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Oxford Science and Medicine Small Group Walking Tour
Oxfordshire
Important Information
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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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Walk eight centuries of Oxford science and medicine with a DPhil scientist, from Boyle's Law on the High Street to where the penicillin story began. Each place comes to life through printed historical images you hold in your hands. Story-led and small-group, with no science background needed. This is an exterior walking tour: we explore the colleges and gardens from the outside, so there are no admission tickets to buy and nothing extra to pay on the day.
Highlights
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Guided by a DPhil scientist (Oxford doctorate)
Printed historical images used throughout the tour
Food and drinks
Gratuities
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meeting Points
Departure
Carfax Tower
Meet me at the base of Carfax Tower, on the corner of Cornmarket Street and Queen Street. Look for Kester holding a stack of large printed photographs, I'm the guide in the listing photos.
Return
Oxford Botanic Garden
The tour ends near the Oxford Botanic Garden entrance on Rose Lane, just off the High Street by Magdalen Bridge. You'll be beside Magdalen College and the Magdalen Bridge Boathouse for punting, and about a 10-minute walk back to the city centre.
Itinerary
1
Carfax Tower
The medieval bell tower at Oxford's central crossroads, where the walk begins.
10 minutes
2
Radcliffe Camera
Oxford's iconic round library, named after the physician whose fortune built it.
20 minutes
3
University Church of St. Mary the Virgin
The University Church on the High Street, the centre of Oxford's early university and home to its first library.
10 minutes
4
Bodleian Library
One of the world's great libraries, at the heart of historic Oxford.
10 minutes
5
Bridge of Sighs
The much-photographed bridge on New College Lane, once home to one of history's great astronomers.
10 minutes
6
Merton College
One of Oxford's three oldest colleges, on a cobbled street tied to the birth of modern brain science.
10 minutes
7
High Street
The grand sweep of "the High," lined with buildings where Oxford's scientists once worked.
20 minutes
8
Tom Tower
Oxford's grandest college from the outside, crowned by Wren's Tom Tower, whose great bell still keeps Oxford's own time.
10 minutes
9
Magdalen College
A grand riverside college, and the Oxford starting point of the penicillin story.
10 minutes
10
University of Oxford Botanic Garden
Britain's oldest botanic garden, founded for medicine, where the tour ends.
Oxford Science and Medicine Small Group Walking Tour
Oxfordshire
About
Walk eight centuries of Oxford science and medicine with a DPhil scientist, from Boyle's Law on the High Street to where the penicillin story began. Each place comes to life through printed historical images you hold in your hands. Story-led and small-group, with no science background needed. This is an exterior walking tour: we explore the colleges and gardens from the outside, so there are no admission tickets to buy and nothing extra to pay on the day.
Highlights
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Guided by a DPhil scientist (Oxford doctorate)
Printed historical images used throughout the tour
Food and drinks
Gratuities
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meeting Points
Departure
Carfax Tower
Meet me at the base of Carfax Tower, on the corner of Cornmarket Street and Queen Street. Look for Kester holding a stack of large printed photographs, I'm the guide in the listing photos.
Return
Oxford Botanic Garden
The tour ends near the Oxford Botanic Garden entrance on Rose Lane, just off the High Street by Magdalen Bridge. You'll be beside Magdalen College and the Magdalen Bridge Boathouse for punting, and about a 10-minute walk back to the city centre.
