Oxford has been officially declared one of the best UK city breaks according to science.

The Telegraph judged the contenders on 25 criteria, from green space and listed buildings to crime rate, to reveal the country’s finest city breaks.

They surveyed 69 cities in England, Wales and Scotland and focused on things like hotels, parks, Unesco sites and pubs, but also safety, public transport and rainfall.

The top 10 "is aimed at visitors first, residents second," and naturally, Oxford ranked high.

Oxford ranked 4th best in the UK

Here are the results for Oxford:

HOSPITALITY AND AMENITIES - 8th

CULTURE AND HERITAGE - 12th

TRANSPORT - 23rd

NATURE AND GREEN SPACES - 9th

TOTAL SCORE - 228

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The Telegraph's summary said: "A list of Oxford’s big-hitting architectural landmarks and cultural treasures quickly becomes a paragraph. Visitors vicariously experience a fresher-like buzz when wandering around the likes of Balliol, Magdalen, Merton and Trinity colleges, the Bodleian Library, Radcliffe Camera, Ashmolean – Britain’s oldest public museum – and the Pitt Rivers Museum. History has a conspicuous presence."

See the full breakdown here.

"Rather than be overwhelmed by the dreaming spires, it pays to get up there with them – a climb to the tower of the University Church of St Mary the Virgin affords a panoramic view of the city and will help newbies get their bearings.

"It’s not all hoary old institutions though. From the church it’s a short walk to Modern Art Oxford, where the changing exhibitions of contemporary visual arts are always worth a look. 

"The city’s live music venues are launch-pads for young performers, and there are bars and restaurants, cool stores and laidback gastropubs in Jericho and East Oxford."