The Oxford Guide

This annual event happens on the first week of September each year and supposedly exists to allow St. John's College to retain the private status of St. Giles' by closing it to traffic once a year (if anyone can confirm or deny this claim, please do!)

The fair occupies the entire road between [St. Giles' Church]? and the Martyrs' Memorial and usually manages to dominate the Oxford skyline with its 'Big Ben' rides and the local atmosphere with its noxious burger fumes. And the dodgems are too expensive.