Spend half a day with an award-winning guide who knows and loves Oxford, to get a thorough overview of its extraordinary history, architecture, and stories. Whether you are interested in the city's ancient origins, the rise of the university, the many fascinating personalities who have studied here, or its famous film locations, this bespoke tour will take you off the beaten track, guide you amongst the dreaming spires, and give you the inside story of this beautiful and eccentric city. You will see inside one of Oxford's most fascinating colleges, including its chapel and dining hall. You will visit the oldest classroom in the world and learn not just about the ancient university but how it...
Highlights
4 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
4 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
All Fees and Taxes
Guide and Language In-person: English
Entrance tickets to Divinity School and a college (£5-£10 per person)
Meeting Points
Departure
Ashmolean Museum
In the courtyard in front of the main museum entrance.
Return
Christ Church Visitors Centre
This tour will end at Christ Church Visitors Centre, Poplar Walk, Oxford OX1 1SS, UK
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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Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
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All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
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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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Spend half a day with an award-winning guide who knows and loves Oxford, to get a thorough overview of its extraordinary history, architecture, and stories. Whether you are interested in the city's ancient origins, the rise of the university, the many fascinating personalities who have studied here, or its famous film locations, this bespoke tour will take you off the beaten track, guide you amongst the dreaming spires, and give you the inside story of this beautiful and eccentric city. You will see inside one of Oxford's most fascinating colleges, including its chapel and dining hall. You will visit the oldest classroom in the world and learn not just about the ancient university but how it...
Highlights
4 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
4 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
All Fees and Taxes
Guide and Language In-person: English
Entrance tickets to Divinity School and a college (£5-£10 per person)
Meeting Points
Departure
Ashmolean Museum
In the courtyard in front of the main museum entrance.
Return
Christ Church Visitors Centre
This tour will end at Christ Church Visitors Centre, Poplar Walk, Oxford OX1 1SS, UK
A reminder of one of the darkest episodes in Oxford's history.
5 minutes
2
St. Michael at the North Gate
A 1000-year old tower and the town gaol where bishops were imprisoned, on the ancient market street of Cornmarket
5 minutes
3
Turl Street
You will encounter three colleges, along with gargoyles, grotesques and a riddle in stone.
10 minutes
4
Broad Street
Home to Britain's oldest museum, the largest room in the world selling books, and three Oxford colleges
10 minutes
5
The Sheldonian Theatre
Christopher Wren's masterpiece, where the university holds its ceremonies, guarded by the extraordinary 'Emperors' Heads'
5 minutes
6
Bodleian Library
Home to 13 million books! We can go inside the Divinity School (£2.50 each) with its incredible fifteenth century decorated ceiling, and hear about the various Harry Potter scenes filmed here.
20 minutes
7
Radcliffe Camera
Radcliffe Square, Oxford's famous architectural centrepiece, contains multiple important university and college buildings including Brasenose and All Souls
15 minutes
8
University Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Where the university began, with its stunning medieval spire and fascinating interior. If you like, we can climb the tower for the best views of Oxford.
10 minutes
9
Bridge of Sighs
Perhaps Oxford's most-photographed landmark, it appears in many TV shows and movies
5 minutes
10
New College
We can go into this or a different college, depending on availability (£2-7 per person), and see the glorious chapel, dining hall, quad, gardens and cloisters
45 minutes
11
St Edmund Hall
View the oldest college in the world to have taken undergraduates and decipher the chronogram over the door
5 minutes
12
High Street
One of the world's greatest streets, lined with colleges and wonderful architecture
5 minutes
13
Merton College
Founded in 1263, Merton is the oldest college that still has its original buildings - and counted JRR Tolkien as one of its professors
5 minutes
14
Christ Church Meadow
We will view Oxford's grandest college - Christ Church, learn of its most famous inhabitant - Alice in Wonderland, and hear about the first community founded here in around 700AD by Oxford's patron saint, St Frideswide
