Oxford is a city, and Kidlington is a separate village
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[[Image:Bridge of Sighs.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Bridge of Sighs, Oxford ''(Photograph by Tom Murphy VII)'']]
[[Image:Bridge of Sighs.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Bridge of Sighs, Oxford ''(Photograph by Tom Murphy VII)'']]
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'''Oxford''' is the county town of Oxfordshire in [[England]]. Despite a population of a little over 150,000 it includes two Universities and is renowned in the arts and sciences today and historically.
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'''Oxford''' is a city and the county town of Oxfordshire in [[England]]. Despite a population of a little over 150,000 it includes two Universities and is renowned in the arts and sciences today and historically.
==Geography==
==Geography==
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The town is built where the river Cherwell runs into the [[River Thames]] (known as the Isis in Oxford, short for the original Thamesis). The historical centre of the city is orientated around the University of Oxford and its constituent colleges. The city then spreads eastwards across the River Cherwell where more modern residential buildings dominate.
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The city is built where the river Cherwell runs into the [[River Thames]] (known as the Isis in Oxford, short for the original Thamesis). The historical centre of the city is orientated around the University of Oxford and its constituent colleges. The city then spreads eastwards across the River Cherwell where more modern residential buildings dominate.
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Suburbs of Oxford include Headington (location of [[Oxford Brookes University]]), Cowley (location of the BMW motor works), Iffley, Kennington, Osney, Hinksey, Jericho and Kidlington.
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Suburbs of Oxford include Headington (location of [[Oxford Brookes University]]), Cowley (location of the BMW motor works), Iffley, Kennington, Osney, Hinksey, Jericho.