Oxford Botanic Garden

Local nameOxford Botanic Garden
LocationCity Centre, Oxford, UK

The University of Oxford Botanic Garden is the oldest botanic garden in Great Britain and one of the oldest scientific gardens in the world. The garden was founded in 1621 as a physic garden growing plants for medicinal research. Today it contains over 5,000 different plant species on 1.8 ha. It is one of the most diverse yet compact collections of plants in the world and includes representatives from over 90% of the higher plant families.Simon Hiscock became Horti Praefectus in 2015. His predecessor, Timothy Walker, served from 1988 to 2014.

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Opening hours

Open daily:
May - Aug: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Sep - Oct, Mar - Apr: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Nov - Feb: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
(Last admission 45 min before closing.)

Closed on Dec 24-25.

Admission

Adults: £5
Concessions: £3.30
Children (under 16): free

More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oxford_Botanic_Garden

Official Website http://www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/OBGHA

Twitter https://twitter.com/obgha

Phone +44 1865 286690

Address Rose Lane, Oxford, OX1 4AZ, UK

Coordinates 51°45'2.445" N -1°14'51.92" E

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