Oxford will soon have a new twin city – Wroclaw, in western Poland.

The city council said it wanted to investigate establishing new links with a Polish city last October and was looking for suggestions.

Councillor John Tanner travelled to Wroclaw to agree an outline for a formal partnership with the chairman of Wroclaw City Council, Councillor Jacek Ossowski.

Mr Tanner said: “Especially after Brexit, the city council wants to strengthen its links with cities in the rest of Europe.”

Wroclaw is a dynamic city and was designated the European Capital of Culture by the European Union for 2016.

Mr Tanner paid for his travel to and from Wroclaw and is also secretary of the Oxford European Association.

Of Oxford’s twin cities, Leiden in Holland was twinned in 1946 and Bonn in Germany followed a year later.

León, Nicaragua's former capital and second largest city, has been twinned with Oxford since 1986. It is home to an ancient cathedral and the oldest university in Central America.

Cultural links between French city Grenoble and Oxford were first fostered in 1989, while Perm in Russia was first linked in 1990 and formally twinned in 1995.