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General Information• Regular Tours are limited to a maximum of 19 people and all
themed tours to a maximum of 14. • Visitors in wheelchairs are welcome to join our tours but access
to some colleges may be restricted. • Children (under 16 years old) must be accompanied by an adult
(maximum 2 children per adult).• A portable hearing loop is available on request and needs to be
booked a week in advance. (Subject to availability)• Guide dogs are allowed on the tours.
Length of toursAll tours cover between 1 and 2 miles and last 2 hours exceptthe Family tour which is 1.5 hours.
Meeting pointAll tours start outside the Visitor Information Centre.
Access to CollegesColleges and other University buildings are privately owned andtherefore subject to unannounced closures at short notice.
How to bookWe suggest that you book in advance to guarantee a placeon any of our tours.In person: At the Visitor Information Centre,
15–16 Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3AS.By telephone: You can book in advance on 01865 252037.
A £1 booking fee is applicable.Online: www.visitoxfordandoxfordshire.com/tours
at least 12 hours in advance.Private We can pre-book private tours for individualsTours: or groups. Please contact the Walking Tours
and Group Desk on 01865 252037 orowtours@visitoxfordshire.orgto discuss your requirements.
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Visitor Information Centre15–16 Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3ASwww.visitoxfordandoxfordshire.com/tours
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Tours with an Exclusive Afternoon Tea at Oriel CollegeEnd your tour with afternoon tea at OrielCollege dining hall, used as a film location forTV series Lewis and also True Blue starringDominic West and Josh Lucas. The afternoontea includes: a selection of finger sandwiches,fruit scones with strawberry preserve andclotted cream, a selection of homemade cakesplus a choice of teas or coffee.
Adult Senior/ ChildPrices StudentUniversity and City Tour £8.50 £8.00 £5.00July and August £9.00 £8.50 £5.50
University and City Tour with £9.00 £8.50 £5.50Divinity SchoolJuly and August £9.50 £9.00 £6.00
University and City Tour £9.00 £8.50 £5.50in French, German and Spanish
Family Tour £6.75 £6.00 £3.75
Inspector Morse Tour £10.00 £9.50 £7.00
Themed Tours except the one below £10.00 £9.50 £7.00
Pottering in Harry’s Footsteps Tour £15.00 £15.00 £10.00
Admission fees are included in the price
Oxford Official GuidedWalking Toursare an enjoyable and interesting way to explore ourbeautiful city, its history, University, famous people and odd traditions.
There is a wonderful selection of tours. If this is your first visit to Oxford, we suggest you start withthe University and City Tour, an excellentintroduction to Oxford.
If you live locally or have visited before, you mayalready know a lot about the University and studentlife. So we invite you to discover more about ourfascinating city on one of the Themed Tours.There is a tour for everyone, from Stained Glass toMedieval Oxford; from Magic, Murder and Mayhemto Science; from Pottering in Harry’s Footsteps toOxford Children’s Stories...
Your official Blue orGreen Badge guidewill be delighted to answerany questions along theway and will take you to
Oxford's most famous sights, and also reveal the hiddentreasures in tucked away lanes and passages... Please see inside for a full listing of Themed Tours
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Inspector Morse TourFollow in the footsteps of the city’s celebrated TVdetective and his successor, Lewis, created by Oxfordauthor Colin Dexter. Visit the scenes of their best-known cases with lots of lively anecdotes along theway. This tour departs at 1.30pm every Saturdaythroughout the year. Between March and Septemberthe tour runs every Monday, Friday and Saturday at11.15am and 1.30pm.
Family TourFun for all the family! Take part in this informal tour andshare in a light-hearted look at the surprises anddelights Oxford has to offer children and adults alike.This tour departs at 1.30pm during school holidays.
From ToFebruary Monday 17th Friday 21stApril Monday 7th Friday 11thMay Monday 26th Friday 30thAugust Mondays & Wednesdays onlyOctober Monday 27th Friday 31st
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All guides are members of the national professional body
Quality AssessedA wide selection of tours available
Small and friendly toursEntrance fees includedGift vouchers available
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Medieval Oxford Tourincluding Merton CollegeOld LibraryTo celebrate the 750th anniversary of thefoundation of Merton College we will visit ahidden gem, the world’s oldest continuouslyfunctioning library, located in the oldestOxford college quadrangle, Mob Quad.
What better way to discover our beautiful city than on foot?Come rain or shine... the best way to explore Oxford is on foot.
Regular ToursUniversity and City TourThis is our most popular introductory tour, taken by the majority of visitors. The guide will lead youthrough the heart of the historic city centre, illustratingthe history of Oxford and its University and describingthe architecture and traditions of its most famousbuildings and institutions.
This tour departs daily at 10.45am and 1pm(except on Christmas Day, Boxing Day & New Year’s Day)with additional tours at 11am and 2pm to meet demand.
Tours at 10.45am and 2pm may include the DivinitySchool except on a Saturday. Access to the DivinitySchool is confirmed on Friday for the following weekand tickets are made available then.
