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Oxford Covered Market

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Oxford Covered Market
Photo: Andy Li, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

A historic indoor market in the centre of Oxford, open since 1774, with about 50 independent traders: butchers, bakers, cheesemongers, cafés, florists and shops selling crafts and gifts. Ben's Cookies and the Cake Shop, with its decorated cakes in the window, are local favourites.


It's a good place for a cheap lunch and coffee between the colleges. Oxford is a great place to spend a day, pottering around the shops and the university buildings; a punt on the Cherwell is the classic way to end it.

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