Oxford City and University Small Group Walking Tour

This is a small group tour with typically under 5 persons and limited to max 14 persons. Minimum numbers to book may apply to book- currently minimum 3 or 4 adults applies to book. Our competitors run tours with much larger numbers than we do, so one advantage of booking our tour, is a more personalised service.
This tour will include entry into at least one or more colleges- which college/s will vary from day to day.

See Oxford and England's history will be brought alive on this unique small-group guided walking tour of the city and university traditions. See inside colleges with any chargeable entrance fees included in your tour. The 90 to 120-minute long tour will feature storytelling about student life, college traditions, Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, CS Lewis, J.R.R Tolkien and even Harry Potter!

Notice: please see What's not included section for details of university graduation dates as most colleges are closed on such dates.

Meeting Point

15-16 Broad St

15-16 Broad St, Oxford OX1 3AS, UK

Meet your guide wearing red iloveoxford lanyard by our red sign, OUTSIDE Oxford Tourist Info centre, 15 Broad street, OX1 3AS.

What's included:

• PLEASE SEE EXCLUSIONS SECTION FOR DETAILS OF ANY CLOSURES TO VENUES.
• Your guide will give you a complementary ILoveOxford map, showing you of all the main sights.
• The tour typically visits inside either Balliol or Exeter or St Johns college

Not included:

• Tour does NOT visit Bodleian, Christ church, Magdalen or New colleges ( which cost £8-£18)
• Christmas notice: colleges are usually all closed from approx Dec 21 to Jan 2nd
• On graduation dates, we may not always be able to enter a college so see graduation dates below:
• 2024 Graduation dates includes....
• Sep 27+28, Nov 8+9+16 of 2024

What to expect:

Duration: between 1 hour, 30 minutes and 2 hours

Wadham College

17 Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PJ

Which colleges we visit inside will vary from one tour to the next, depending on what is open from day to day. This college is free entry to visit yourselves.

Pass by without stopping

Exeter College

Turl Street, Oxford, OX1 3DP

We briefly introduce a range of colleges or sightseeing spots such as this one, on our route. This college is where Tolkien was a student! It's also connected to JK Rowling.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Balliol College

Broad Street, , Oxford, OX1 3BJ

Which colleges we will visit will vary from day to day, depending on what is open from day to day. This college is worth £3 in entry fee and we often visit here during the tour.

Pass by without stopping

Bodleian Library

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

We introduce the Bodleian and the Divinity school which is a Harry Potter film site at the Bodleian library. It costs £3 to enter the Divinity school and on dates, when no colleges may be open, the tour instead includes entry to the Divinity school.
We do NOT visit inside the medieval library as it is not open to private guiding but we do introduce the library history and architecture from outside. We also present info about the filming of Harry Potter here.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Bridge of Sighs

New College Ln., Oxford, OX1 3BL

We briefly introduce a range of colleges or sightseeing spots such as this one, on our route.

Pass by without stopping

Radcliffe Camera

Radcliffe Square, , Oxford, OX1 3BG

An iconic Oxford sight

Pass by without stopping

University Church of St. Mary the Virgin

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

We briefly introduce a range of colleges or sightseeing spots such as this one, on our route.

10 minutes

Radcliffe Camera

Radcliffe Square, , Oxford, OX1 3BG

We briefly introduce a range of colleges or sightseeing spots such as this one, on our route.

Pass by without stopping

All Souls College

High Street, Oxford, OX1 4AL

We briefly introduce a range of colleges or sightseeing spots such as this one, on our route.
This college is free entry and we sometimes visit here.

10 minutes

Brasenose College

Radcliffe Square, Oxford, OX1 4AJ

We briefly introduce a range of colleges or sightseeing spots such as this one, on our route.

Pass by without stopping

Hertford College

Catte Street, Oxford, OX1 3BW

We briefly introduce a range of colleges or sightseeing spots such as this one, on our route.

Pass by without stopping

Jesus College

Turl Street, Oxford, OX1 3DW

We briefly introduce a range of colleges or sightseeing spots such as this one, on our route. This college is where...Jesus studied in Oxford!!

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

St John's College

St. Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JP

We briefly introduce a range of colleges or sightseeing spots such as this one, on our route. This college, we usually visit during the tour, assuming it's open. Its' free entry.

20 minutes