Hertford College Virtual Tour

Introduction

Hertford College is one of the 45 constituent colleges and halls of Oxford University. It is a self-governing corporate body consisting of senior (Fellows) and junior (graduate and undergraduate students) members who are engaged in academic study at the University.

The College is centrally located on Catte Street, directly opposite the Bodleian Library and within a few minutes' walk of all the other principal libraries and laboratories of the University. The main College site is composed of three intimate quadrangles -- Old, New and Holywell Quads -- whose buildings date from the 15th to the late-20th centuries. The majority of the architecture, however, dates from the late-19th/early-20th centuries and is due to Sir Thomas Jackson whose designs include the Hertford Bridge which links Old and New Quads.

Hertford has enjoyed a colourful history since its foundation in 1282 by Elias de Hertford, having been dissolved and recreated on a number of occasions. The modern-day College, created by Act of Parliament in 1874 after a very substantial benefaction by Thomas Baring MP, exists on much firmer financial foundations and provides excellent facilities for its 38 Fellows, 170 MCR members and 370 JCR members.

The College has a reputation for being both progressive and friendly. It was in the first group of colleges to become co-educational and maintains a higher ratio of women to men than is usual in Oxford. The College also welcomes applications from schools that have not made a practice of encouraging Oxford applications in the past, and over the years has admitted an unusually large number of candidates from the maintained sector.

The atmosphere within Hertford is relaxed and there is a noticeable lack of the social and academic pressure found at some colleges. However, the College expects and maintains high academic standards and has produced many notable Old Members.

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You start outside the College infront of the lodge

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Abingdon House

Warnock House

North Oxford Houses