This tour is also available in otherlanguages at 1.30pm on the dates below:
In German on Saturday 9th August Sunday 17th August
In Spanish on Sunday 10th August Saturday 23rd August
In French on Saturday 16th August Sunday 24th August
DatesInspector Morse Tour with tea | Monday 31st March at 1.30pmInspector Morse Tour with tea | Monday 30th June at 1.30pmOxford Film Sites Tour with tea | Saturday 16th August at 1.45pmOxford Film Sites Tour with tea | Saturday 27th September at 1.45pm
PriceTour & Tea £24.50
DatesFriday 22nd August, 1.45pm Price £16.00
Try something different!
CS Lewis & JRR Tolkien TourTwo university lecturers and friends, JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis, wrotesome of the most popular books of the 20th century. Share theenvironment in which they studied, lived and spent their leisure time intheir beloved Oxford.
Civil War TourOxford in the Civil War was at the centre of the national stage, withKing Charles making his Headquarters at Christ Church. Rampartsenclosed the city, college silver was melted down to make coins andOxford became a garrison rather than a university town. Join this tourto hear more about life in Oxford during the Civil War.
Gargoyles & Grotesques TourSymbols, emblems, motifs, animals and demons cling to the roofs andwalls of buildings in Oxford. Medieval and modern stonemasons usedimagination and humour in creating a wealth of amazing stone carvings.Let our guide highlight the inventiveness and delights to be seen. Bring your binoculars!
Jewish Heritage TourWalk around what was once the medieval Jewish Quarter and learnabout Jewish life in the city and significant events before the expulsionof 1290. Come up to date with the story of the Jewish population sincethe 17th century re-admission and remarkable facts about the Jewishcontribution to Oxford University in the 20th century.
Literary TourOver the centuries many famous writers: poets, novelists, critics andchildren’s authors have studied or lived in Oxford. Explore this richheritage with one of our knowledgeable guides.
Magic, Murder & Mayhem TourAn alternative tour of Oxford to find out about secret societies,alchemists, martyrs, traitors, rogues and criminals. Discover too, one ofthe world’s largest collections of amulets, talismans and magical items.
Medieval Oxford Tour NEWIn medieval times, Oxford was a walled town, with most of the populationengaged in trading and markets. It was also an emerging centre of learningwhere bloody confrontations between Town and Gown took place. On this tour your guide will bring the medieval town alive!
Oxford Children’s Stories TourExplore the Oxford of Alice and the Dodo, Lyra & Will, Prince Caspian& Aslan, characters created by well-known Oxford authors in Alice inWonderland, His Dark Materials trilogy (filmed as The Golden Compass)and The Chronicles of Narnia. Delight in the make-believe, as youdiscover places which inspired Lewis Carroll, C.S. Lewis and PhilipPullman amongst others.
Oxford Film Sites TourOxford is one of Britain’s busiest and most instantly recognisable filmand TV drama locations. See the backdrop for historical re-creationsand literary adaptations from fantasies to thrillers. Hear of the links withsome of the biggest names in cinematic history.
FebruarySaturday 1st CS Lewis & JRR Tolkien Tour
Saturday 8th Pottering in Harry’s Footsteps Tour
Saturday 15th Oxford Film Sites Tour
Friday 21st When Alice met Harry Tour
Saturday 22nd Oxford Children’s Stories Tour
MarchSaturday 1st Pottering in Harry’s Footsteps Tour
Friday 7th When Alice met Harry Tour
Saturday 22nd Tudor Oxford Tour
Sunday 23rd CS Lewis & JRR Tolkien Tour
Saturday 29th Medieval Oxford Tour
Sunday 30th Literary Tour
AprilSaturday 5th CS Lewis & JRR Tolkien Tour
Sunday 6th Science at Oxford Tour
Friday 11th Pottering in Harry’s Footsteps Tour
Saturday 12th Oxford Children’s Stories Tour
Saturday 19th Civil War Tour
Saturday 26th Oxford Film Sites Tour
MaySaturday 3rd Religion at Oxford Tour
Friday 9th Pottering in Harry’s Footsteps Tour
Saturday 11th Gargoyles & Grotesques Tour
Friday 16th William Morris & Victorian Oxford Tour
Saturday 17th CS Lewis & JRR Tolkien Tour
Saturday 24th Stained Glass Tour
Sunday 25th Medieval Oxford Tour
Friday 30th When Alice met Harry Tour
JuneMonday 2nd CS Lewis & JRR Tolkien Tour
Friday 6th Pottering in Harry’s Footsteps Tour
Saturday 7th Science at Oxford Tour
Friday 13th Stained Glass Tour
Friday 20th When Alice met Harry Tour
Saturday 28th Oxford during World War I Tour
Sunday 29th Magic, Murder & Mayhem Tour
JulyFriday 4th Oxford Children’s Stories Tour
Monday 7th William Morris & Victorian Oxford Tour
Friday 11th Pottering in Harry’s Footsteps Tour
Saturday 12th Gargoyles & Grotesques Tour
Monday 14th CS Lewis & JRR Tolkien Tour
Friday 18th Pottering in Harry’s Footsteps Tour
Saturday 19th Oxford Film Sites Tour
Sunday 20th Literary Tour
AugustSaturday 2nd Science at Oxford Tour
Friday 8th Pottering in Harry’s Footsteps Tour
