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Oxford: 2 hour Historical, literary and architectural highlights

By Oxford History Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is £180 per traveller* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages

Overview

Oxford History Tours offer real history for genuine history lovers. Experience Oxford's rich history on a 90-minute walking tour led by an Institute of Tourist Guiding professional and Guild of Guides member. Explore the city's origins from Anglo-Saxon times, the evolution of the university, its stunning architecture, libraries, and the student life of today.

Stroll through Oxford's iconic sites, including:

Radcliffe Camera
Divinity School
Bridge of Sighs
Bodleian Library
Christopher Wren’s Sheldonian Theatre
Medieval Colleges around every corner

Discover stories of patrons, artists, politicians, saints, scholars, rebels, and martyrs who shaped over 1,000 years of Oxford's history. This tour also includes practical tips to enhance your stay in Oxford.

The route passes famous film, television locations and literary legend.

Activity location

  • Martyrs' Memorial
    • 13 Magdalen Street
    • OX1 3AE, Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Martyrs' Memorial
    • 13 Magdalen Street
    • OX1 3AE, Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Check availability

Private Hist/Arch 90 minutes

  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English

Pickup included

Price details
£180.00 x 1 Traveller£180.00
Total
Price is £180.00
Until Wed, 27 May

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Advice to explore Oxford 's colleges and museums and where to eat and shop.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Guided tour led by an experienced, licensed guide

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Wheelchair accessible only with prior notice
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Martyrs' Memorial

  • 3m
Important Victorian monument to the Protestant martyrs of the 16th century.

St Michael at the North Gate

  • 4m
This Anglo Saxon Tower was part of the Medieval city gate and is probably the surviving oldest building in Oxford today. Many stories over the centuries

Exeter College

  • 4m
Exeter's chapel was inspired by the Oxford Movement and modelled on Paris' St Chapelle. Graduates include Philip Pullman, JR Tolkien and Alan Bennett.

Lincoln College

  • 3m
Lincoln College's original face onto Turn Street tells a storey about the University's origins and its relationship with the city. Lincoln College recently got it first Priminister Rushi Sunak, and was also home to the ~Methodist Wesley Brothers

University Church of St. Mary the Virgin

  • 7m
The University Church was the University's first building. It is listed in the Doomsday Book. Ot is possible to climb its magnificent spire. Today we will admire its famous stained glass and learn how it inspired CS Lewis.

Bridge of Sighs

  • 3m
Oxford's iconic bridge belonging to Hertford College. Although it looks like an old Venetian Bridge, it was built in the twentieth century! It is also next to the house of Edmund Halley who had the comet named after him.

Sheldonian Theatre

  • 6m
We will admire this 17th century home to the ceremonies of Oxford University. It is believed to be the first building by Christopher Wren. The architect of St Paul's Cathedral in London was also Astronomer of Photography at Oxford University.

Bodleian Library

  • 5m
Today the Bodlein Library has over 13 million books. We will admire the 17th century buildings and learn about the origins go the library and how it still works today.

Radcliffe Camera

  • 5m
Oxford's first science Library. Learn about one of Oxford's most eccentric and generous benefactors, the Royal Doctor sir John Radcliffe

Balliol College

  • 15m
  • Admission ticket included
We will step inside Oxford's second oldest college and see its internal quadrangle, the Capel with its glorious stained glass, as well as its dining hall with portraits that tell its interesting foundation storey. Here we'll learn more about when women undergraduates started to have access to the University and its colleges.

Location

Activity location

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    Martyrs' Memorial
    • 13 Magdalen Street
    • OX1 3AE, Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Martyrs' Memorial
    • 13 Magdalen Street
    • OX1 3AE, Oxford, England, United Kingdom

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