Home to the first University in the English-speaking world, Oxford offers a treasure trove of history, art, architecture, literature, intellectual/scientific achievement, fierce Town and Gown rivalries, religious disputes, kings and queens and much else besides. A unique, magical place to explore in our company.
Currently applying for World Heritage Status, Oxford University and City offers a unique, and outstanding, secular, University and religious built environment to explore. With an architectural guide, you will visit a number of key buildings as a basis for illustration and discussion of their architectural form, context, change and narrative intent through time within the broader historical context. Tours can include The Old Ashmolean Museum, Sheldonian Theatre, The Clarendon Building, Divinity School, and St Mary’s, and colleges.
Maximum of 6 people per guide.
This tour can be booked a minimum of 4 Days in advance
All tours are inclusive of entry fees to the University and Colleges, as applicable.
While we actively track when colleges are open, please appreciate that the University of Oxford and its Colleges do, from time to time, close all public access to their buildings and grounds due to exams, graduation ceremonies and other events.
All Tours meet/commence from The Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BG, on the corner of Broad Street and Parks Road opposite The Clarendon Building. Situated in the heart of the Old University, and adjacent to Blackwell’s world-famous bookshop, the Weston offers excellent facilities, high-end café, and free exhibitions.
If you are staying in a Central Oxford Hotel, we can also meet you in your hotel lobby.
Tours usually start at 2pm daily, cover 1.5 miles, and last approximately 2 hours, but can also be so arranged to meet your wider itinerary.
We operate 7 days a week. We close 24th – 27th December .
Our very popular introductory tour is centred within the Old University Quarter amid Oxford’s dreaming spires and visits all the major sites and landmarks for which Oxford is world famous.
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Where else but Oxford offers such a wealth of authors, poets and writers for you to discover and celebrate with a literary historian for company?
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Your guide is a recognised expert in all things ‘Inkling’ and the tour can take in the many sites and stories associated with this eclectic group of friends, including associated colleges, the Narnia Doorway and more.
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Whether you want info on parking/park and ride, coaches and train services, or where to find the best restaurants, pub and cafes, music, museums and exhibitions, just let me know and I can advise you.
All Tours meet/commence from The Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BG, on the corner of Broad Street and Parks Road opposite The Clarendon Building. Situated in the heart of the Old University, and adjacent to Blackwell’s world-famous bookshop, the Weston offers excellent facilities, high-end café, and free exhibitions.
If you are staying in a Central Oxford Hotel, we can also meet you in your hotel lobby.
Tours usually start at 2pm daily, cover 1.5 miles, and last approximately 2 hours, but can also be so arranged to meet your wider itinerary.
We operate 7 days a week. We close Christmas Eve 24th December through to 2nd January.
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