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Harry Potter in Oxford Tour Divinity School entry Private Tour

2 Hours Round trip from Oxford Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Private Harry Potter-themed walking tour of Oxford
  • 02 Entry included to the Divinity School film site at the Bodleian
  • 03 See the location used for the infirmary and dance scenes
  • 04 Explore Oxford landmarks connected with the films and university history
  • 05 Photo opportunities with gowns provided for pictures
  • 06 Flexible private tour suited to both children and adults
  • 07 Learn about New College filming connections, including Malfoy’s ferret scene

Step into Oxford’s magical side on a private walking tour that blends Harry Potter filming locations with the city’s historic university setting. Visit the Divinity School at the Bodleian, used for memorable infirmary and dance scenes, and explore Oxford streets, colleges, and landmarks linked to the films, famous writers, and university traditions.

Designed for Muggles of all ages, this private experience can be tailored to your group’s interests, whether you’re focused on Potter trivia, Oxford heritage, or both. Along the way, enjoy plenty of photo opportunities, including gowns to wear for pictures at the Divinity School film site.

Step into Oxford’s magical side on a private walking tour that blends Harry Potter filming locations with the city’s historic university setting.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 2 Hours
Tour type Private
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Not included
Transport Not included
Wheelchair access No
City Oxford
Languages Dutch, English, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

Entry worth £2.50 per person is included to the Divinity school film site at the Bodleian. This is where they filmed the infirmary & dance scenes. The medieval library upstairs is never open to guides.

If you wish to also visit Duke Humfreys medieval library at the Bodleian library, then you will need to purchase that instead and they only only permit entry to adults or children aged over 11.

There is no age limit to enter the Divinity school film site and we carry gowns for you to wear for photos!We pass by this famous sightEntry is free but currently the church only permits entry if very small sized groups.This is one of several famous sights included on all our tours. It features in several movies eg X men, The Mummy etc!This is one of several famous sights included on all our tours.We also introduce what was filmed at New college too - for example, this is where Malfoy gets turned into a ferret!

This tour does not include entry to New college which costs £8 entry fee currently. However, you may ask the guide, if it's possible to pay yourselves for the cost to enter on the day to the college and thus to enter there during the tour too. Alternatively, we finish outside New college and you can visit there after the tour.

On any dates when Divinity school is closed, we replace entry in fact with entry to New college.This tavern pub looks really like the Three Broomsticks pub and no wonder, as this is where Hagrid and friends used to drink, when they were filming next door.We stop by this sight or college to introduce stories or to take photos, as suits you.We stop by this sight or college to introduce stories or to take photos, as suits you. We go in search of the Harry Potter chocolate cakes here!We stop by this sight or college to introduce stories or to take photos, as suits you. This is the college, which JK Rowling applied to study at.We stop by this sight or college to introduce stories or to take photos, as suits you. This college is where Tolkien studied and it's also connected with JK Rowling!We stop by this sight or college to introduce stories or to take photos, as suits you. This college is where the writer of, 'Dr Seuss', was a student!We stop by this sight or college to introduce stories or to take photos, as suits you. This college is where....Jesus studied at Oxford!!We stop by this sight or college to introduce stories or to take photos, as suits you. This college is connected to Adam Smith and to Jane Austen's family!We stop by this sight or college to introduce stories or to take photos, as suits you.We stop by this sight or college to introduce stories or to take photos, as suits you.We stop by this sight or college to introduce stories or to take photos, as suits you. This college is where a famous Slytherin called David Cameron studied...before he was sent to Azkaban!We stop by this sight or college to introduce stories or to take photos, as suits you.

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Oxford 1 city · 2 Hours

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • Entry inside Divinity School film site at Bodleian library- worth £3 per person.
  • Note that Divinity school is typically closed for Christmas from about December 23 until about January 1st. We can still run the tour on dates when Divinity school is closed but we will warn you, when you book, if there are any closures.
  • Plus on any university graduation dates, when Divinity school may be closed, we will offer you instead the chance to replace the tour with entry instead to New college film site. However, as New college costs extra £9 per person entry fees, we will charge £10 extra cash per person to amend the tour and the tour will be a longer duration tour too.
  • Currently known 2026 Divinity school closures dates includes:

What's Not Included

  • This tour does NOT include entry to Christ church- we run that as a separate tour!
  • This tour also does NOT include entry to Duke Humfreys library at the Bodleian library- contrary to the advertising claims of some of our competitors loosely written descriptions, no tour company and no tour guides at all may ever enter inside the actual library to guide inside. The only way you can see inside the library, is if you book a library staff guided tour for adults or children from aged 11 upwards only, via the Bodleian library's own website.
  • On dates when Divinity school closed, tour running instead to New college at extra £10 per person.
  • Please see notice of 2026 published Divinity school closures below...
  • Feb 28, March 7, May 15 and 16 and 23 of 2026

Know before you go

  • WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE
  • STROLLER OR PRAM ACCESSIBLE
  • ANIMALS OR PETS ALLOWED
  • PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NEARBY
  • PLEASE ARRIVE ON TIME:
  • Please arrive 5 minutes early for your tour at our meeting point. If you arrive more than 5 minutes later than the scheduled tour, then you will likely forfeit and lose your booking as it interrupts the guide and other customers, if we are trying to find you after a guide has started and left the meeting point.
  • 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.
  • Infants must not sit on laps
  • Infant seats unavailable
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • PLEASE ARRIVE ON TIME: Please arrive 5 minutes early for your tour at our meeting point. If you arrive more than 5 minutes later than the scheduled tour, then you will likely forfeit and lose your booking as it interrupts the guide and other customers, if we are trying to find you after a guide has started and left the meeting point. 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.

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Oxford, GB
Tour start
Oxford, GB
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 2 hours finish where they began, in Oxford.

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