
site	museum	1968	Christ Church Picture Gallery	art museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1969	Buckinghamshire Railway Centre	independent museum, railway museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1970	Cotswold Wildlife Park	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum	1975	British Tattoo History Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1975	Museum of Oxford	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1977	Cogges Manor Farm Museum	museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum	1978	Wallingford Museum	local museum, independent museum, house, charitable organization	Wikidata
site	museum	1986	Chipping Norton Museum of Local History	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1993	The Living Rainforest	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum	1996	Witney and District Museum	local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1998	Aston Martin Heritage Trust Museum	museum, archive	Wikidata
site	museum	1998	Haddenham Museum	local museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2003	The Story Museum	museum, charitable organization	Wikidata
site	museum	2011	Crocodiles of the World	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum	2014	Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2014	Williams F1 Grand Prix Collection	museum	Wikidata
commons	image		The Botanical Gardens, Oxford, 1675 Wellcome M0016059		Commons
commons	image		Botanic Garden, Oxford; panoramic view of the greenhouses wi Wellcome V0014243		Commons
commons	image		Botanic Gardens, Oxford; plan of the gardens with details of Wellcome V0014241		Commons
commons	image		Oxford - Rose Lane - View ESE on Entrance to Magdalen College, Daubeny laboratory 1733 by William Townesend, Refaced 1826 by Thomas Harrison - Rose Gardens		Commons
commons	image		Botanic Gardens, Oxford; showing the fountain and greenhouse Wellcome V0014242		Commons
commons	image		Oxford - High Street - Magdalen College at University of Oxford Botanic Garden - Panorama View on River Cherwell, Punts & Magdalen Bridge 1772-90 by John Gwynn of Shrewsbury (widened in 1882)		Commons
commons	image		Oxford - High Street - Magdalen College - View SSW on Danby Gateway 1633 by Nicholas Stone - Baroque architecture - Entrance gate to University of Oxford Botanic Garden		Commons
commons	image		Lyra+Will		Commons
commons	image		Oxford - High Street - Magdalen College - Panorama View on University of Oxford Botanic Garden & Baroque Danby Gateway 1633 by Nicholas Stone		Commons
commons	image		Oxford - Magdalen Bridge 1790 (1882) - View South on River Cherwell, Punts & University of Oxford Botanic Garden 1621		Commons