THE Oxford Mail (February 20) has commented on the increase in the number of people visiting the area in the past year.

This increase doesn’t surprise me because I’ve long thought that there could be few cities so central to places of interest.

One of the motels close to Oxford would be ideal as a base from which to explore the area, besides Oxford itself, such as Stratford, Woodstock, Warwick, London, the Chilterns, with its association with Midsommer murders, Salisbury, Stonehenge and Avebury, the Cotswolds, with all that it has to offer, and many more that are the sites of television programmes.

Could anyone think of a better place to take a holiday?

DERRICK HOLT
Fortnam Close
Headington