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Oxford is a renowned university which belongs to the county of Oxfordshire. The city is located centrally in the southern part of the country. There are nearly 100 km to the capital London in the southeast, and the rivers Thames and Cherwell runs through the city.In addition to being a university town is a tourist and industrial city. Oxford grew up around a nunnery on the 700-century and today is the population of almost 155,000 (2008).
Oxford is a beautiful city, marked by old buildings such as churches and Gothic university building. University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world and was founded in the 1200s. Oxford has many interesting museums and there are various city tours, including ghost tour Bill Spectre's Oxford Ghost Trail in the old town. The authors JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis were both from Oxford.
The nearest airport offering scheduled flights is London Heathrow which is about. 70 km from Oxford.This is the largest airport in the UK.
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