90 Minute Classic Walking Tour of Oxford
90 Minute Classic Walking Tour of Oxford
90 Minute Guided Walking Tour in Oxford
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THA Walking Tour Company of the Year in the South East 2025
Escape to Oxord has an enviable reputation for providing small, personable tours. Tours are restricted to around 10 people, allowing clients to relax, take in their surroundings, ask questions and take photographs. Daily tours commence at 11 am, 12 am and 2 pm. Oxford boasts the finest collection of historical buildings in the United Kingdom and our Classic Oxford Walking tour takes visitors on a 90 - 120 minute meander through 1000 years of architectural and social history. We visit a number of iconic university and college buildings, discuss their origins, architects and purpose, while providing a rich vein of social history of the town and university. Among the sights you will see are Christ Church, the 11th century University Church of St Mary, the famous Radcliffe Camera, Bridge of Sighs, and much more. Where possible we will take clients inside university and college buildings.
Group and private tours by arrangment.
Itinerary
Martyrs' Memorial
5 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThe meeting point. Tours commence from here at 11 am and 2 pm daily. This memorial celebrates the lives of three Anglican clerics burned at the stake for Heresy in the 16th century.Bodleian Library
5 minsAdmission Ticket FreeWe move into the Scholastic Quadrangle and discover how Oxford University's world-famous research library grew from the ashes of the reformation.Sheldonian Theatre(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeSee the ground-breaking architecture of renowned English architect Christopher Wren's first major project, built in 1669History of Science Museum(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeHighly significant in the cultural history of the Western world, the very first purpose-built public museum.Bridge of Sighs(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeBuilt in 1913 the iconic Bridge of Sighs adds a romantic touch to our walk.High Street(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeOxford's famous High Street is a history lesson in itself, not only in terms of the colleges we see where the likes of CS Lewis, Shelly, Bob Hawke and Bill Clinton studied but its fascinating architecture stretching back hundreds of years.Magpie Lane(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeTraverse the narrow winding and infamous Magpie Lane to the High Street.Radcliffe Camera
10 minsAdmission Ticket FreeSet in the Radcliffe Square the very heart of Oxford's world-renowned University precinct, visitors will find themselves surrounded by history on all sides. This is where it all began!Christ Church(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeEnter through St Aldates gate, see the splendid views of Christ Church, the Meadow Building, Merton Field where James Sadler became the first English aeronaut, the Deans Garden, Dead Man's Walk, exit through the Kissing Gate.Carfax Tower
2 minsAdmission Ticket Not IncludedLandmark 23m-high bell tower, once part of a 12th-century church, offering city views from the top.Queen's College(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreePassing Queens College we enter Queens Lane, claimed to be the most haunted site in Oxford, we pass St Edmund's Hall the very last medieval hall in Oxford, the ancient St Peter's Church in the East, New College which is actually built on a plague pit. This is lovely walk through the winding back streets of the city.
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