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Top 10 Oxford Highlights with Divinity School and New College

By LetzGo City Tours GBP
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Free cancellation available
Price is €57 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

On this fully guided walking tour of Oxford’s must-see top 10 highlights, visitors can discover the treasures of one of the greatest university cities in the world. This tour offers the best opportunity to see the very best of Oxford.
Starting from the heart of Oxford's historical centre, your expert local guide offers a wonderful engaging tour through the vibrant historical streets of Oxford visiting both well-known sites and hidden gems where visitors can see, and experience so much more, than they could on their own. Packed full of incredible insights and up-close historical visits, including the Bridge of Sighs, the 14th-century New College, and magnificent Divinity Library, this interactive, three hour tour is the essential guide into Oxford city and England’s fascinating history.
Visit Oxford’s Top 10, including Bridge of Sighs, the 13th century New College as well as the magnificent Divinity Library, where many of the Harry Potter moves were filmed.

Activity location

  • St. Michael at the North Gate
    • Cornmarket Street
    • OX1 3EY, Oxford, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • St Michael at the North Gate
    • St Michael’s Church Centre Cornmarket Street
    • OX1 3EY, Oxford, England, United Kingdom

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Top 10 Oxford Highlights

  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m
    2h 30m
  • English

City Centre Departure: The tour departs from St Michael`s Church at the North Gate

Language options: English
Starting time: 13:30
Price details
€56.73 x 1 Adult€56.73
Total
Price is €56.73
Until Wed, 27 May

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Visit the 14th Radcliffe Square containing the most memorable of Oxford’s buildings
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Admission to Divinity School and New College
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Tour is led by an expert professional English-speaking local guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Enter and stroll New College Lane where one of the most famous bridges in England stands
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Hotel Pick Up & Drop Off / Transport / Food and Drink / Gratitude

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Please wear comfortable shoes as this tour involves a fair amount of walking, including over uneven surfaces, cobblestones, hills, inclines, declines and stairs.
  • Participants should be in good health - consult first with your doctor if you have any medical condition or are not used to regular exercise.
  • Wheelchairs, motorised scooters or any other device to assist mobility are not recommended, as we cannot guarantee: that all footpaths/pavements/curbs will have suitable ADA/EU compliant ramps.
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately.
  • Anybody under the age of 18 years must be accompanied by somebody aged 18 years or older.
  • Not recommended for travellers with limited mobility
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, 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

St. Michael at the North Gate

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
Discover the oldest building in Oxford, originally built around 1000–1050, with the tower from 1040 still in existence. The church tower is Anglo Saxon. Discover the incredible storey of the Oxford Martyrs who were imprisoned in the Bocardo Prison by the church before they were burnt at the stake in what is now Broad Street nearby. Admission is not included.

Sheldonian Theatre

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
Enter Broad Street to see Sir Christophers Wren’s early masterpiece, The Sheldonian. *We will only stay outside.

Blackwell's Bookshop

  • 5m
Have a phot taken outside the famous 19th century Blackwell’s Bookshop in Oxford, one of largest bookshops in the world with over 3 miles of underground shelves. After the tour guests will have time to go back to Blackwell’s Bookshop.

Bodleian Library

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
Enter the Oxford University to walk through one of the most stunning architectural wonders in Oxford and beyond, featured in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, as well as Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

The Divinity School

  • 20m
  • Admission ticket included
Visit one of the most spectacular University rooms in the world. This 15th century medieval building and room in the Perpendicular style, was specifically built for lectures, oral exams, and discussions on theology. It was also used as a backdrop for the Harry Potter’s Hogwarts’s infirmary and classroom scenes. Admission is included.

Bridge of Sighs

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
Completed in 1914, this beautiful bridge acts as a link between two Hertford College buildings, one being one of the oldest Universities in the world. The bridge more closely resembles the Rialto Bridge but won the hearts of the public, hence its name. The bridge also carries a storied history of mythology and fact, further enhancing its appeal, which your expert local guide will tell you all about. *We will only stay outside.

New College Lane

  • 5m
  • Admission ticket not included
Stop outside Halley’s House where the world-famous Astronomer, Edmund Halley. Admission is not included.

New College

  • 40m
  • Admission ticket included
Visit the 13th century New College where you will discover its grounds and cloisters and Chapel to soak up its timeless peaceful quality. Admission is included.

Merton Street

  • 25m
Visit one of the quaintest cobblestoned streets in the British Isles where your guide will make several stops and introduce some of its highlights including the oldest coffee shop in England as well as the most famous of Examinations Halls at the neo-Jacobean building dating back to the 1880’s.

Oxford Covered Market

  • 15m
This will be the tours last stop where guests will have the opportunity to explore Market building that dates back to the 1770’s and has a long, varied and interesting heritage offers a unique showcase for the very best in local crafts, food and drink. Admission is included.

Location

Activity location

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    St. Michael at the North Gate
    • Cornmarket Street
    • OX1 3EY, Oxford, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    St Michael at the North Gate
    • St Michael’s Church Centre Cornmarket Street
    • OX1 3EY, Oxford, England, United Kingdom

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