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Oxford BESPOKE Large Group Private Tour

2 Hours Round trip from Oxford Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Private Oxford walking tour for large groups
  • 02 Storytelling focused on Oxford history, traditions, and student life
  • 03 See famous university landmarks including the Bodleian Library
  • 04 Possible entry into one or more colleges, depending on daily openings
  • 05 Can be tailored to interests such as writers, sciences, arts, or Harry Potter
  • 06 Learn about figures including Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, C.S. Lewis, and Tolkien

Discover Oxford through its colleges, traditions, and stories on this private walking tour designed for large groups. Explore the city with a guide who brings Oxford and England's history to life through tales of student customs, famous figures, and well-known film connections.

As you walk, you may visit inside one or more colleges depending on what is open on the day, while also passing many of Oxford's most iconic university buildings and landmarks, including the Bodleian Library from the outside. The tour can also be tailored around special interests such as science, arts, writers, or Harry Potter locations where possible.

Discover Oxford through its colleges, traditions, and stories on this private walking tour designed for large groups.

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 Yes
City Oxford
Languages Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

We will introduce this venue but please note that the Bodleian library never permit guides to take tours inside the library.Which college we will see inside will vary from day to day, depending on what is open but generally we see inside one to two colleges and we pass by and introduce many other colleges tooThis is one of multiple colleges which we will introduce on the route. There are 38 colleges at Oxford university and which colleges we may visit inside varies from one day to the next, depending on which colleges may be open.

Exeter has a £3 entry fee.This is one of multiple colleges which we will introduce on the route. There are 38 colleges at Oxford university and which colleges we may visit inside varies from one day to the next, depending on which colleges may be open.

Wadham has a £3 entry fee, if you enter with the guide. It's otherwise free entry without a guide.This is one of multiple colleges which we will introduce on the route. There are 38 colleges at Oxford university and which colleges we may visit inside varies from one day to the next, depending on which colleges may be open.

Balliol has a £3 entry fee. If we visit inside this college, we usually spend about 20 minutes here.This famous landmark is always featured on our toursWe always introduce this famous Oxford sight.This is one of multiple famous sights which we will introduce on the route. This venue is never open to visit inside.This is one of multiple colleges which we will introduce on the route. There are 38 colleges at Oxford university and which colleges we may visit inside varies from one day to the next, depending on which colleges may be open.

This college is not open to public.This is one of multiple colleges which we will introduce on the route. There are 38 colleges at Oxford university and which colleges we may visit inside varies from one day to the next, depending on which colleges may be open.

Sometimes we visit inside this college. It is free entry, when open.This is one of multiple colleges which we will introduce on the route. There are 38 colleges at Oxford university and which colleges we may visit inside varies from one day to the next, depending on which colleges may be open.

This college is not open to the public.We often stop by this famous pub- this is where Bill Clinton never inhaled....This is one of multiple colleges which we will introduce on the route. There are 38 colleges at Oxford university and which colleges we may visit inside varies from one day to the next, depending on which colleges may be open.

Occasionally we visit this tour but at additional cost to pay on the day as this college costs £8 per person to enterThis is one of multiple colleges which we will introduce on the route. There are 38 colleges at Oxford university and which colleges we may visit inside varies from one day to the next, depending on which colleges may be open.

Trinity has a £3 entry fee.We often visit inside this church. It's free entry.We always introduce the Saxon Tower and the church here from outside.

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

  • Please see EXCLUSIONS section below for any dates with limited college entry eg graduations, Xmas
  • This tour includes entry to one college but option to pay for extra entry fees of extra colleges too
  • If you book at least 2 days ahead & request a foreign language tour, sometimes this is possible.

What's Not Included

These large group tours do NOT include any entry costs to visit inside of colleges

Know before you go

  • WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE
  • STROLLER OR PRAM ACCESSIBLE
  • ANIMALS OR PETS ALLOWED
  • 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.
  • PUBLIC TRANSPORT:
  • We actually recommend instead using the much faster and reliable train services but again please aim to arrive about an hour or earlier before your tour starts as trains can be delayed and the train and coach station are about 15 minutes walk from our meeting point. There is also the coach service from London called the Oxford Tube which leaves every half hour or more but it can take much longer than its advertised 105 minute journey time. It drops you off either at High street Oxford or Gloucester Green coach station. It's quicker to ask to get off on High street near Carfax tower, then it's a 10 minutes walk to Broad street.
  • Please note that as the university colleges are private institutions, we can't always guarantee entry to colleges but it is very rare that we cannot get entry into at least 1 or 2 colleges on the tour.
  • PLEASE NOTE THAT ON LARGE GROUP TOURS LIKE THIS, THE COST OF ANY ENTRY TICKETS TO SEE INSIDE ANY COLLEGE, WILL BE AN EXTRA COST TO BE PAID TO THE COLLEGE DIRECTLY, AS PER WHATEVER ENTRY IS AGREED AND PLANNED FOR, IN ADVANCE.
  • Please take note of any advertised university graduation dates mentioned below, as those dates can have less options of colleges to visit.
  • • Please arrive 5 minutes early, before the start of your tour. • Average duration 90-120 minutes and tour to cater to your special interests (let us know on the day or in advance)
  • Please note that as the university colleges are private institutions, we can't always guarantee entry to colleges but it is very rare that we cannot get entry into at least 1 or 2 colleges on the tour.
  • During Christmas period from roughly December 21 to January 2nd, most colleges, if not all colleges will be closed.
  • NOTICE: On graduation dates, we cannot always guarantee entry inside any colleges.
  • Please take note of any advertised university graduation dates mentioned below:

2024 GRADUATION DATES:

July 13, 23, 26

August 3

September 27, 28

November 8, 9, 16

2025 GRADUATION DATES:

January 18

March 1, 8

May 16, 17, 31

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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