Oxford Harry Potter Tour with Self-Guided Christ Church Tour

This tour includes from two hours guided tour followed by one hour guaranteed tickets self guided audio guide entry inside Christ church. Minimum numbers may apply to book during low season. If ticketing won't let you book less than 4 persons, just call us.
Find out how studying at Oxford University compares with Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? Two hour walking tour of Oxford Harry Potter film sites. Your ticket includes up to £25 per person entry fees.

Fun tour for Muggles of all ages. Guide will cater tour according to everyone's interests, introducing also Oxford heritage. 

During the tour, you will also see inside the Divinity School film site at the Bodleian library. Entry worth £3 paid for. Please note we don't enter Duke Humfreys library- that can only be accessed by booking the Bodleian's own tours.

On dates when Divinity school closed, we will replace entry with New college film site- presuming it's open too. See notice below for any known closure dates....

Meeting Point

15-16 Broad St

15-16 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

What's included:

• Please check 'Exclusions' or 'Additional Info' for dates of any closures.
• Your ticket includes up to £25 in entry fees per person as part of your ticket from 2020 onwards

Not included:

• Divinity school is presumed closed on these dates in 2024 below....
• July 23+26+27, Aug 3+ 12+15+ 18+19, Sep 27+28, Nov 8+9+16 of 2024
• Christ church HALL is viewing from hall door only on September 28, October 4 of 2024
• Christ church is closed on September 20 and on December 25 of 2024
• Christ church is closed from 12.30 onwards on September 19 of 2024
• Christ church HALL ONLY closed on October 6 + 11 2024
• Christ church HALL ONLY closed on January 17 of 2025
• Duke Humfreys library at the Bodleian library is never open to guided tours & is not included!

What to expect:

Duration: 3 hours

Christ Church

St. Aldates, University Of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 1DP

Christchurch entry fee worth £17 or 18 per person is included in your ticket. Please note that entry to Christ church is self guided with audio guide as guiding is no longer permitted inside.
The first two hours+ are a guided tour with the guide, followed by one hour self guided audio guide guaranteed pre booked entry ticket.
Notice: even if Christ church website shows entry tickets are sold out, we still have VIP access to continue buying entry tickets up to 3 hours before the tour starts.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Bodleian Library

Broad Street, University Of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3BG

Your guide will take you inside the Divinity School film site at the Bodleian library, as & when it is open. This £3 entry fee is included in ticket price.
NOTICE:

We do NOT visit inside the Bodleian medieval library though as it is NOT accessible to any tour operator or guide, nor to any children aged under 11 years old.

On any dates that Divinity school may be closed- see such dates published on this page for closures notice- the tour will instead visit New college film site. If New college is also listed as closed on such dates, then this tour will only include entry to Christ church.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Radcliffe Camera

Radcliffe Square, , Oxford, OX1 3BG

We pass by & mention such famous sights

Pass by without stopping

Bridge of Sighs

New College Ln., Oxford, OX1 3BL

We pass by & mention such famous sights

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New College

Holywell Street, , Oxford, OX1 3BN

We will introduce New college Oxford university college from the outside only. This is where they filmed several scenes from the Goblet of Fire movie.
If you wish to visit New college on your own after the tour ends, then you can just pay on the door without pre booking tickets to enter New college. Last entry to New college is about 4.30pm.

Note also that New college is not open on Mondays during winter season mid October to mid March. During summer season, New college is open daily from 10.30am to last entry at 4.30pm & currently its entry tickets cost £8 per adult in 2023.

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The Turf

4 Bath Place, , Oxford, OX1 3SU

The Turf Tavern is often described as Oxford's 'Three Broomsticks pub', due to its quaint look and odd location hidden away an alleyway that looks surprisingly like Knockturn alleyway.
We don't visit inside the Turf but so long as the tour group size is not too large, we walk past this pub to introduce it as this is where Robbie Coltrane who plays Hagrid, used to drink with the other adult actors, while filming next door at New college.

5 minutes

Hertford College

Catte Street, Oxford, OX1 3BW

We introduce various colleges and sights briefly, like this one, as we walk past it on our route.

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All Souls College

High Street, Oxford, OX1 4AL

We introduce various colleges and sights briefly, like this one, as we walk past it on our route.
All Souls is the most exclusive college in Oxford as it's only a college for research but we like to point out to children how its towers signpost a 'W'- thus possibly making it a secret call sign for where witches or wizards study in Oxford!

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Brasenose College

Radcliffe Square, Oxford, OX1 4AJ

We introduce various colleges and sights briefly, like this one, as we walk past it on our route.
This is where the likes of a famous Slytherin master of dark arts called David Cameron studied! It's also where Michael Palin and William Golding studied too.

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Exeter College

Turl Street, Oxford, OX1 3DP

We introduce various colleges and sights briefly, like this one, as we walk past it on our route.
This college gave the title of, 'honorary lecturer' to JK Rowling and it's where one of Rowling's favourite authors studied- namely JRR Tolkien.

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Jesus College

Turl Street, Oxford, OX1 3DW

We introduce various colleges and sights briefly, like this one, as we walk past it on our route.
This is where Lawrence of Arabia studied....and maybe Jesus too!

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Lincoln College

Turl Street, , Oxford, OX1 3DR

We introduce various colleges and sights briefly, like this one, as we walk past it on our route. If the entrance is open, we usually stop here for 5 minutes to take photos from the entrance.
This is where the current Slytherin Prime Minister studied but also where the write of Dr Seuss children's stories was a Rhodes scholar.

5 minutes

Oxford Covered Market

Market Street, Oxford, OX1 3DZ

We introduce various colleges and sights briefly, like this one, as we walk past it on our route. We briefly visit here to see the Harry Potter chocolate cakes in the cake shop window and to see and hear about the connection between Alice in Wonderland and Oxford, with several Alice related characters on display.
This is the oldest Covered market in England.

5 minutes

Balliol College

Broad Street, , Oxford, OX1 3BJ

We introduce various colleges and sights briefly, like this one, as we walk past it on our route.
This college dating back to 1263 has produced 4 Slytherin Prime Ministers including...the Boris.

Adam Smith was a member of this college.

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St. Michael at the North Gate

Cornmarket Street, Oxford, OX1 3EY

We introduce various colleges and sights briefly, like this one, as we walk past it on our route. This church we discuss from outside. Shakespeare in Oxford stories are discussed here and the tower dates back to 1040 AD!

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University Church of St. Mary the Virgin

The High Street, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 4BJ

We introduce various colleges and sights briefly, like this one, as we walk past it on our route. We introduce Mr Tumnis figure and the street lamp outside the church here as it's said to have inspired CS Lewis.

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Merton College

Merton Street, Oxford, OX1 4JD

We introduce various colleges and sights briefly, like this one, as we walk past it on our route. This is where Tolkien taught.

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