Coordinates: 51°45′7″N 1°15′28″W / 51.75194°N 1.25778°W | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | England |
Region | South East England |
Ceremonial county | Oxfordshire |
Admin HQ | Oxford City Centre |
Founded | 8th century |
City status | 1542 |
Government | |
• Type | City |
• Governing body | Oxford City Council |
• Sheriff of Oxford | Craig Simmons |
• Executive | Labour |
• MPs | Anneliese Dodds (Labour & Co-op, Oxford East) Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat, Oxford West and Abingdon) |
Area | |
• City and non-metropolitan district | 17.60 sq mi (45.59 km2) |
Population (2017) | |
• City and non-metropolitan district | 152,450 |
• Density | 8,500/sq mi (3,270/km2) |
• Metro | 244,000 |
• Ethnicity (2011) | 63.6% White British 1.6% White Irish 12.5% Other White 12.5% British Asian 4.0% Mixed Race 4.6% Black 1.4% Other |
Time zone | UTC0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
Postcode | |
ISO 3166-2 | GB-OXF |
ONS code | 38UC (ONS) E07000178 (GSS) |
OS grid reference | Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates". |
Police | Thames Valley |
Ambulance | South Central |
Fire | Oxfordshire |
Website | www.oxford.gov.uk |
Oxford is a city in England. It is on the River Thames. It is a very old city. It is the 52nd largest city in the United Kingdom. Some of its buildings were built before the 12th century. It is famous for its university, Oxford University, which is the oldest university in the English-speaking world.
About 150,200 live in Oxford. Two rivers run through the city, the Cherwell and the Thames. These two rivers meet south of the city centre.