1. An Oxbridge myth says that you can walk from Oxford to Cambridge without leaving land owned by either Trinity College, Oxford or Trinity College, Cambridge.

2. Oxford students sometimes refer to their Cambridge counterparts as ‘tabs’, short for Cantabrigians (Cambridge people).

3.  Oxonians sometimes refer to Cambridge as a "pale imitation of the real thing" (Cambridge’s colours are light blue), while Cantabrigians refer to Oxford as "the Dark Side" (Oxford’s colours are dark blue).

4. According to a 2005 Sutton Trust report, more than one in four members, or 27%, of the Commons and 42% of the Lords were educated at Oxbridge.

5. About 40% of places at Oxbridge are taken by pupils from independent schools.

6. Oxford and Cambridge are the only British universities in the list of the world’s top ten.

7. Of Britain’s 53 Prime Ministers to date, 40 studied at Oxbridge.

8. The vast majority of Oxbridge Varsity sports matches are played on the same weekend in mid-February, under the title of The Varsity Games.

9. Frederick Raphael wrote a series of short stories called Oxbridge Blues, which spawned the 1984 TV mini-series, starring Ian Charleson.

10. As well as Oxbridge there is "Doxbridge", the three oldest universities in England: Oxford, Cambridge, and the University of Durham.