Exploring Oxford University and Oxford City Centre! 🇬🇧

Our final episode of the Oxford/Cotswolds series! We explore Oxford City Centre and the Oxford University campus! Let us know where you think we should visit next!
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[@ThoseTwoBritsUK]

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[@Saraseeksthompson0211]

You really must make more of these. These videos are the only thing helping me stay calm currently whilst trying to work two jobs. We definitely need many more videos like the ones on this channel!

[@kates7277]

Lia and Joel are two Brits Who roam the UK with keen wits. Touring castles, towns, dales Countryside, even jails, They rouse wanderlust in great fits!

[@jamesl6639]

To walk the steps of others , from the past 1000 years, to the both of you today, amazing.

[@micahwoodard]

I so appreciate the architecture and the preservation of historical buildings in England. Don't have many in the US. We just tear down the old buildings and build a new one🙄 It irks me big-time!

[@ryanblack2986]

Plus it's a young country in general. The oldest houses are only from the 1700s.. There are a few of those on my street. I live in a Victorian which are quite common in the center, downtown area of a lot of American towns but these are quite young and new in comparison to many in Europe. I wish we would preserve more homes and buildings though too. At least a lot of towns have a historical section where it's meant to keep being restored.

[@rosbeynon1432]

I don't think America is old enough to have historic buildings.

[@micahwoodard]

That furthers my point. We'll never have a large number of historic buildings if we tear down our dated buildings before they even have a chance to become historic.

[@SteffyRabbitheart]

Oxford is so beautiful. I looked into an exchange program with Oxford when I was in collage but chickened out. Now looking back I wish I had done it.

[@malindastevens1016]

Postcards would be awesome! One way to determine who to send them to is to make a page where viewers can fill out their addresses then randomly pick so many to send to, and once they've been chosen remove them from the list to keep it fair.

[@michaelmullard4292]

When I think of the quintessential English town, Oxford usually comes to mind. The architecture is just stunning! I hope you go back post COVID-19 when you can go into buildings. Sure, send me a postcard from the Bodleian Library! That would be so much fun.

[@cindland]

When I visited 5 years ago, I took the sightseeing double decker and learned about the history while seeing the overall city plan to the outskirts. Very awesome. Then had a guided tour of several buildings and the Church on the main grounds.

[@januaryriches3991]

I can’t wait until I can visit! Thank for the sneak peeks!

[@thepotsiezebra]

A good tip with parking is if you get a hotel further out, you can do park and ride which is free parking and then a very cheap bus fare into the city centre.

[@DaveSuperThomas]

If you ever do return to Oxford, make sure to attend Choral Evensong in the beautiful medieval Chapel of New College. It's free-to-view but all donations are gratefully accepted. The notorious "Turf Tavern" - where a young American Law student called William Jefferson Clinton smoked dope but didn't inhale - is around the corner from New College and well worth visiting. If you want to understand why sporting events between teams representing Oxford and Cambridge are so bitterly contested, the "X Marks the Spot" in Broad Street, opposite Balliol College, will help to explain why. "Be of good cheer, Master Ridley, and play the man ..."

[@faithhudson4576]

The UK should hire you to promote the country becasue you do such an amazing job!!! If I could afford it I would go!!!

[@marlamarla5558]

To receive a post card from TTB / J&L would be oh so lovely😍 🙋‍♀️ count me in

[@tamaracarter1836]

Oxford is so, so beautiful! Thank you both so much for this wonderful channel - absolutely love it.

[@DaveSuperThomas]

Fun fact - By kind permission of Queen Elizabeth I, Jesus College is allowed to hold its Chapel services in Welsh and Christ Church C*****e is allowed to hold its Chapel services in Latin. Christ Church also keeps its clocks on Oxford Local Time (five minutes earlier than Greenwich Mean Time) by kind permission of Queen Elizabeth II.

[@seanmc1351]

i was born in bicester which is just down the road from oxford, I used to do athletics for oxford in my teens, training on the track that roger banister broke the 4 minute mile at ifly road which was own by oxford university,

[@johnley5200]

I'd love a postcard from JOEL & LIA!!!!!!!!!

