Narnia chronicles propel Oxford to Hollywood 'A' list

As if the English city of Oxford, with its dreaming spires and historic university, did not have enough to attract visitors, Hollywood has once again propelled it into the limelight and on to the tourist map.

The backdrop for classics such as Brideshead Revisited and Iris, the city’s Christchurch College was the setting for Harry Potter’s adventures, New College bar was frequented by James Bond in Tomorrow Never Dies and there is virtually no Oxford pub that did not feature in Inspector Morse.