YES, it's that time of year again when the Sunday Times gives us mere mortals a chance to gawp at the impossible weatlh of the United Kingdom's richest people.

And, as always, Oxford has its fair share of links.

Coming in the top ten as always, Russian tycoon and founder of Oxford University's Blavatnik School of Government, Sir Len Blavatnik.

With an eye-watering fortune of £15.259bn, Sir Len comes third in the 2018 table, dropping one place from last year's league.

The second local link and in at number 10 is the current Duke of Westminster Hugh Grosvenor, who became Britain's youngest billionaire after inheriting his title - and £9.9bn spare change - two years ago.

The 27-year-old, as the Times reports, now owns an empire including 300 acres in Mayfair and Belgravia and more in Oxford - though the exact location of his local landings is unclear.

Sir Richard Branson, whose palatial house in Kidlington (one of many) makes him a contender for the title of Oxfordshire's richest resident, just sneaks into the top 30 in this year's list with a place at number 29.

The railways and airline boss, who now has approximately £4.5bn in the bank, owns Mill End House just outside Kidlington.

In at number 94 this year is Wafic Said.

The Syrian-born businessman, currently estimated to be worth £1.42bn, announced in 1996 that he was gifting Oxford University £20m to build the new Said Business School.

He now gets to admire it on a regular basis as he and his wife divide their time between Monaco, Paris, and their Oxfordshire mansion (location undisclosed).

Former Oxford schoolgirl Emma Watson, meanwhile, has made 12th place on this year's Young Rich List, with her modest fortune of £50m.

The list, which ranks the wealthiest Brits aged 30 or under, reminds readers that the Harry Potter star is thought to have become the highest-paid actress on the planet last year after recieving a £2m for the lead role in Beauty and the Beast.

Her Majesty the Queen is ranked 344th in this year's rich list.