[@gentlespiritjw4904]

It's such a treat to see Oxford! I'm in awe of how old it is. Thank you for going there. Tons of love from Jean ❤❤

[@johnsymonstcu]

Hi Jean! Sending you a big virtual hug from Virginia. Have a rewarding week. 🤗❤🙏 ⚘🌻🌺💐

[@gentlespiritjw4904]

@@johnsymonstcu Thank you SO much. I really needed that right now. Hugs to you. 😘🙏❤

[@ryanblack2986]

@@gentlespiritjw4904 Blessed are the meek.

[@timmystauffer9094]

A postcard from Matlock (city center Matlock) Derbyshire would be lovely.

[@timmystauffer9094]

You could hit Matlock Bath on the way to Matlock city center. two different places. Then get out of city center and show us some green space in Drebyshire.

[@DP-po7si]

Oxford looks so neat. I love it.

[@danw1952]

All the beautiful stonework buildings is so impressive. That lovely green lawn outside the library you couldn't enter does lead into a beautiful room. It's been a very long time ago since my sister and I visited Oxford but definitely, you should return post-COVID. Postcards? Emphatically, YES!

[@ravenryuu]

I think post cards are a fabulous idea! Thanks for showing us around Oxford 😁

[@DaveSuperThomas]

They only scratched the surface of what Oxford has to offer. The painted ceiling of the Sheldonian Theatre, celebrating the triumph of the Cavaliers over the Roundheads in 1660, is surely the equal of the Sistine Chapel in Rome and you also get to see the city skyline from the viewing gallery on the roof. Many Colleges - usually the smaller and poorer ones, but St. John's is an obvious exception to this rule - are free to visit. Try Worcester College, whose spacious grounds include the oldest inhabited buildings in Oxford, or beautiful Merton College, where Queen Henrietta Maria stayed during the Civil War. Of course, every Oxford University College has a Chapel whose services are open to everyone (even non-Christians) so don't miss out on the joys of Choral Evensong at New College - "new" that is, since 1379!

[@junebremner292]

Postcards sound like a fun idea!

[@deannaeakle8680]

I absolutely love these videos! I’d love a post card from your travel! Oxford is such a beautiful place

[@citydesk4527]

Lovely relaxing video. What about a Lake District series?

[@ryanblack2986]

Yes agreed! I second that motion!!! It's far in the north of England, so it'd be far for them but worth it!

[@stephanieparido3790]

I love your other channels but this one is my fave

[@dorismedvetz5796]

Lovely buildings

[@BobsCreativeDays]

Postcards would be wonderful. You definitely have to go back post-COVID so we can get a better look at what Oxford has to offer.

[@rose2fame1]

My great great grandfather got a scholarship to Oxford . It nice to see this Joel and Lia. Will you go there again please?

[@PWallace1227]

Carrots. Love when those old jokes pop up. I hope you do go back, I can only imagine how cool the inside of those buildings are. Yes to postcards!

[@bcgreen7479]

Carrots? LOL

[@imchezi]

@@bcgreen7479 Lia carried on with a thought after Joel carried on talking on a video and it's so funny. It's the Supermarket hierarchy video. She did it again on a recent video and said Salmon.. 😂😂😂

[@imchezi]

Carrots video is epic! Did you see the new video where she does it again and says Salmon 😂😂😂

[@bcgreen7479]

@@imchezi which one I see many of the videos but I can't remember since they blend in together to me?

[@bcgreen7479]

I'm sorry I keep going back to Texas when you say supermarket.

[@rebeccaglover4861]

wonderful video!!!!!!!

[@gordonwallin2368]

You two are so much fun. Cheers from the West Coast of Canada, (That's B.C.-British Columbia. )

[@serenabell1971]

Slow down sweeties! I had to keep rewinding because I blinked. lol. Thank you for your work, though! I really appreciate it!

[@gonzalobarral2357]

I just comment to help YT algorithm! Also because you're amazing! best wishes!

[@cindland]

Oh I LOVE OXFORD 🥰. Can’t wait to visit again. Of course it may be never with travel restrictions! In the meantime, reruns of Inspector Lewis.

[@rebeccashepard7507]

yes in the postcards!

[@karencarson7232]

Oh I would ABSOLUTELY LOVE a postcard from you guys please!!! 💙💙💙

[@Brooksie603]

I didn't know Santander was in the UK too. That was weird seeing it in the video. Oxford is very pretty. I love the buildings. I really hope someday I can go to the England and see all those beautiful places :( Matlock, Derbyshire looks cute and it has a nice little shop called Punnydukes. Cherry Wallis did a little video on that place. It seems to be a bit of a drive from London though.

