Oxfordshire Trip Overview
Muggles welcome! Go inside Christ Church and the Bodleian Library on a magical adventure into the medieval buildings of Oxford University. With a fun Oxford student guide, complete with a quiz, the odd prop, and terrible jokes and puns! Suitable for devout Harry Potter fans, along with those publicly unwilling to admit their devotion, and those with no prior interest but looking for a fun way to explore! The tour includes other famous books such as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the Hobbit, and Lord of the Rings – along with the history of Oxford University.
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Duration: 2 hours
Starts: Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Movie & TV Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Muggles welcome! Go inside Christ Church and the Bodleian Library on a magical adventure into the medieval buildings of Oxford University. With a fun Oxford student guide, complete with a quiz, the odd prop, and terrible jokes and puns! Suitable for devout Harry Potter fans, along with those publicly unwilling to admit their devotion, and those with no prior interest but looking for a fun way to explore! The tour includes other famous books such as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the Hobbit, and Lord of the Rings – along with the history of Oxford University.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Blackwell’s Bookshop, 48-51 Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BQ England
Not quite Flourish and Blotts but as close as a muggle bookshop can be. Blackwells is the dream of every Ravenclaw, holding approximately holding 250,000 volumes, which translates to 3 miles of books! This is even more impressive knowing that their first store measured only 12 feet square, and held just 700 used books.
Don’t forget to have a look at the roof of the building from a distance. Don’t worry the stone figure you’ll see on top isn’t someone petrified. It is a statue by Antony Gormley; one of a series of sculptures called “Another Time II”.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Bodleian Library Bodleian Library Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG England
One of the largest libraries in England and home to archaic medieval books on spells and wizards!
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Clarendon Building, Broad St., Oxford OX1 3BA England
Learn about how magic or occult sciences were studied at Oxford! These were not seen as completely separate from science until the end of the seventeenth century, so alchemy and astrology were researched here until then.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: The Divinity School, Oxford OX1 3AZ, UK
This dramatic site is not only one of the oldest parts of the University, but it was also used in various scenes when filming of Harry Potter was taking place in Oxford. Instantly recognisable as a Harry Potter site, with one of the best examples of medieval architecture in England.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Radcliffe Camera, Radcliffe Square, Oxford OX1 4AJ England
A truly iconic Oxford landmark! Learn about the underground passages students take and the rules librarians enforce. Not quite as intensely as Madam Pince though.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: University Church of St. Mary the Virgin, St. Marys Church High Street, Oxford OX1 4BJ England
An iconic door hidden to the side would be inspirational for another famous children’s writer, CS Lewis for his famous Chronicles Of Narnia. Hear how he and Tolkien would meet weekly and take inspiration from the Oxford landscape
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: 6 Alfred St, Oxford OX1 4EH, UK
The Bear Inn also known as The Bear is our Oxford equivalent of the Three Broomsticks, dating back to 1242. While butterbeer is not something you can order you are bound to be amazed by their tie collection and the stores behind it.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Christ Church Meadow, Oxford OX1 1DP England
Before diving into the wonders of Christ Church itself we will tell you about another magical connection: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland!
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Christ Church, St. Aldates, Oxford OX1 1DP England
The most famous Harry Potter site in Oxford (and the most expensive Oxford College to visit)! Roam the dark corridors, see the inspiration for the Hall of Hogwarts, along with the grand Hogwarts staircase. Feel like Harry on his first day! The tour will end here, allowing you to enjoy the included audio tour and spend as much time as you like here!
Duration: 30 minutes
