Holywell Music Room

The Holywell Music Room is the city of Oxford's chamber music hall, situated on Holywell Street in the city centre, and is part of Wadham College. Built in 1748, it is said to be the oldest purpose-built music room in Europe, and hence Britain's first concert hall.

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Type: Theater building
Description: chamber music hall in Oxford, England
Address: Holywell Street, Oxford, OX1 3BN

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Harris Manchester College and Hertford College.

Harris Manchester College

University

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Harris Manchester College, officially Manchester Academy and Harris College, is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

Hertford College

University

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Hertford College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It is located on Catte Street in the centre of Oxford, directly opposite the main gate to the Bodleian Library. Hertford College is situated 330 feet south of Holywell Music Room.

Wadham College

University

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Wadham College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is located in the centre of Oxford, at the intersection of Broad Street and Parks Road. Wadham College is situated 390 feet northwest of Holywell Music Room.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oxford and Norham Manor.

Oxford

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Oxford is the oldest university city in the United Kingdom, some 50 miles to the west of the capital London in its own county of Oxfordshire, on the rivers Thames and Cherwell.

Norham Manor

Quarter

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The Norham Manor estate is a residential suburb in Oxford, England. It is part of central North Oxford. To the north is Park Town with its crescents, to the east is the River Cherwell, to the south are the University Parks and to the west is Walton Manor, on the other side of Banbury Road.

Jericho

Suburb

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Jericho is a historic suburb of the English city of Oxford. It consists of the streets bounded by the Oxford Canal, Worcester College, Walton Street and Walton Well Road.

Holywell Music Room

Categories: performing arts center, concert hall, building, university building, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.7553° or 51° 45′ 19″ north

Longitude

-1.25323° or 1° 15′ 12″ west

Inception

1748

Operator

Wadham College

Open location code

9C3WQP4W+4P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 65237635

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=theatre

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

Wikidata ID

Q5887192

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In Other Languages

From French to Swedish—“Holywell Music Room” goes by many names.

French: “Holywell Music Room”
German: “Holywell Music Room”
Swedish: “Holywell Music Room”

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