Covered Market (Oxford) Reviews

As a student at Oxford, my introduction to the Covered Market was Ben's Cookies - the sweet, irresistible scent of Ben's varieties of cookies drew many a student in, though the food stalls were unable to keep them there. The French baguette place (forgive me, for the name escapes me! But closer to the High Street side than the Cornmarket side) was ...  Read the complete review

Located in the centre of Oxford just off the busy Cornmarket Street, the Covered Market is just what it says on the tin, an indoor market. Although this is also slightly misleading as calling it that doesn't really do it justice. The market has alot of history associated with it & has been open since 1774. It was setup in order to ...  Read the complete review

The covered market is one of the most famous shopping areas of Oxford city and has been trading since the seventeen hundreds. It was originally an outside market, however, it was decided that the market looked too messy and that it needed to be housed. The individual commissioned to take on the design work was John Gwynn, the architect of the ...  Read the complete review

The covered Market is a Victorian shopping area in the centre of Oxford. It can be accessed from the High St., Market St., or through the Golden Cross Arcade in Cornmarket St. It was originally established in the 16th century in order to remove the 'untidy mess and unsavoury stalls' from the Oxford streets. Originally it housed only ...  Read the complete review

It is a sad consequence of the advance of large supermarkets that local markets have almost disappeared from life in England. True, there are some left, but they are rare. What a delight that one of these exceptions is in the centre of Oxford, a city whose centre is otherwise suprisingly poorly served by food shops- a very small and ...  Read the complete review

One of Oxford’s historic shopping areas located off the main street. A strange collection of little shops selling things such as clothes, shoes, jewellery, flowers, arts and craft goods etc. As well as sandwich shops, bakeries and unfortunately butchers. You cannot escape the nauseating smell of the meat that is hanging out side of the ...  Read the complete review