Oxford Walking Tours have been operating outside Trinity College Gates, Broad St for 26 years. Their University educated guides come with years of experience and local knowledge of the City and University.
The day tours go into the oldest colleges including New College, founded in 1379 as seen in the Harry Potter films, and television productions of Inspector Morse and Lewis.
Exeter College, visited on most tours, was founded in 1314, seen in the final episode of Morse. Hertford College, founded in 1282 seen in Brideshead Revisited. All tours go to the University Library. Admission fees into the colleges are included in the ticket price, unlike most other walking tours of Oxford.
On the tours you will learn about the history of the city and the university. They will explain the collegiate system of tutorial unique to Oxford and Cambridge. Discover the famous alumni who studied and taught at the university. Go inside the oldest college dining hall, chapel, cloisters and quadrangles.
In the summer months tours run Monday to Friday at 11am, 1pm and 3pm, and Saturday and Sunday at 11am, 12 noon, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm. Tours take approximately 90 minutes and cover less than one mile of walking. Please phone or email them if you want a tour over the winter months as they may not run every day.
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