Monday 11th CS Lewis & JRR Tolkien Tour
Friday 15th Pottering in Harry’s Footsteps Tour
Saturday 16th Oxford Film Sites Tour (with Tea)
Sunday 17th Literary Tour
Friday 22nd Medieval Oxford Tour (with Library)
Saturday 23rd Tudor Oxford Tour
Monday 25th Magic, Murder & Mayhem Tour
Friday 29th When Alice met Harry Tour
Saturday 30th Oxford Children’s Stories Tour
SeptemberFriday 5th When Alice met Harry Tour
Saturday 6th CS Lewis & JRR Tolkien Tour
Friday 12th Jewish Heritage Tour
Saturday 13th Pottering in Harry’s Footsteps Tour
Saturday 27th Oxford Film Sites Tour (with Tea)
Sunday 28th Literary Tour
OctoberSaturday 4th CS Lewis & JRR Tolkien Tour
Friday 10th Pottering in Harry’s Footsteps Tour
Saturday 11th Gargoyles & Grotesques Tour
Friday 24th Oxford Children’s Stories Tour
Saturday 25th Oxford Film Sites Tour
Friday 31st Magic, Murder & Mayhem Tour
NovemberSaturday 1st Pottering in Harry’s Footsteps Tour
Sunday 9th Oxford during World War I Tour
Saturday 22nd CS Lewis & JRR Tolkien Tour
Saturday 29th Pottering in Harry’s Footsteps Tour
Oxford during World War I Tour NEWWhen the war began in 1914, hundreds of young men immediatelysigned up. Undergraduate numbers dropped dramatically and the cityreceived an influx of refugees and wounded soldiers. Women took overtraditional male roles in the running of the city and transport, whiledons switched from academic studies to research into aiding the wareffort. Join this tour to hear about life in Oxford during the war years.
Pottering in Harry’s Footsteps TourTour the locations where memorable Harry Potter scenes wereinspired and shot and enter the magical wizarding world yourself.
Religion at Oxford TourJoin this tour to learn how religion and faith shaped the early University.Follow in the footsteps of the martyrs, the founders of Methodism, theOxford Movement, and Oxford’s recent saints.
Science at Oxford TourTake a fascinating tour about the study of science at Oxford. By the 14thcentury Oxford was famous for the work of Bacon and Grosseteste andfor developments in mathematics and astronomy. The 17th century sawHarvey, Boyle, Hooke and Halley make their ground-breakingdiscoveries. In the 20th century, it was the penicillin scientists underProfessor Florey who made the greatest impact. Find out aboutOxford’s role at the leading edge of science right up to the 21st century.
Stained Glass TourThe city of Oxford has some of the finest stained glass in the UK.Almost every style and period of English glass-painting is represented,from medieval to modern including particularly beautiful 17th centurywindows and a wealth of 19th century glass by William Morris and Co.Enjoy the opportunity of seeing some fascinating craftsmanship. Bring your binoculars!
Tudor Oxford TourThe Tudor period roughly coincided with the great change in church lifeknown as the Reformation. Walk and hear history in the making inOxford, from Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries, Queen Mary'spersecution of Protestants for their faith, to Queen Elizabeth I'sencouragement of University revival.
When Alice met Harry TourAlice in Wonderland was inspired by Alice Liddell. She spent her earlyyears in Oxford, and her friendship with Charles Dodgson, betterknown as Lewis Carroll, led to the writing of the two Alice books.Another favourite, Harry Potter, appeared here when some of his filmscenes were shot in Oxford locations. Join this tour to explore theirworlds of wonder and wizardry.
William Morris & Victorian Oxford TourThe Pre-Raphaelites were closely connected with Oxford. EdwardBurne-Jones and Morris studied here, and together with Holman Huntthey left the city with some outstanding artistic works. Join a tour withemphasis on this delightful period of Victorian art.
Themed Tours 2014Tours depart at 1.45pm
For more information on any of the tours and events above please visit www.visitoxfordandoxfordshire.com
Great Medical Discoveries: 800 years of Oxford Innovation Bodleian Library. Until 18th Maywww.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/whats-on
Oxfordshire Science FestivalVarious locations around Oxfordshire. 7th–23rd Marchwww.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com
FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival Various locations around Oxford. 22nd–30th Marchwww.oxfordliteraryfestival.com
Oxfordshire Artweeks Various locations around Oxfordshire. 17th–26th Maywww.artweeks.org
The Great War: Personal Stories from Downing Street to the TrenchesBodleian Library. 12th June–2nd Novemberwww.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/whats-on
Alice’s Day Oxford. 5th Julywww.storymuseum.org.uk/alice
Warhol/Morris Exhibition by Jeremy DellerModern Art Oxford. 29 November 2014–8 February 2015www.modernartoxford.org.uk
Ashmolean Museum permanent and temporary exhibitionsAshmolean Museum. Throughout the yearwww.ashmolean.org/exhibitions
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