Oxford university and city tour learn about oxford s place in british history. The oxford walking tour was the best walking tour i have ever been on lisas engagement with the locals was amazing and the level of knowledge fantastic. Check out some of the free walking tours that are available throughout the year, and enjoy everything that oxford has to offer free of charge. Our university educated guides come with years of experience and local knowledge of the city and university. The original free oxford walking tour from students at oxford university, provided by the highest rated tour company for tours of oxford. Courtesy of sanders of oxford, rare prints and maps. Christianity tours christian tours for church groups. A quick guide to oxford multibuy experience oxfordshire. Oxford a procession of stunning buildings with shades of harry potter and morse wed 4 feb 2015 01. Oxford walking tours provided a very good look at the colleges in oxford and the history of this university city. Oxford walking tours with capitalization and the oxford walking tours logo are trade marks.
Free walking tour of oxford free oxford walking tours. Oxford city guide selfguided itineraries for oxford. Oxford walking tours have been operating from the blue gates of trinity college in broad st for over 27 years. Welcome to visitor information centre shopping at the free. Self guided walking tours to explore oxford, england. In this tour you will find out how the city which began as a simple crossing place for oxen produced one of the worlds finest universities. Find out about the oxford martyrs, the inklings and much more in this 30minute walk around some of oxfords grandest streets. Go inside colleges filmed in harry potter and inspector morse. The crown walking tour of london is a two hour guided tour of filming locations for the hit netflix show including royal palaces, private clubs and iconic sites. You can also create your own selfguided walk to visit the city attractions which interest you the most. Tours, which leave the tourist information centre at 11.
Oxford city guide city tours tourist information oxford. The oxford city sightseeing walking tour departs every 30 minutes between 11. Make sure you try to elicit the answers, with students guessing the answers, before you tell them. Simply oxford university tour walking tours of oxford. Walking tours since explore oxford tours was founded by isobel lewis in 2005, guided tours on foot, through the streets and colleges of oxford, have been at the heart of what we do. Footprints tours oxford 2020 all you need to know before. As its name suggests, this is a 2hour long walking tour that features knowledgeable, professional, and universityeducated guides from the city. I will bring to life the story of oxford university and its colleges and explain clearly the college and university system.
Turn into mansfield and stop by the first house on your right. Oxford university and city tour learn about oxfords place in british history. Oxford walking tours have been operating from the blue gates of trinity college on broad street for over 30 years. Many of oxfords famous landmarks and colleges are within a short distance of each other. Explore oxford as you wish with your own guide on this private walking tour. Restricted to just 14 people per tour and often smaller, we believe this is the best way to explore, understand and see oxford rather than a large group. For those who would also enjoy taking a guided stroll around oxford, were pleased to be able to offer from our station office tickets for a selection of quality assessed walking tours, as provided by official blue and green badge guides. Each private walking tour of oxford is as individual as you are, tailored to suit your group. See inside a harry potter film site, the bodleian library when open. Walk up cornmarket street passing the oldest building in oxford the saxon tower of st michael at the north gate 2, continue onto magdalen street cornmarket turns into magdalen to the martyrs memorial 3. Ok we require some information from you, such as your name and email address, in order to make bookings and fulfill your service requests via the platform. Simply oxford university tour walking tours of oxford is delighted to offer this simply oxford small group walking tour to experience the very best of oxford. With maps and a walking tour of the city, this guide is the perfect introduction to.
Interesting facts, funny stories, personal insights. It was here that lewis spent his first night in oxford in december 1916. Much like the other oxford walking tours, admission to colleges and libraries are included for free. Continue walking down holywell street until you come to the corner of mansfield road.
Magnus, our guide, was enthusiastic and informative and skilfully gave us an overview of the history of oxford, the beginnings of jesus and exeter colleges and life inside these colleges today. Whether you have just a few hours or a few days, explore oxford tours can provide information on the best ways to make the most of your time. Take a bus tour of oxford sitting in the lowerlevel, of course. Oxford walking tour questions throughout this tour, there will be quiz questions which are included to help you interact with the students during the walking tour. Receive information crucial to understanding the history of the institution, and explore in a small group for a personalized experience. Meet your guide in the heart of the historysteeped city and hear about its famous past and university as you explore the cobbled streets and squares. Join our, updated for 2019, 2 hour walking tour of oxford. It will also link the excursion back to the lesson. Joining a walking tour of oxford is the easiest way to.
