Finally, I made the short trip to Oxford in August 2008. It is as glorious as Cambridge, but the atmosphere is slightly different, partly because of all the tourists.

Christ Church was founded on the ruins of a dissolved abbey, and its chapel acts as the cathedral of Oxford.
Ascending the tower of St. Mary's church affords marvellous views of the city.
The Jacobean tower of the Bodleian Library is known as the Tower Of The Five Orders, as it demonstrates the orders of classical architecture. Hidden within the library is the jewel of the Divinity School, constructed amidst much financial wrangling.