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* This tour requires at least one of the following per booking: Adult, Senior
Test your spell-craft & knowledge of all things Potter with our guide. We are the original Harry Potter in Oxford walking tour- find out why many others copied our success by joining our tour to find out all about how Oxford inspired Hogwarts and JK Rowling's influences and loads of insights about the actors, the producers and of course about Oxford too.
This tour includes entry to arguably one of the most appealing and one of the oldest and likely most haunted colleges called New college. At New college, you can marvel at the gorgeous medieval dining hall, chapel, cloisters, quadrangle and the medieval wall of the city. In the cloisters and garden is where several scenes were filmed in the Goblet of Fire,
Includes £8 entry fee to New college + £3 entry to Divinity school, as & when Divinity school is open.
NOTICE: see what's Not Included section for partial closures!
10.45am TOURS TO BE BOOKED BY 20.30!
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Entry worth £8 to New college film site
Entry worth £3 to the Divinity school film site at the Bodleian library, as & when open
This tour does NOT visit Christ church as we run that as a separate & more expensive tour
No tour companies can ever guide inside the medieval Duke Humfreys Bodleian Library
2024 dates of known full or partial Divinity school closures includes....
July 23+26+27, Aug 3+ 12+15+ 18+19, Sep 27+28, Nov 8+9+16 of 2024
New college partial closure of cloisters- any such dates we will add here to forewarn you:
Departure Point
15 Broad St, Oxford OX1 3AS, UK
Meet your guide wearing red lanyard next to our red sign, OUTSIDE Oxford Tourist info centre, 15 Broad street, OX1 3AS.
New College, Oxford, United Kingdom We typically spend about 30 minutes+ here to see the medieval cloisters film site plus the medieval quadrangle and walls plus the chapel, the hall and the gardens.
Entry worth £8 per person is included in the ticket. 45 minutes
Bodleian Library, Oxford, United Kingdom Entry worth £2.50 per person is included to the Divinity school film site at the Bodleian library, as and when it's open. For dates of any closures, please consult the What's not included section of this webpage before you book.
Notice: no guides, nor any guided tour companies have ever been permitted to guide inside the medieval Duke Humfreys library at the Bodleian Library, so the library itself is NOT included on our tour. 15 minutes
Bridge of Sighs, Oxford, United Kingdom We pass by here and many other famous sites and introduce such sites on the tour
University Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Oxford, United Kingdom We pass by here and many other famous sites and introduce such sites on the tour
Brasenose College, Oxford, United Kingdom We pass by here and many other famous sites and introduce such sites on the tour
All Souls College, Oxford, United Kingdom We pass by here and many other famous sites and introduce such sites on the tour
Hertford College, Oxford, United Kingdom We pass by here and many other famous sites and introduce such sites on the tour
Radcliffe Camera, Oxford, United Kingdom We pass by here and many other famous sites and introduce such sites on the tour
Jesus College, Oxford, United Kingdom We pass by here and many other famous sites and introduce such sites on the tour
Exeter College, Oxford, United Kingdom We pass by here and many other famous sites and introduce such sites on the tour
Lincoln College, Oxford, United Kingdom We pass by here and many other famous sites and introduce such sites on the tour
Oxford Covered Market, Oxford, United Kingdom We pass by here and many other famous sites and introduce such sites on the tour
Balliol College, Oxford, United Kingdom We pass by here and many other famous sites and introduce such sites on the tour
Trinity College, Oxford, United Kingdom We pass by here and many other famous sites and introduce such sites on the tour
Wadham College, Oxford, United Kingdom We pass by here and many other famous sites and introduce such sites on the tour
This college is where JK Rowling applied to study at Oxford but was not unfortunately accepted.
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
INFO FOR DRIVERS AND PARKING: If you are driving, then please allow extra 30-60 minutes over whatever time you think it will take you to get here. Oxford is NOT car friendly and it is congested roads and hard to find parking spaces....unless you park at the sign posted 'park and rides' on edge of town on any major road into the city and hop on their buses into city centre. The park and ride buses leave every 15 or every 30 minutes and take anything from 10 min to 30 min (depending on traffic) to reach city centre. So if you are going to drive, then please assume you should be aiming to park your car about one hour before your tour starts.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
Debra_W
17 Jun 2023
Our guide, Murray, gave us a great tour. He was super nice and very knowledgeable. We really enjoyed our time in Oxford thanks to him.
meg8679
11 Jun 2023
A highlight of our family's trip around the UK! Peter was amazing - he showed us countless interesting sites and we learned a ton while also being entertained! Alasdair was a super communicator ahead of time, which this type A planner appreciated. Highly recommend!
Brandie_W
08 Jun 2023
Our tour guide was great! She was friendly and had great stories. We learned a lot about Oxford and she tied it in with Harry Potter facts.
This tour in
England
is organized by
Visit Oxford Tours Ltd
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