Oxford One Day Tour Experience with Lunch and Guide

Oxford, England
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Duration5h 15m
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TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesGerman, English, Italian, French, Spanish
Private tourOnly your group will participate

Overview

The key point of this tour is to ensure you can see all the famous sights of Oxford without having to cross check between more than one tour company and to maximise your time in Oxford by ensuring that only the most experienced 5 star rated popular guides are delegated to lead this tour.

The guide will pay for a modest lunch for you and will join you for lunch too and many of the guides are students or alumni of Oxford university, so if you for example have children whom you want to inspire to create a vision that they too could one day study at Oxford, the guide will share their experience of what it is like to live in Oxford.

Includes average £10 lunch & £15 entry fees, per person.

Enter two colleges, including Magdalen College, where CS Lewis taught, and the Divinity School at the Bodleian Library, or one of the other university colleges such as St John's, Exeter, Balliol, or St Edmund's Hall.

Please see Exclusions section for dates, when some or most colleges may be closed.

Options

DEFAULT English one day 2026

Average £10 person

One day in foreign language

Meal average value £10 person

What's included

  • Default itinerary is entry to Magdalen college worth £10 plus one other college worth up to £5
  • Lunch ordered inside cafe or takeway average value £10 per person. Various options provided.
  • Christ church entry is not included but we can assist you to reserve it
  • Bodleian library entry is not included but we can assist you to reserve it
  • Entry tickets to additional colleges beyond the two colleges is not included.
  • We cannot always guarantee entry to some or all colleges during December 22 to January 2nd.
  • We cannot always guarantee entry to some or all colleges on university graduation dates below...
  • Sep 25 + 26, Nov 6 + 7 +13 + 14 of 2026
  • Jan 23, Feb 27, March 6, May 14 + 15 + 22 of 2027
  • Magdalen has published closures on these dates in 20206 to 2027:
  • Sep 25, Oct 4, Dec 22 until Dec 31 of 2026

What to expect

  1. Balliol College
    5m · Admission ticket not included
    This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.
  2. Trinity College
    2m · Admission ticket not included
    This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.
  3. Sheldonian Theatre
    5m · Admission ticket not included
    Introduced from outside.
  4. Weston Library
    5m
    We may stop here on hot or cold days for WC and to get inside for a short break and or coffee stop.
  5. Bodleian Library
    15m · Admission ticket not included
    This venue may only ever be entered, if you are at least age 11 and if you instead book guided tour entry via Bodleain website, one month ahead for the library's own staff guided tours.

    We always introduce this site from outside and if you are a Harry Potter fan, option exists to visit inside the Divinity school Hogwarts film site at the Bodleian.
  6. Bridge of Sighs
    1m · Admission ticket not included
    We pass by this sight- it is not open to visit inside of.
  7. Hertford College
    1m · Admission ticket not included
    Introduced in passing from outside
  8. Brasenose College
    1m · Admission ticket not included
    Introduced in passing from outside
  9. University Church of St. Mary the Virgin
    10m
    It is free entry. Option to visit inside and we usually do unless a service on.
  10. All Souls College
    5m
    This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.
  11. Exeter College
    2m · Admission ticket not included
    This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.

    Note this college is only open outside of term time.
  12. Jesus College
    2m · Admission ticket not included
    This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.
  13. Lincoln College
    5m · Admission ticket not included
    Introduced from inside the entrance area only.
  14. Oxford Covered Market
    1h
    This is the oldest covered market in England, dating to 1774. The venue offers a wide range of local, independent shops and cafes and takeway eateries and this is usually where we take you for lunch. Lunch value average per person is included and paid by the guide.

    There are some options for vegans and dietary concerns.
  15. University College
    1m · Admission ticket not included
    Introduced in passing- this is the oldest college dating to 1249 and it is also where Bill Clinton studied. Rarely open to the public.
  16. Queen's College
    1m · Admission ticket not included
    Never open to the public. This is where 'Mr Bean', Rowan Atkinson studied.
  17. Magdalen College
    45m · Admission ticket included
    This college entry cost £10 in 2026, is paid for by the guide. We always visit this college- unless rare dates that it may be closed. Note it is always closed from about Dec 21 to Dec 31.

    This college is arguably the most beautiful in Oxford. It's where CS Lewis taught and where the Inklings writers met lots. It also has a flood meadow and deer.
  18. St Edmund Hall
    1m · Admission ticket not included
    This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.
  19. New College
    5m · Admission ticket not included
    This is also a famous Harry Potter film site, so if you are more motivated to see the Harry Potter film sites than to visit Magdalen college, then we could swap default to visit New college instead of Magdalen. If so, it takes 45 minutes usually to walk around the medieval college.

    Entry costs £12 per person in 2026.
  20. Wadham College
    1m · Admission ticket not included
    This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.

    This is the college which JK Rowling applied to but was not offered a place at.
  21. St John's College
    5m · Admission ticket not included
    This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.
  22. Christ Church
    15m · Admission ticket not included
    This college is NOT included on this tour as there are many complications to get entry tickets and it costs as much as £25 per person. However, if you request us to reserve entry tickets for you, then the option does exist to have us reserve the tickets and then you pay extra on the day for the actual cost of the entry tickets. It can only be visited on a self guided audio guide basis, so it means visiting it either at 09.30am before you meet us or visiting it at end of entry at 3.45pm, after the tour ends there.

    We will introduce this tour from outside, either way though.
  23. Radcliffe Camera
    1m · Admission ticket not included
    We always pass by and introduce this sight. It is not open to the public.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

Look for our guide wearing a red lanyard, by our red or black sign OUTSIDE Oxford tourist info centre, 15 Broad street, OX1 3AS

End point

Look for our guide wearing a red lanyard, by our red or black sign OUTSIDE Oxford tourist info centre, 15 Broad street, OX1 3AS

Additional information

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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