[@marlamarla5558]

0:25 I love you two; your wit, your humor 🥰 🇺🇲 ❤ 👫 🇬🇧

[@beverlydust5381]

Like the tour of Oxford, CARROT 🥕, like the architecture and the history lesson and the shops. You had to go in the Harry Potter store, enjoyed watching would love to see more.

[@Lily-qi7sq]

That was nice, even if it was just the outside of the buildings. Postcards would be great!!!

[@richardmccarley281]

Post cards would be awesome!

[@johnhelwig8745]

Now Joel almost pulled a "Wendys". Love the tours.

[@airliners6430]

Postcards!!! Yes!

[@danwa53]

hey here is another visit to see is framlingham and framlingham castle in suffolk maybe you guys could go to in your thoes two brits love oxford

[@shawnmarie459]

CARROTS! 😍

[@kelly1827]

Did you say postcards??? I'd love one, thanks! I'll send you one from New Jersey (southern, to be specific) 😁 @GeographyNow gets postcards from viewers and reads them in the Flag Friday videos.

[@mhollick63]

There's an even older university in Fes, Morocco that dates from the 8th century.

[@ania5038]

I want to go back there I loved it but only went for a day and Christchurch was closed :(

[@cjhansen6618]

Ik a few scenes of Goblet of Fire were filmed at Oxford. Like the scene where Draco gets turned into a ferret.

[@rosbeynon1432]

Many films are filmed in Oxford.

[@cjhansen6618]

@@rosbeynon1432 Yeah if you need a good school background for a movie.

[@rosbeynon1432]

@@cjhansen6618 what schools are you talking about,there are schools everywhere in Great Britain,so why Oxford in particular

[@cjhansen6618]

@@rosbeynon1432 it has a better background for movies I guess

[@neesie7597]

I ❤ the Harry Potter store!!

[@curlyprincess1]

I went to uni in Oxford! Good times 🙂

[@DaveSuperThomas]

Brookes?

[@curlyprincess1]

@@DaveSuperThomas yep! You?

[@DaveSuperThomas]

@@curlyprincess1 - Bath

[@donniebrooks21]

Oxford is bigger than I expected. Such a nice town but a shame that you couldn’t explore the various buildings

[@rosbeynon1432]

Oxford is a city.

[@DaveSuperThomas]

Oxford is actually a large industrial city with a significant role in UK motor vehicle manufacture. Interestingly enough, in spite of its major contribution to Britain's war effort, it was never attacked by the Luftwaffe between 1939-45.

[@charlenemorris5516]

💖

[@jenniedarling3710]

Oxford has a very good bus network. I recommend not using a car.

[@beverlydust5381]

Yes to postcards.

[@autumn2176]

Would love a post card!

[@dr.westwood]

The oldest university in the world is University of al-Qarawinyyin which was founded by Ms. Fatima al-Fihri in 859 CE, located in Fez, Morocco. So there you have it. A woman founded the first university. I'll bet the stuffy old shirts at Cambridge and Oxford would be have been appalled if they had known this when they were first opened. Also, I would love a postcard!

[@tamaracarter1836]

They were talking about the World’s oldest “continuously operational” Universities, so the top 5 would be: 1. Bologna (Italy) 1088, 2. Oxford (England) 1096, 3. Cambridge (England) 1209, 4. Salamanca (Spain) 1218, 5. Padua (Italy) 1222. If we were going on the founding dates alone, the top 10 would look something like: 1. Al-Karaouine (Morocco) 859, 2. Al-Azhar (Egypt) 970-972, 3. Al-Nizamiyya (Iraq) 1065, 4. Bologna (Italy) 1088, 5. Oxford (England) 1096, 6. Paris (France) 1150, 7. Cambridge (England) 1209, 8. Salamanca (Spain) 1218, 9. Montpellier (France) 1220, 10. Padua (Italy) 1222. Plus Oxford isn’t even the oldest house of education in England - “King’s School Canterbury” was established around 500 years *before* Oxford in 597 AD, and is said to be the oldest “continuously operating” school in the world.

[@dr.westwood]

@@tamaracarter1836 al-Qarswinyyin has been in operation since it opened. A friend of my graduated from there last year.

