The Bear
The Bear is a pub in Oxford, England, that was founded in 1774 as The Jolly Trooper. It stands on the corner of Alfred Street and Blue Boar Street, opposite Bear Lane in the centre of Oxford, just north of Christ Church, on the site of St Edward's churchyard.Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Opening hours:
Monday: noon—10:30 PM
Tuesday—Saturday: noon—11:00 PM
Sunday: noon—10:30 PM - Type: Pub
- Description: pub in Oxford, England
- Also known as: “Bear”, “Bear Inn”, “Bear Inn Public House”, “Bear Inn, Oxford”, “Le Tabard”, and “The Bear, Oxford”
- Address: 6 Alfred Street, Oxford, OX1 4EH
- Wheelchair access: limited
Photo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Oriel College and Brasenose College.
Oriel College
University
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Oriel College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Located in Oriel Square, the college has the distinction of being the oldest royal foundation in Oxford. Oriel College is situated 430 feet east of The Bear.
Brasenose College
University
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Brasenose College, formally The Principal and Scholars of the King's Hall and College of Brasenose in Oxford, or BNC, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Brasenose College is situated 560 feet north of The Bear.
Lincoln College
University
Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lincoln College is one of the colleges of the University of Oxford. Lincoln was founded in 1427 by Richard Fleming, Bishop of Lincoln. The charter for it was issued by King Henry VI. Lincoln College is situated 490 feet north of The Bear.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oxford and Grandpont.
Oxford
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Grandpont
Quarter
Grandpont is a mainly residential area in south Oxford, England. It is west of Abingdon Road, and consists mainly of narrow streets that run at right angles to the main road, with terraced late-Victorian and Edwardian houses.
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.
The Bear
- Categories: house and building
- Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.75155° or 51° 45′ 6″ northLongitude
-1.2557° or 1° 15′ 21″ westBrand
Fuller’s BreweryOperator
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way 957903933OpenStreetMap feature
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wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q4876452
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Japanese—“The Bear” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Bear Inn”
- French: “Bear Inn”
- Japanese: “ベア・イン”
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