Private Oxford City & University Walking tour

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Oxford & England’s history will be brought alive on this private guided walking tour of the city and university traditions. Storytelling about student life, college traditions, Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, CS Lewis, Tolkien & even Harry Potter! 

You may request any special interests for the tour eg sciences or arts or writers in Oxford etc. We generally always include entrance into at least one Harry Potter film site on this tour too (where and when possible).

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Duration: 90 to 120 minutes
Starts: Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours



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Oxford & England’s history will be brought alive on this private guided walking tour of the city and university traditions. Storytelling about student life, college traditions, Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, CS Lewis, Tolkien & even Harry Potter! 

You may request any special interests for the tour eg sciences or arts or writers in Oxford etc. We generally always include entrance into at least one Harry Potter film site on this tour too (where and when possible).

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Bodleian Library Bodleian Library Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG England

We will introduce this venue but please note that the Bodleian library never permit guides to take tours inside the library. We can however enter the Divinity school at the Bodleian if we can pre purchase the £2.50 per person entry tickets before they sell out!

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: St John’s College, St. Giles, Oxford OX1 3JP England

Which college we will see inside will vary from day to day, depending on what is open but generally we see inside one to two colleges and we pass by and introduce many other colleges too

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Exeter College, Turl Street, Oxford OX1 3DP England

This is one of multiple colleges which we will introduce on the route. There are 38 colleges at Oxford university and we see many colleges on our route but due to Covid19 closures, currently no colleges are open to the public except Magdalen college.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Wadham College, 17 Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ England

This is one of multiple colleges which we will introduce on the route. There are 38 colleges at Oxford university and we see many colleges on our route but due to Covid19 closures, currently no colleges are open to the public except Magdalen college.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Balliol College, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BJ England

This is one of multiple colleges which we will introduce on the route. There are 38 colleges at Oxford university and we see many colleges on our route but due to Covid19 closures, currently no colleges are open to the public except Magdalen college.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Magdalen College, High Street, Oxford OX1 4AU England

Currently in 2020, all the university colleges are closed to the public except Magdalen college which charges £6 per person.

If you wish to include Magdalen on your tour, then please pay the entry fee on arrival to the college.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Bridge of Sighs, New College Ln., Oxford OX1 3BL England

This famous landmark is always featured on our tours

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3AZ England

This is one of multiple sights which we will introduce on the route. There are 38 colleges at Oxford university and we see many colleges on our route but due to Covid19 closures, currently no colleges are open to the public except Magdalen college.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Radcliffe Camera, Radcliffe Square, Oxford OX1 4AJ England

This is one of multiple famous sights which we will introduce on the route. This venue is never open to visit inside

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Christ Church, St. Aldates, Oxford OX1 1DP England

This is an optional college to include as we walk past on the route but entry inside college is not included

Duration: 10 minutes



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