[@tamaracarter1836]

@@dr.westwood Oh sorry I just assumed that was the reason Al-Qarawinyyin wasn’t included (it was for a lot of the other examples anyway). On further investigation… I found that a lot of scholars argue it wasn’t an actual “University” until after WW2 (operating instead as a “Madrasa”). It just depends what specifications you use; some say Bologna, some say Al-Qarawinyyin.

[@lisaanderson2900]

I follow a travel couple who send postcards from all over to those who subscribe at a certain tier.

[@stephaniel3032]

🥕🥕🥕🙋🏼‍♀️😂 I got that reference!

[@mitotv6376]

Nice vlog.. i wish i can appear in your vlog for few seconds.. 😄

[@justrobackken]

Can't wait to see you guys eventually go to Scotland!!

[@rachellemckenzie9636]

Postcards would be a cool idea, just make sure you pick me to receive one🤪. Also, I can’t wait for C@¥!d to be over so I can visit England (and Europe) again. I just LOVE the rich history!!

[@carmeferrandis]

You better get good money for that 30-minute ad that I watched till the end!!! 😣😣

[@kimreese3530]

You would have had a heard time getting me out of the Harry Potter shop. I want to know if Joel purchased anything. I want the Dobby doll.

[@fred993a]

But J&L - you didn't take me inside anywhere!

[@ThoseTwoBritsUK]

As we said in the video, we weren't allowed because of Covid

[@terryomalley1974]

This question is for anyone who cares to answer. When did they change the channel's name from Joel & Lia to These Two Brits?

[@johnhelwig8745]

Whoa, wait! Is that a palm tree in front of the student accommodation building?

[@ryanblack2986]

Some species of palm trees grow in England.

[@johnhelwig8745]

@@ryanblack2986 Ryan, Just as I received your reply, I was watching Escape to the Country and showed a home along the Devon cost with palm trees. It just seemed out of place to see one in Oxford. Since palm trees can be grown in Seattle, makes sense since the climate is the same as the Southern UK, even though the southernmost tip of the UK is further north than the northernmost tip of the continental USA.

[@DaveSuperThomas]

Where I live, close to the sea on the Hampshire/Sussex border in southern England, many home owners have large palm trees in their front or back gardens. One even has a large Banana tree growing outdoors!

[@crinkle2649]

I'm totally not kidding, after my 27th birthday I have never been able to remember my age 😄. I have to think about it and figure it out.

[@ryanblack2986]

Alzheimer's setting in

[@TheMelindaZombie]

Oxford is gorgeous but I more so want to see the Harry Potter locations!!! PLEASE consider doing a Harry Potter series for the channel!!!! Let me live it through your experience PLEASE!

[@tamaracarter1836]