All oxford official walking tours apart from the oxford pub tour meet outside the visitor information centre here at 1516 broad street oxford ox1 3as. If youre looking for a shorter alternative, this 1. Oxford university walking tour self guided, oxford, england. There is no need to prebook, just turn up before the hour and pay the guide before or after the tour. My name is iain, im a graduate of jesus college, and im an oxford walking tours guide with a wealth of authentic and personal stories about the city and the university, past and present. Oxford o fficial guided walking tours booking pack 20. It was a very enjoyable 3 hours which i would highly recommend the best happenstance i had on my trip. Explore the famous sights of historic oxford with your own green or blue badge guide. Start at carfax tower 1 corners of cornmarket street, high street, st. Welcome to visitor information centre shopping at the. Response from heidiboon, owner at walking tours of oxford responded mar. Morning or afternoon visit some oxford colleges are closed in the morning. Guided tour by oxford graduate with a visit to one of the magnificent colleges in the heart of the old.
All walking tours of oxford guides are accredited members of the institute of tourist guiding itg and the oxford guild of tour guides see our blog for further information. Let a guide bring one of the worlds oldest universities to life on an oxford university walking tour. Tours go inside the colleges including where harry potter was filmed. Private collection, ken welsh, the bridgeman art library. Oxford official walking tours experience oxfordshire. The tour gives you an insight into student life in this prestigious university and offers you indepth history of many of the famous colleges and sights such all souls college, trinity college, oriel college, hertford college, merton college, radcliffe camera. The best way to experience and understand oxford is a city tour with a fully qualified green or blue badge guide. Walk up cornmarket street passing the oldest building in oxford thesaxon tower of st. Oxford official walking tours plan what to do in oxford with tickets for oxford official walking tours including visiting colleges of oxford university, as well as special interest harry potter, alice in wonderland and inspector morse tours. Taking you at a leisurely pace around the very heart of this beautiful, historic city and its world famous sites.
Footprints tours offers 2 tours, a small group tour for. Location oxfordshire has kindly put together free downloadable pdf maps to help you along. Follow the oxford actors, students or graduate guides to explore the famous sights and colleges in oxford. See inside oxford university, harry potter film site and the bodleian library on this authentic 2hour oxford student led tour. Oxford university walking tour provided by footprints tours. Oxford, in the region or online, for pleasure andor for an oxford quali.
You can also create your own selfguided walk to visit the. Our tour guide, magnus, was a great source for so many. Unlike other tours, your guide is a university student with firsthand knowledge of the prestigious campus. Our famous free walking tour is perhaps the most enjoyable way to acquaint yourself with our beautiful city. Follow these 8 expertdesigned selfguided walking tours to explore oxford, england on foot at your own pace.
We went on the guided ghost tour, which was highly enjoyable. The walking tours and ghost tours depart from outside the blue gates of trinity college, broad street, ox1 3bh. Group walking tour of oxfords dreaming spires, tailored to suit and provided by one of our experienced guides. Use our selfguided itineraries to guide your way around the city of oxford. We can offer guided walking tours of oxford, exploring the famous colleges and historic buildings, or help you to see the sights by boat, from your coach, or using one of our minibuses. Thank you for requesting a private walking tour pack for an official guided walking tour of oxford, conducted by members of the oxford guild of guides, the official guides for oxford city. Oxford official university and city walking tour experience. Discover the christian heritage of oxford on a walking tour, the oxford martyrs, john wycliffe who was master of balliol college and started the struggle for the reformation in oxford, john wesley who started the holy club whilst a fellow at lincoln college which led to the formation of the methodist church and cs lewis who wrote the chronicles. Walk up cornmarket street passing the oldest building in oxford the saxon tower of st michael at the north gate 2, continue onto magdalen street cornmarket turns into magdalen to the martyrs memorial 3 across the street, on beaumont, you can see the ashmolean museum 4. Fun, fascinating, and friendly oxford walking tours. Premium walking tours of oxford price yes its free to pay as you like. For more than 800 years colleges have existed around the city of oxford. Oxford university walking tour with bodleian library and. After more than ten years in the business, and having shown tens of thousands of visitors around the city of dreaming spires, explore oxford tours has become one.
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