Oxford University and City Tour

Oxford University and City Tour

This walking tour gives you an insider's view of Oxford University and the city.

Your student guide will tell you what real student life is like within our historic university. Your tour will include plenty of history, but also stories and anecdotes to delight adults and children alike. You'll hear about the incredible history of the university, while also learning about a tortoise race, a duck hunt which takes place just once every hundred years, Harry Potter, Lewis Carrol, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and much, much more!

Our group sizes on these tours are limited in order to ensure that everyone has the best possible experience with their student guide. This does mean, however, that space is limited. So book your tour as soon as possible.

This tour covers all of central Oxford's major attractions and includes entry to one of our ancient colleges as well the oldest part of the historic Bodleian Library--The Divinity School, which also served as a Harry Potter film location.

Itinerary
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Pass By: Balliol College, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BJ England

Founded by John de Balliol in 1262.

Pass By: Trinity College, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BH England

Founded by Sir Thomas Pope in 1555.

Pass By: History of Science Museum, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3AZ England

Built in 1683 and the home of Albert Einstein's blackboard.

Pass By: Blackwell's Bookshop, 48-51 Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BQ England

Established in 1879.

Pass By: Weston Library, Bodleian Library Broad Street Bodleian Library, Oxford OX1 3BG England

Completed in 1940. Home to more than 5 million volumes.

Pass By: Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3AZ England

Completed by Christopher Wren in 1668.

Pass By: Hertford College, Catte Street, Oxford OX1 3BW England

Founded in 1282. College of William Tyndale and Simkin IV (the famous cat).

Pass By: Bodleian Library Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG England

Legal deposit library since 1620 and established in 1602. Home of almost 13 million volumes.

Pass By: Radcliffe Camera, Radcliffe Square, Oxford OX1 4AJ England

Built between 1737 and and 1748 by the architect James Gibbs.

Pass By: All Souls College, High Street, Oxford OX1 4AL England

Established in 1438 by King Henry VI. Home of the famous Prize Fellowship and one of Oxford's strangest traditions, which takes place just once every hundred years.

Pass By: University Church of St. Mary the Virgin, High St., Oxford OX1 4AH England

The official church of the University of Oxford.

Pass By: Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square, Oxford OX1 4AJ England

Established in 1509 and home to Oxford's oldest boat club. Location of the famous Narnia door.