If you’re interested to look some up, here are a load of Harry Potter locations I’ve visited in England: In the *City of Oxford* (South-West England): - The “Divinity School” (built 1427 with ceiling added in 1483): Hogwarts Infirmary (Philosopher’s Stone) and the Room in which Professor McGonagall teaches everyone to dance for the Yule Ball (Goblet of Fire), - “New College Cloisters” (built 1390s): used for the scene where Malfoy gets turned into a ferret by Mad-Eye Moody (Goblet of Fire), - “Duke Humfrey’s Library” (they mostly filmed within the original medieval section; built 1487, but also used the newer half from the early 1600s): it was used to portray the Hogwarts library in the Philosopher’s Stone, Goblet of Fire and the Half-Blood Prince, - “Christ Church Staircase” (16th century): The Staircase which leads into the Great Hall (Philosopher’s Stone), and the nearby hallways were used for the scene in which Hermione shows Harry his father’s Quidditch trophy. - The “Dining Hall” (built 1529): This was not actually a filming location, but this room served as the inspiration for the ‘Great Hall’ in Hogwarts (as did a lot of other aspects of Oxford and Cambridge). --------- The *beautiful medieval village of “Lacock, Wiltshire”* (South-West England): *Within the village’s Abbey* (Lacock Abbey - the sections used were mostly from the 1230s): - The “Chapter House”: Mirror of Erised room (Philosopher’s Stone), Study Room (Chamber of Secrets) and the room where Snape and McGonagall examine the cursed necklace (Half-Blood Prince), - The “Sacristy”: Professor Snape’s Potions Classroom (Philosopher’s Stone), - The “Cloisters”: Hogwarts Hallways (Philosopher’s Stone and Chamber of Secrets), - The “Warming Room”: Professor Quirell’s Defence Against the Dark Arts Classroom (Philosopher’s Stone). *Within the Village itself* (which has been used in countless movies/ TV shows from Pride and Prejudice to Downton Abbey): - The village stood in for “Budleigh Babbington” (Half-Blood Prince), - Cantax House (built 1699): was Professor Slughorn’s hideout (Half-Blood Prince), - A small cottage at the end of Church Street was used as the Potter House (Philosopher’s Stone), where Voldemort murdered Lily and James. --------- Within *Gloucester Cathedral* (built between 1089-1450 in South-West England): - The stunning fan-vaulted “Cloisters” (1351-1377): were used as Hogwarts Hallways in the Philosopher’s Stone, Chamber of Secrets (most notably where blood was used on the wall to signal the opening of the Chamber of Secrets) and the Half-Blood Prince, - The “Lavatorium” (Monks Washroom from the 1300s): was used in the Philosopher’s Stone (hiding from the escaped Troll) and Half-Blood Prince (Harry overhears Snape take the unbreakable vow). --------- Within *Durham Cathedral* (built 1093-1133 in North-East England): - The “Chapter House”: Professor McGonagall’s Transfiguration Classroom (Philosopher’s Stone and Chamber of Secrets), - The “Cloisters”: used as Hogwarts Hallways, as well as the courtyard where Harry fly’s Hedwig in the snow and Ron vomits slugs (Philosopher’s Stone and Chamber of Secrets), - A room high up in the cathedral: was where Harry, Ron and Hermione met Fluffy the three-headed dog (Philosopher’s Stone). --------- Within *Alnwick Castle, Northumberland* (mostly built between 1096-1150 in North-East England): - The exterior was used to portray Hogwarts in both the Philosopher’s Stone (most notably where Madam Hooch teaches Quidditch to the first years), and the Chamber of Secrets (for example where Harry and Ron crash into the Whomping Willow). --------- Within *Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire* (built 1590 in North-East England): - The exterior was used as “Malfoy Manor” in the Deathly Hallows Part 1 and 2 (along with the addition of spires). --------- In the 18th century *landscaped gardens of Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire* (South-West England): - A 300 year old Cedar of Lebanon tree: was used in the flashback sequence which showed young Snape being bullied by James Potter (Order of the Phoenix).

[@TheMelindaZombie]

@@tamaracarter1836 Thank you!! I’ve saved them in a screenshot. I hope to get to England one of these days!!!

[@tamaracarter1836]

@@TheMelindaZombie You’re welcome!

[@8catmom]

CS Lewis taught there

[@d2bsyy]

Cambridge for the win

[@kitty4k9]

I prefer better when it is Joel & Lea - more interesting, entertaining, lively,!

[@steveb149]

Filmed with a Carrot

[@lexxieburton6182]

🥕

[@crinkle2649]

I do love seeing you two on the videos but when you say stuff like "Oh isn't that beautiful" none of us would know because you don't let us see it. We all want to see what you are looking at.

[@bcgreen7479]

How old is this video? Your all ready 30 years old.

[@TheJoelWood]

Lol no I'm not!!! Still very much 29

[@bcgreen7479]

@@TheJoelWood my apologies and I must have lost track .

[@maralionello8616]

Carrots🥕🥕🥕

[@faithhudson4576]

I love that you said 1200s simply because the USA doesn't have that kind of history....just sayin!!

[@MeanJohnDean]

Did you not buy anything from the Harry Potter shop? And you call yourselves sudo-Americans? No American would pass on a Harry Potter item. We're obsessed.

[@dynastyduck3799]

IT must be really boring there, wow. I feel sorry 4 you guys

[@rosbeynon1432]

It's far from boring and I have lived here all my life.

[@dynastyduck3799]

@@rosbeynon1432 yup, your totally missing out, hey whatever floats your boat! Love from the islands, #islandlife , #Newportbeach, #palms

[@rosbeynon1432]

@@dynastyduck3799 I have travelled to many countries in the world,probably more than most people have so I haven't missed anything and it's also said that most Americans never ever leave their own country.If you are one of them you don't know what you're talking about.

[@dynastyduck3799]

@@rosbeynon1432 Good 4 U. Like I said, whatever floats your boat. Enjoy