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Oxford One Day Tour Experience with Lunch and Guide
Broad Street
Important Information
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Wheelchair accessible
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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The key point of this tour is to ensure you can see all the famous sights of Oxford without having to cross check between more than one tour company and to maximise your time in Oxford by ensuring that only the most experienced 5 star rated popular guides are delegated to lead this tour.
The guide will pay for a modest lunch for you and will join you for lunch too and many of the guides are students or alumni of Oxford university, so if you for example have children whom you want to inspire to create a vision that they too could one day study at Oxford, the guide will share their experience of what it is like to live in Oxford.
Includes average £10 lunch & £15 entry fees, per person.
En...
Highlights
5 hours and 15 minutes
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 4 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
5 hours and 15 minutes
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 4 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Default itinerary is entry to Magdalen college worth £10 plus one other college worth up to £5
Lunch ordered inside cafe or takeway average value £10 per person. Various options provided.
Christ church entry is not included but we can assist you to reserve it
Bodleian library entry is not included but we can assist you to reserve it
Entry tickets to additional colleges beyond the two colleges is not included.
We cannot always guarantee entry to some or all colleges during December 22 to January 2nd.
We cannot always guarantee entry to some or all colleges on university graduation dates below...
Sep 25 + 26, Nov 6 + 7 +13 + 14 of 2026
Jan 23, Feb 27, March 6, May 14 + 15 + 22 of 2027
Magdalen has published closures on these dates in 20206 to 2027:
Sep 25, Oct 4, Dec 22 until Dec 31 of 2026
Meeting Points
Departure
Oxford Tourist Information
Look for our guide wearing a red lanyard, by our red or black sign OUTSIDE Oxford tourist info centre, 15 Broad street, OX1 3AS
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Oxford One Day Tour Experience with Lunch and Guide
Broad Street
About
The key point of this tour is to ensure you can see all the famous sights of Oxford without having to cross check between more than one tour company and to maximise your time in Oxford by ensuring that only the most experienced 5 star rated popular guides are delegated to lead this tour.
The guide will pay for a modest lunch for you and will join you for lunch too and many of the guides are students or alumni of Oxford university, so if you for example have children whom you want to inspire to create a vision that they too could one day study at Oxford, the guide will share their experience of what it is like to live in Oxford.
Includes average £10 lunch & £15 entry fees, per person.
En...
Highlights
5 hours and 15 minutes
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 4 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
5 hours and 15 minutes
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 4 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Default itinerary is entry to Magdalen college worth £10 plus one other college worth up to £5
Lunch ordered inside cafe or takeway average value £10 per person. Various options provided.
Christ church entry is not included but we can assist you to reserve it
Bodleian library entry is not included but we can assist you to reserve it
Entry tickets to additional colleges beyond the two colleges is not included.
We cannot always guarantee entry to some or all colleges during December 22 to January 2nd.
We cannot always guarantee entry to some or all colleges on university graduation dates below...
Sep 25 + 26, Nov 6 + 7 +13 + 14 of 2026
Jan 23, Feb 27, March 6, May 14 + 15 + 22 of 2027
Magdalen has published closures on these dates in 20206 to 2027:
Sep 25, Oct 4, Dec 22 until Dec 31 of 2026
Meeting Points
Departure
Oxford Tourist Information
Look for our guide wearing a red lanyard, by our red or black sign OUTSIDE Oxford tourist info centre, 15 Broad street, OX1 3AS
This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.
5 minutes
2
Trinity College
This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.
2 minutes
3
Sheldonian Theatre
Introduced from outside.
5 minutes
4
Weston Library
We may stop here on hot or cold days for WC and to get inside for a short break and or coffee stop.
5 minutes
5
Bodleian Library
This venue may only ever be entered, if you are at least age 11 and if you instead book guided tour entry via Bodleain website, one month ahead for the library's own staff guided tours.
We always introduce this site from outside and if you are a Harry Potter fan, option exists to visit inside the Divinity school Hogwarts film site at the Bodleian.
15 minutes
6
Bridge of Sighs
We pass by this sight- it is not open to visit inside of.
1 minute
7
Hertford College
Introduced in passing from outside
1 minute
8
Brasenose College
Introduced in passing from outside
1 minute
9
University Church of St. Mary the Virgin
It is free entry. Option to visit inside and we usually do unless a service on.
10 minutes
10
All Souls College
This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.
5 minutes
11
Exeter College
This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.
Note this college is only open outside of term time.
2 minutes
12
Jesus College
This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.
2 minutes
13
Lincoln College
Introduced from inside the entrance area only.
5 minutes
14
Oxford Covered Market
This is the oldest covered market in England, dating to 1774. The venue offers a wide range of local, independent shops and cafes and takeway eateries and this is usually where we take you for lunch. Lunch value average per person is included and paid by the guide.
There are some options for vegans and dietary concerns.
1 hour
15
University College
Introduced in passing- this is the oldest college dating to 1249 and it is also where Bill Clinton studied. Rarely open to the public.
1 minute
16
Queen's College
Never open to the public. This is where 'Mr Bean', Rowan Atkinson studied.
1 minute
17
Magdalen College
This college entry cost £10 in 2026, is paid for by the guide. We always visit this college- unless rare dates that it may be closed. Note it is always closed from about Dec 21 to Dec 31.
This college is arguably the most beautiful in Oxford. It's where CS Lewis taught and where the Inklings writers met lots. It also has a flood meadow and deer.
45 minutes
18
St Edmund Hall
This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.
1 minute
19
New College
This is also a famous Harry Potter film site, so if you are more motivated to see the Harry Potter film sites than to visit Magdalen college, then we could swap default to visit New college instead of Magdalen. If so, it takes 45 minutes usually to walk around the medieval college.
Entry costs £12 per person in 2026.
5 minutes
20
Wadham College
This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.
This is the college which JK Rowling applied to but was not offered a place at.
1 minute
21
St John's College
This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.
5 minutes
22
Christ Church
This college is NOT included on this tour as there are many complications to get entry tickets and it costs as much as £25 per person. However, if you request us to reserve entry tickets for you, then the option does exist to have us reserve the tickets and then you pay extra on the day for the actual cost of the entry tickets. It can only be visited on a self guided audio guide basis, so it means visiting it either at 09.30am before you meet us or visiting it at end of entry at 3.45pm, after the tour ends there.
We will introduce this tour from outside, either way though.
15 minutes
23
Radcliffe Camera
We always pass by and introduce this sight. It is not open to the public.