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Oxford Bus Museum

Station Yard, Long Hanborough, Witney Oxfordshire. OX29 8LA

The Oxford Bus Museum has its origins in the Oxford Bus Preservation Syndicate, established in 1967 by a group of enthusiasts who had the foresight to realise that vehicles of potential significance to future generations should be saved before they were lost for all time. Beginning with just one vehicle – which can still be seen and ridden on – the collection grew until permanent premises were needed. These were eventually found in the village of Long Hanborough, on the site of the old station yard, and since 1984 this has been the home of the Museum.

With generous assistance from the Heritage Lottery Fund it has now been possible to house the collection under cover, and to display it to the best advantage for the visitors who come to learn, to understand, or just to take a nostalgic trip back to the days of yesteryear.

Since the end of 2004 the Museum has also been home to another exhibition – the Morris Motors Museum, also financed by the Heritage Lottery Fund, telling the story of how cars and commercial vehicles were produced at Cowley. There are exhibitions of photographs, drawings and all kinds of memorabilia, together with an impressive display of vintage Morris vehicles, representing the earliest to the last.

Entry is included in the Oxford Bus Museum admission price – two museums for the price of one! Great family days out in Oxfordshire.

The University of Oxford Botanic Garden

Rose Lane, Oxford Oxfordshire. OX1 4AZ

Welcome to the University of Oxford Botanic Garden. We are often asked how a botanic garden differs from other types of gardens. Botanic gardens are collections of plants that are grown for purposes other than purely aesthetic reasons but in Oxford Botanic Garden we do try to arrange the plants in attractive, sympathetic and exciting ways.

Many gardeners come here to seek inspiration. In the beds and borders you may find new plants that would be perfect in your garden at home and partly for this reason we strive to label clearly every plant in the Garden. Plants are grown in this Garden to support our teaching programmes, for research scientists in this University and elsewhere and as part of plant conservation projects.

Furthermore this Garden is a national reference collection of 7,000 different types of plant, making it the most compact yet diverse collection of plants in the World there is even more biological diversity here than there is in tropical rain forests and other biodiversity hotspots. The Garden consists of three sections. The Glasshouses contain plants that need protection from the extremes of the British weather.

The area outside the Walled Garden contains classic garden features such as a Water Garden and Rock Garden as well as the innovative Black Border and Autumn Borders. Within the Walled Garden plants are grouped in a number of different ways such as by country of origin, botanic family or economic use.

The purpose of this website is to tell you something about the Garden and to learn what we do with the plants, and why they are arranged as they are. If you would like to learn more about the Garden, or about plants, then you should join the Friends or subscribe to the Public Education Programme.

Details of both of these can be found on the site. In the meantime we hope that you enjoy this glimpse into the workings of the Garden. Great days out for all the family in Oxford.

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