The University Parks
Victorian riverside parkland of tree belts, perimeter walks, cricket pitches and a quiet pond.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the University Parks in Oxford goes back to the eighteen sixties, when a committee hired the horticulturalist James Bateman to turn newly bought meadows beside the Cherwell into something grand. You'll hear what his master plan promised, from cricket grounds to a bridge and a sheet of ornamental water, and who in the university had the final say. Best heard on the perimeter path, under the belts of tall trees.
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