Taylor Institution Library — Attraction in Oxford

Located right in the middle of the city centre. The graduate reading room is grandiose, easily the most magnificent interior I’ve seen after visiting 20 Bodleian libraries. With two-storey wooden book shelves, spiral staircases, dazzling chandeliers and quaint table lamps. I pass by this place every day when I go into town, deeply regret not...

One of Oxford's most hateful libraries. The Teaching Collection is a nightmare to find your way around, and the reading rooms are always packed with grads in dead silence. Avoid! Also, never go to the basement. If you die down there, they won't find your body for weeks. I promise, the Celtic collection...

Impressive building to look at, with a cute cut-through passage that joins it to the Ashmolean courtyard; when it’s sunny it’s a nice place to sit. Like the rest of the Bodleian, this is not a public library so tourists are...